How to Grow Goji Berry
Want to grow your own goji berries? This is a great idea as fresh goji berries are tastier and more nutritious than dried goji berries or any of the goji supplements you can find.
Goji berry plants are now available in Australia. You can find them at many nurseries but if they don’t have them, they will usually order them in for you if you ask.
Goji berries can be grown in most parts of the county, including in Melbourne, as discussed by Dennis at Gardenworld:
The plant itself looks fairly ordinary with thin canes and long dull green leaves. It is actually a member of the Solanaceae family (tomatoes and chillies). The plant has several growth flushes during the season and in between tends to rest with no active growth.
It is at the ends of the new growth that clusters of flowers may form especially in late spring. The white to purple flowers (like a potato flower) open and then long thin green berries form (like Thai chillies). These mature in December to an orange colour and can be picked and eaten raw. The flavour is sweet and like a common cranberry. They are quite delicious in fact.
Have you tried growing goji berries? Were you successful? Did you get many fruits? We would love to hear your feedback on growing goji berries in Australia. Leave a comment if you have something to share.
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Hi , been growing Gojis for a couple of years in geelong vic. No fruit yet.Have successfully propagated by cutting but seed failed.Mine are in ground,pots,sun,shade.I have a plethora of edibles but the goji poses the greatest dilemma.Not growing too well.Any tips on ph requirements? Cheers Pete.
“No fruit yet.Have successfully propagated by cutting but seed failed.Mine are in ground,pots,sun,shade.I have a plethora of edibles but the goji poses the greatest dilemma.Not growing too well.Any tips on ph requirements? Cheers Pete.”
Intresting. I would like details!
Bought one from a local nursery, kept in a pot now for nearly 3 years. It went through several phases of growth and then die-back, sometimes to the point where I thought it had gone completely. At one stage I cut several slips from the main plant at the base, and put these in a jar of water, where they proceeded to strike roots. At the same time I pruned the main stem back by half, more because I thought it had died than any clever ideas about increasing its growth. This year the main stem has produced about a dozen small fruit from side shoots, which have been very sweet eaten straight off the stick. The cuttings have also shot up so I’ll prune these back hard when the leaves fall and plant the whole lot into the garden in a sunny spot. Fingers crossed, next year I might get more than a dozen berries. I recommend you persist with them, even when they look like they’re dead.