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earthyvirgo

Joined: 24 Aug 2007
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Location: creating prints in the loft, Gerlan

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 7:43 pm Post subject: Anyone grown Goji berry?
We saw Goji Berry 'bushes' (no more than a couple of spiny branches really) for sale in the garden centre at lunchtime and nearly bought one ... has anyone grown them? I was wondering how quickly they start fruiting and how prolific the fruit is. And is it a tasty fruit? EV

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 7:47 pm Post subject:
I planted 2 plants this afternoon that I was given last year so can I give you an answer in a year or so's time

spuds

Joined: 19 Mar 2009
Posts: 18
Location: Newton Abbot

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 8:37 pm Post subject:
hi you could do as i have done go to health food shop but small packet of berrys take out seed and plant done this last year but it was late in the season so have just planted more today they look like tomato seeds to me ,so i reason treat them like tomato's mick

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 09 9:46 pm Post subject:
i'd like to know the answer to this too, as Mum is about to give me a couple of plants

mbeirnes

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 100

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 09 12:56 am Post subject:

Gojis....
Not grown them myself but also intend to.
They have started growing wild in this country.
They dont need any special requirements tio the best of my knowledge. Focus are selling them at a fiver. Hope that hasnt upset anyone! They grow about 6ft high, dont need pruning, you should get a handful of berries in the first year of bought plants.
The mrs sticks the berrys in her breakfast cearial. We have also had them in chicken soup (another thread coming). The plant looks like it may make a good hedge to me

they have a perculiar taste when raw sort of tangy and sweet.

growingafamily

Joined: 18 Mar 2006
Posts: 75
Location: Fife

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 10:15 am Post subject:
we're thinking of trying it out for a small patch of hedging.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 10:18 am Post subject: Re: Anyone grown Goji berry?

earthyvirgo wrote:

And is it a tasty fruit?

I've only had dried ones from health food shops, it's an unusual taste, might be worth trying before you plant any

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 10:39 am Post subject:

mbeirnes wrote:

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They have started growing wild in this country.

Nothing new in that. Same as 'Duke of Argylls Tea Plant', isn't it? Thats been wild for donkeys years.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 10:40 am Post subject: Re: Anyone grown Goji berry?

earthyvirgo wrote:

And is it a tasty fruit?

No. Minging.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 11:15 am Post subject: Re: Anyone grown Goji berry?

cab wrote:

earthyvirgo wrote:

And is it a tasty fruit?

No. Minging.

I don't like it much either.

BahamaMama

Joined: 21 Sep 2006
Posts: 2315
Location: Away with the fairies

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 11:36 am Post subject: Re: Anyone grown Goji berry?

Fee wrote:

cab wrote:

earthyvirgo wrote:

And is it a tasty fruit?

No. Minging.

I don't like it much either.

another vote for 'minging'

Jozefine

Joined: 01 Jan 2006
Posts: 10
Location: Nod-sur-Seine France

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 11:38 am Post subject:
Yogi-berries are nice if you soak them in a little bit of hot water. In between you make a custard and immediately when its ready do it over the berries and let it cool. Very nice. Yogi-berry muffins are nice too! (add a bit of cinnamon!) My seeds are in the pots now for a week and a half. Nothing happened yet.

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 11:52 am Post subject:
Are yogi berries the same as goji berries then?

mbeirnes

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 100

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 12:17 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone grown Goji berry?

BahamaMama wrote:

Fee wrote:

cab wrote:

earthyvirgo wrote:

And is it a tasty fruit?

No. Minging.

I don't like it much either.

another vote for 'minging'

Has anyone tried them cooked, I tried this in chicken soup, tasted great and added a little heston touch that I liked!

Fee

Joined: 21 Mar 2005
Posts: 15922
Location: Earth

Posted: Wed Mar 25, 09 12:19 pm Post subject:
I tried them dried, and also rehydrated, and they didn't appeal much in either state. I bought a large pot of them too

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