Growing Goji Berry in Southern Utah: How we prune and what cultivar
Hello @dtube and Steem Blockchain!!!! Out in the food forest harvesting goji berry and I wanted to share it with you!
We have been growing goji berry (Lycium barbarum) in Southern Utah for about 10 years. We grew many of our plants from seed...and have seen some peculiar genetics come from those plants. They are spindly and more thorny...with much less fruit. Genetics matter so much when planting fruit trees...berries..and plants of all types...in my opinion. About 7 or 8 years ago...we came across the goji berry strain called "Phoenix Tears." The genetic was found here in Utah growing near the transcontinental railroad...near a former chinese railroad camp. We planted them near our others gojis and bammm...they just took OFF!!!! Vigorous growers with dense fruit sets. In this video...I focus on these goji genetics...and show the willowing growth patter they take on...especially when topped and pruned....every year.
Here's where you can buy this strain of goji....and a brief description from groworganic.com about them:
https://www.groworganic.com/out-goji-berry-tree-each.html
"The Phoenix Tears variety was discovered in 2004 on a ranch in western Utah near the historic site of a transcontinental railroad camp where primarily Chinese workers resided. The mother plant is thought to be a chance seedling planted by accident back in the days of the transcontinental railroad construction. Phoenix Tears is a productive, almost thornless variety of goji berry."
Thanks for tuning in today! I'll be back again tomorrow with more fruits that are on...right now...as we cascade into Fall...here in S. Utah.
Cheers to our food freedoms! D-FOOD!!!!! :)
Jake and the Raw Utah family
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I just got that variety and planted a couple this fall! I just tried one of the fruits today!
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beats paying 15 or 20 bucks for 8 oz....of those things eh?!!! cheers bro...and thanks for stopping by. following you now!
dang....sounds like a good cash crop. yeah we'll see how well they do. They struggled a little in the beginning and I may have planted them in a bad spot. I learned they like to climb and probably should have planted them close to a fence.
We grow them too. They're a bit invasive for our little block
cheers my fellow gardener! i hear ya. i started containing them within...cinder block garden beds. some runners still get out but i head them. my sea buckthorn are doing the same. creeping out all over the forest. the mint...has been the hardest to contain. lol.....fun times in gardening land. :) hey...thanks so much for stopping by....and for the re steem!!!!!!!