Comments on: Goji Berry Update

By: Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:09:58 +0000

Thanks for the info Les, I’ll have to look them up!

By: Les Whiddett

Les Whiddett — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:42:05 +0000

Thank you Ruth for your advice, checked out comment 120, a very useful site for pruning information. Bandicoots are australian marsupials, about the same size and colour as rabbits, they have a very pointed nose with sharp teeth but only eat worms and insects. Les

By: Ruth Hall

Ruth Hall — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:05:59 +0000

Hi Les, What a neat place to live. I don’t even know what a bandicoot is! I think you’ll like your Goji. Here in Indiana we’ve had 2 light freezes and several heavy frosts and my Goji is still green. It’s not as cold sensitive as I thought it was.
Good luck with your Goji, sounds like heat will be your challenge. Be sure to check out Jason’s pruning information. I didn’t have any idea what to do with mine and by the time I found this Goji site, it was way out of hand. I will have to prune mine severely in the spring.

By: Les Whiddett

Les Whiddett — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:14:00 +0000

Hi from down under, I live near Perth, Western Australia. We have a mediterrean climate, 36 inches of rain in winter and around 5c to a hot dry summer at up to 40c. Very hungry dry silica sand which is water repellent. We do still have kangaroos and Bandicoots living near us, but like the rest of the world have a bad rabbit problem.
We are in our spring planting time and our local nursery talked me into buying a Goji berry (Lycuim barbarum). I googled and found your site. It has been a great site for information which i Thank you all for. My loan Goji has trebled its size in eight weeks, standing about three feet tall with many branches, I made sure of placing a rabbit barrier around it, temperatures are around 30c at this point.
Keep up the good work. Les

By: Rich Tompkins

Rich Tompkins — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:59:57 +0000

OOPs! of course in ment BTW (by the way.”:)

By: Rich Tompkins

Rich Tompkins — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:57:51 +0000

BTY, you can now see the difference between the Traditional Da Ma Ye Goji Seed, and the No.1 of Ning-qi Goji Seed, by visiting http://www.GoQiZi.com/ )

By: Rich Tompkins

Rich Tompkins — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:52:06 +0000

Daryl, don’t feel to bad. I have killed hundreds of Goji plants, trying to grow them in a very harsh invironment. Too much water, and too much heat will kill them. I have both problems. On average, we will get over 60 inches of rain each year, and my thermometer said it was 112 degrees F in my garden this year. This burned my tomatoes up, but my 18, 3 year-old Goji plants (planted in partial shade) survived. I had many large leaves, and a few flowers, but no berries this year.:( BE PATIENT!! It has been our observation that the young, and tender, Goji seedling will often lay over on the ground, and begin to look very weak. One of two things are happening. The Goji is either “concentrating on root growth,” or dying from “damping-off disease.” In your case, the plant may also be suffering from “transplant shock.” I would recommend that you treat immediately for “damping-off disease,” and be patient. The Goji Tree has an amazing will to live, even in very adverse conditions. Warmest Regards,

By: Daryl

Daryl — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:54:33 +0000

Thanks Ruth, sorry but it is kind of a secret. We are designing the system around the concept and going to make smaller versions of it. Assuming all the tests go well we will be obviously trying to sell it. I’m sure it will take awhile for all the testing to be done. Anyway, I’m not sure what cultivar my goji’s are because I got all the seeds from dried goji’s. From what I understand, most of the dried goji’s over here are the Da Ma Ye, or something like that. I’m thinking about buying some seeds so I know exactly what I’m getting but for now with all the tests I’m doing I assume most of what I have will die. I guess I’m pushing them to the limits you could say. But yes, I would love to eventually get some certified seeds.