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Bkaus
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 Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:51 am Post subject: Anyone growing Gogi Berry? |
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Picked up a 4" plant from a farmer market last summer when in CA. It produced four little berries on it before winter. I was surprised when researching the plant that is has a growing Zone of 4-10.
Anyone growing Gogi Berry? |
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ajbcirc
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| Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| I grew it for a few years. Did ok -- needed as much water as grapes to fruit. Didn't care much for the berries so I pulled it and replaced it with Golden Muscat. |
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Amadioranch
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| Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| We have a bush. Likes to sucker from the root alot. I understand the berries are supposed to be a superfood, not super tasty. But does real well in our heat. Im gonna keep mine. |
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Bkaus
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| ajbcirc wrote: | | I grew it for a few years. Did ok -- needed as much water as grapes to fruit. Didn't care much for the berries so I pulled it and replaced it with Golden Muscat. |
I like your thought process of planting something that you like better to replace a less liked fruit.
I'm doing the same with a lemon tree and Az sweet tree. taking them down to make more room for Loquat's and Sapote's |
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Bkaus
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| Amadioranch wrote: | | We have a bush. Likes to sucker from the root alot. I understand the berries are supposed to be a superfood, not super tasty. But does real well in our heat. Im gonna keep mine. |
Is your plant very big and does it produce a lot of berry’s? My only about a foot but it’s really liking the spring weather and growing like made. The fruit isn’t very sweet but I did like the mild watery fruit taste. |
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ajbcirc
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| Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Bkaus wrote: | | ajbcirc wrote: | | I grew it for a few years. Did ok -- needed as much water as grapes to fruit. Didn't care much for the berries so I pulled it and replaced it with Golden Muscat. |
I like your thought process of planting something that you like better to replace a less liked fruit.
I'm doing the same with a lemon tree and Az sweet tree. taking them down to make more room for Loquat's and Sapote's |
Best to do it when they're scraggly looking or dormant. It's hard to pull a plant that looks good or is fruiting, irregardless of the quality of the fruit. (grin)
I only have so much space and so many water lines (my lines are mostly PVC, not polytube so it's not as easy for me to shift things around), so every fruit tree or shrub needs to work for me or it has to go. |
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Bkaus
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| Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| That is so true I've been going to cut down the lemon tree for over a year and still haven't done it. |
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Sardonic_007
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Goji berries are easy and near impossible to kill once established. I neglect mine and it does fine. Fruit is okay at best, wait until the berries are huge, and they still aren't great. I believe they are a complete protein making them a superfood but I could be wrong on that.
Either way they suck to pick but if you make the effort, they do well in smoothies where their flavor isn't the emphasis. Add bananas and Oj and goji and they aren't bad!
Mine is in a pot where it only gets afternoon sun and its fine. |
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