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    I have two goji berry bushes that i put in last year but although healthy looking there are no signs of buds or flowers, when should they flower and fruit?
    Thanks

  • #2
    I bought and planted one this year. The catologue said it will start fruiting the following year. Start fruiting probably means a few fruit next year and an increasing yield in subsequent years. I know little about this plant but if your tree is healthy and growing well perhaps you should have some fruit next year. Can I ask what height your tree is now and what size it was when you planted it?

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    • #3
      Hi cheops,
      It looked like a dead twig when i planted it, i have two, one has grown quite well, both about two foot but one is bushier and better looking than the other.
      They have been in just over a year i think so i thought they may at least blossom, but i dont know when their natural bloom time would be, i thought it would show signs by now.
      Dont really know what i am looking for though LOL!

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      • #4
        p.s they are fairly sheltered but do get the sun.

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        • #5
          Well if they are growing you will just need patience and see what happens. I doubt if they havent flowered already this year they will not be fruiting til at least next year. Mine arrived this spring in a small pot about 1 foot high and looking a bit miserable but since I planted it out it has recovered well, becoming a little taller and certainly more bushier. I'm like you, - don'y know when it will fruit so as long as it keeps growing and flourishing the bigger it gets this year the better and fingers crossed it will fruit some next year or the following year.
          Found this information which I have pasted below. Good luck.
          Growing
          When your plants first arrive it is likely they will just look like bare twigs with some roots on. Don’t worry, this is normal. If planted straight away and watered well they will grow leaves within two-three weeks. Dig a hole around 50cm deep and wide and place the goji berry plant in it.

          Firm the soil around the plant and water well. Leave about 1m between plants and mulch the area around the stems with leafmoluld or garden compost to keep the soil moist and well-nourished. You can even grow the bushes into a goji berry hedge; simply plant them 1m apart in a straight line.


          Flowers
          After two years the bushes will start to fruit, and from four years you’ll start to get very heavy yields. In early summer the bushes will produce small, delicate, trumpet-shaped flowers that will be either white or purple. Both coloured flowers can feature on one plant, so they provide visual interest before the berry production begins.

          The berries will begin to set in autumn. The ripe fruit are sweet and juicy and almost shiny in appearance. The flowers will continue to bloom right up until the first frosts, however, so your plants will be red, white and purple throughout late summer and autumn.

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          • #6
            Thanks for that, i guess no blossom this year, hopefully next year! will let you know how they go and will be interested in how your plants go too.

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            • #7
              Thanks for this folks, I got mine 2 seasons ago, and it started off in a pot in the back garden, where it was not too happy, grew leggy and put on fast growth. However in the Autumn I found a patch of ground in my allotment fruit section and planted it well in and this Spring mulched it with some shredded manure. It is growing well and putting on lots of leafy growth. In view of its tendency to sprout long slim branches, perhaps it is advisable to pinch out the growing tips to encourage it to become more bushy. I am trying this. Alan

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              • #8
                Hi Alan, as i have two i might pinch out one and leave the other, what a good idea!!!
                Will pinch out the one that is not so bushy and see if it catches up to the other one.

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                • #9
                  Got three last May and planted them into pots. They really took off and within about 6 weeks one had grown a shoot almost 3' long so I chopped the top bit off and made two cuttings from it and they rooted within a couple of weeks so I now have 5 plants. Two are on the lottie and the others in pots. None look as if they are going to flower this year, so it is a waiting game till next year. They seem to respond really well to pruning and training.

                  Ian

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