Organic Goji Seeds - 200 ready for planting.

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Grow your own goji's!
Now you can grow goji's at home - as easy to grow as
tomatoes! Goji plants do not require a rich soil - they
flower and fruit better in a well-drained soil of moderate
quality. Our packs contain approx 200
certified ORGANIC goji (Lycium
Barbarum) seeds to ensure the best
quality healthy seeds from which to
grow your Lycium plants.

Growing Instructions:
1) Sow seeds as soon as possible. If you do not want to
use them all at once, store in a paper bag/envelope in a
cool dry place. Seeds that have been stored can be
soaked in water for up to 8 hours before planting or
placed in a fridge for a couple of hours to help the
germination process begin.
2) Soil: use any medium soil; loam-based or peat-based
compost, vermiculite, perlite, etc. Sow thinly in onefourth to one-half inch deep in loose, well draining soil
and sprinkle 5mm of fine/dry compost on top of seeds to

cover, water gently with a light spray. Place on a warm

window sill in shade or indirect sunlight and keep moist.
An electric propagator will speed up the germination
process if desired. The seeds will germinate between 5
and 10 days, depending on the temperature. Once
sprouted, seedlings should be gradually acclimated to
direct sunlight until well established.
3) Water seedlings regularly, keep soil well-drained and
do not allow to become waterlogged. When leaves
develop, carefully pot into 3 inch pots. Place in a sunny
but sheltered position or in a greenhouse or
conservatory. When the plant is 3 or 4 inches tall, pinch
growing tip to encourage bushiness. Once established,
they will be quite hardy and prolific growers, reaching
maturity in 4-5 years, and standing 10'-12' high with
vines reaching to 20' in length. Heavy pruning of the
plant will keep it looking neat and will encourage
flowering and fruiting.
Hints and Tips:
Be careful not to over-water - goji plants are very
drought tolerant. They do not require a rich soil - they
arebest grown in soil of moderate quality. They like a
sunny position and are hardy down to -15c. Keep well
drained, mix sand or gravel if necessary to aid drainage.
Depending on the amount of sunlight, the plants may not
produce any flowers or fruit in their first year. In the
second year, they will flower first with small trumpetshaped purple and white flowers in early summer,
followed by plump, juicy, bright-red fruits. The plant will

continue to flower and produce fruit right up until the first

heavy frost. Heavy yields can be expected from Goji
plants that are 4 to 5 years old. Typcially, only 2 year old
plants will produce 1-2kg of goji berries! The sweet fresh
gojis can be picked when red and eaten straight away.
Gojis will oxidise and turn black if touched by hand, so if
they are to be kept for a period of time or dried then they
should be shaken off the plant and collected in a tea
towel or cloth.
Benefits of goji's:
Goji Berries are said to:
Boost energy and general well being
Fortify and maintain a healthy immune system
Defend and fight against many cancers
Fight heart disease
Lower cholesterol
Maintain healthy blood pressure and blood sugar
levels
Reduce blood glucose levels
Improve eyesight, blurred vision and hearing
Strengthen and supports healthy liver and kidney
function

 Maintain a healthy nervous system

Improve cellulite
Assist in weight loss
Boost sex drive / libido
Wolfberries are nutritionally rich, containing betacarotene, Vitamins C, B1, B2 and other vitamins,
minerals, antioxidants, and amino acids. Companies
marketing the berries also claim the berries contain such
nutrients as isoleucine and tryptophan (both amino
acids), as well as zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium,
selenium, phosphorus, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), and
vitamin E.
A "daily serving" of just 10-30 grams can be added to
smoothies, muesli, breakfast cereals, yoghurt, smoothies
or simply eaten by the handful as a wonderful nutritious
and healthy snack!
Two recent book publications describe exceptional
nutritional qualities of wolfberries, advancing a working
proposal that the wolfberry is one of the most nutrientrich plant foods on Earth (References: Young et al., 2005;
Gross et al., 2006).
Many celebs have advocated the wonderful powers of goji
berries. Why don't you try growing the freshest goji's and
feel the benefits too!
Eat and be happy! Enjoy!

Growing Goji Plants from Cuttings

Using 21st century plant propagation technology, I have
developed healthy goji plant cuttings from strong, mature
goji plants. These "bare root starts" are cuttings from a
mature Goji plant. They have already formed roots. Goji
naturally likes to send out runners, so cuttings readily
take root. These starts grow quickly into large goji plants.
The goji plants I have are the species Lycium Barbarum
(they have been genetically tested.)
Here is a happy goji cutting (or rooted cutting) with
healthy roots ready to be planted in soil. The cuttings

come with the roots encased in rock wool to keep them

moist during shipping.
I will send you 3 rooted cuttings to make sure you
have success in starting your goji hedge.
Any good quality gardening soil should work.
However, add enough sand so that any excess of water
can drain easily if possible. The ratio should be 1/3 sand
to soil. Goji berries grow in an alkaline soil of a ph of 8.2
to 8.6 in their natural habitat.
I suggest planting your small Goji shrubs in 5 gallon
buckets, with drain holes punched in the bottoms. That
way you can move them around if you need to. The full
size shrub can grow to 8 feet, and tends to be slightly
wider than tall. However, they won't get that large in a
bucket. This is because the plant stops growing once the
roots hit bottom. Goji plant roots need to go deep. You
want to create an environment where the roots can go
deep rather than wide, and this is why a 5 gallon bucket
works well.

It is better to start them inside.

Once the plants have grown big and
strong, you could plant them in a
row outside, several feet apart. The
goji plants will send out runners,
and soon you will have a goji patch,
so plan ahead for that.
The Goji plant is quite hardy. It likes
full sun except in hot climates. What
else would you expect from a plant
that originated in the Himalayas?
How Quickly Can You Expect Your Own Berries?
Hopefully youre not in a hurry for the berries. The shrubs
dont usually bear fruit until about the third year. But you
can use the leaves in a salad while you wait. Youll know
your shrubs are about to bear fruit because youll start to
get small purple/white trumpet flowers from summer
until the first freeze.
You can get your Goji
shrub to become more
bushy by nipping buds so
that it forms more
branches.
A wide variety of animals
such as rabbits, birds and deer also like to snack on the

berries . Beware of the tomato worm and other insects.

When I first started growing Goji plants, I was mystified
when most of my biggest plant disappeared overnight
shortly after I put it out in its second spring. The next
afternoon, I caught a Jay trying to eat most of what was
left. It seems we are not the only ones that think the
leaves make a dandy salad.
Once youve got a good shrub going, you can further
propagate your plants by taking cuttings. The plants
grow up to 1 yard high unless you give them something
to lean against. The stems have green, lance shaped
leaves. They bloom with small, purple-blue flowers.
Ah, finally, at long last the harvest. Pick your Goji
berries carefully; they bruise very easily. Also, there is no
fast way to pick them, so be sure to leave
plenty of time.
As your goji shrub grows, year after year,
the berries will become larger and more
nutritious. This is like the wine grape - older
vines produce better grapes.
For 2 truly excellent articles by Donald R. Daugs about
growing woflberries, click on these 2 links, especially the
second one: Wolfberries: exceptional nutrition in a small
package.
Wolfberry update.

There are many places in England where wolfberry

shrubs are used as hedges. They can be grown as a
barrier along a road in place of a fence if desired.
Growing Goji Plants from Seed
Each goji berry has about 30 tiny yellow seeds inside.
They are smaller than tomato seeds. These seeds will
germinated in about a week.
If you wish, you can simulate a hard winter by freezing
the berries for about a month. (You can also skip this
step.)
Soak several goji berries in good water in a germinating
tray. This feels like a wet spring thaw to the berries. In a
week to 10 days they will germinate, getting little roots.
Then they're ready for planting in starter pots. Typically,
about half the seeds will germinate.
Prepare your soil from a mixture of worm castings and
biological compost, with enough sand so that any excess
of water can drain easily. Goji berries grow in an alkaline
soil of a ph of 8.2 to 8.6 in their natural habitat.
Plant the germinated berries about half an inch down in
starter pots, deeper for very large berries. In our
experience, it will take 10-14 days for them to start
coming up. The first green shoot will have leaves so tiny
that you have to look very carefully to even see them.

The plant is adaptable once it sprouts.

My experience is that they grow rather slowly the first
few months. At that point the roots reach the bottom of
the pot. Once that happens, the plant stops growing, so
it is best to provide the plant with a deep pot. You want
the roots to go deep
rather than wide.
When the rooted cuttings
have outgrown their
starter pots, you can put
your small Goji shrubs in
5 gallon buckets, with
drain holes punched in the bottoms. That way you can
move them around if you need to. The full size shrub can
grow to 8 feet, and tends to be slightly wider than tall.
However, they won't get that large in a bucket. This is
because the plant stops growing once the roots hit
bottom.
Update, March 2009: In the two+ years that this article
has been here, we've yet had anyone call to tell us that
they've had great success growing a Goji hedge from
seed. The only successes we've heard about are when
the hedge was started with a cutting. You can take
further cuttings once you've got one plant growing well.

Youll probably want to be eating the berries while your

Goji berry garden matures for a few years. After all,
youll want to experience the powerful nutrition of the
goji berries in the meantime. Why not buy more than
just a few berries?
If you buy 9 pounds, that should last you about a year!
However, if you find yourself gulping them down because
your body craves them, this is a good thing, and you can
buy more when you run out.