Goji?

[JudyB]

Judy's:

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Not mine anymore, sold it to D4...

 

[Vin]

As much as I like both of these in the pot... I would pop them right out and put them in the ground.

LOL! Not if you paid as much as I did for mine. It hurts just to lose a leaf.

 

[Stickroot]

LOL! Not if you paid as much as I did for mine. It hurts just to lose a leaf.

I can imagine it was pretty pricey! Has it ever had berries?

 

[Vin]

I can imagine it was pretty pricey! Has it ever had berries?

Not yet. It currently has a few flowers left so maybe it will soon? I'm still learning about this animal. It lost all the leaves in the summer and I thought it was a goner. Came to find out that was normal.

 

[JudyB]

I was told that you have to cut back pretty hard in winter to get the berries. I had some on mine several times. I would assume that it blooms on new wood and that is why cutback is necessary.

 

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Dang Vin! that Goji is AMAZING! I say that cause allmost all the Goji I've seen in nurseries this year are a bunch of straws in groups in pots. gives it a lush bush effect I quest.

Looks like these gets hacked back annually hence the fruit production.

As JudyB has alluded to in her thread, roots tend to grow deep? Think I may need to dig 2' down at the very least?

Can't wait till spring again!

 

[Vin]

I was told that you have to cut back pretty hard in winter to get the berries.

Well, that ain't going to happen A berry here and there would be cool but there's no way to make a dent in my appetite with a bush this size. I am going to prune it back a bit though.

 

[Vin]

Dang Vin! that Goji is AMAZING! I say that cause allmost all the Goji I've seen in nurseries this year are a bunch of straws in groups in pots. gives it a lush bush effect I quest.

Looks like these gets hacked back annually hence the fruit production.

As JudyB has alluded to in her thread, roots tend to grow deep? Think I may need to dig 2' down at the very least?

Can't wait till spring again!

Thanks (though Judy's old one is much nicer)! I have another one that is just straws as you stated. It's going in the ground this Spring to fatten up I hope.

What ever you have there it will make a nice bonsai in a few years. In the Spring I would excavate one side to about a foot and go from there. There's probably not that much going on much deeper than that. When collecting, you just have to be ready for anything and roll with what you find.

 

[Stickroot]

I was told that you have to cut back pretty hard in winter to get the berries. I had some on mine several times. I would assume that it blooms on new wood and that is why cutback is necessary.

I have been told that they need at least 400 to 600 hours of freezing dormancy to produce fruit in most cultivar.

 

[justBonsai]

I have been told that they need at least 400 to 600 hours of freezing dormancy to produce fruit in most cultivar.

The goji berries my parents have grown have been in Southern California for their entire life and always produce a lot of berries every year. Southern California hardly sees freezing temperatures.

 

[milehigh_7]

I have been told that they need at least 400 to 600 hours of freezing dormancy to produce fruit in most cultivar.

Fruits at my house with darn near zero chill

 

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Thanks (though Judy's old one is much nicer)! I have another one that is just straws as you stated. It's going in the ground this Spring to fatten up I hope.

What ever you have there it will make a nice bonsai in a few years. In the Spring I would excavate one side to about a foot and go from there. There's probably not that much going on much deeper than that. When collecting, you just have to be ready for anything and roll with what you find.

We can agree to disagree. Both are equally exceptional to me.

I get frigid Temps regularly from mid to late winter. Weird even the little 7"-8" one has berries. They must produce them young. Or maybe just another stump with new shoots.

The berries are quite nasty. Like tasteless tomatoes with a bit of bitter meds.

 

[justBonsai]

Berries typically aren't eaten by themselves. Usually used in soup.

 

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Aren't Gojis deciduous?
The ones in my yard haven't dropped much if any. Only some wilted leaves.
Here have seen low 20's and wind chill reaching 0 a couple days. And half a day of freezing rain as well.

I'm not worried about them though as they go through these kinds of weather ever year. What I'm more concerned about are my blueberry and Toyo. Aren't they supposed to drop leaves already?

 

[JudyB]

Goji are very cold tolerant plants, no worries...

 

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Thanks Judy. In the tree years I've been living here, this is the first time I'm observing them. They're behaving like evergreen atm.

The worrisome part is the Vitex and Alder didn't change colors but just dropped the leaves while still green.

Blueberry and Toyo still have their leaves now

They all went through the freezing temps where the ground froze over.