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[John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>]

I've never had problems with mine not flowering.  In fact, they were covered with flowers from midsummer on and serviced by numerous different types of pollinating insects.  However, they set few fruits.  I think that the pollen was viable for only a very short period of time per flower, even though each flower itself persisted for days.



--- On Sat, 8/28/10, Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com> wrote:

From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Goji Berry question
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 6:01 AM

I have two goji bushes that bloomed within the first year of planting. One set fruits that, I thought, were quite sweet and tasty. (I though dried gojis that I tasted from a health food store were awful!). The bush has not borne fruit now for a couple years. No flowering this spring. I did notice a couple of days ago that my one surviving bush was in bloom, perhaps because of being forced through an artificial dormancy by our long period of very hot and very dry weather a few weeks ago. We recently had some good rains and cooler weather.

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On Aug 28, 2010, at 2:00 AM, John S wrote:

Well, let's distinguish between the dried berries and the fresh berries.

Dried Berries: 

I have become fond of them.  There is a slight "musty or dusty" characteristic that probably puts off most people.  But they are not bad and are quite good when cooked in ways similar to raisins.  A good addition to baked goods.

Fresh Berries:

They need significant time after they turn red to ripen, sweeten and develop good flavor.  Picked after they turn red, but not before fully ripe, taste sort of like a bland tomato similar to what you find in grocery stores in February.  Not really worth eating them.  Fully ripened (around here about the time of first frosts) they are sweet and better tasting.  Sort of tomato like, but not as strong a flavor.

I could never get enough fruit from my plants to justify the space they took up and dug them out this spring.

John



--- On Fri, 8/27/10, Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net> wrote:

From: Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Goji Berry question
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, August 27, 2010, 9:17 AM

   Do Goji berries taste good or are they just valued for their medicinal value?

Jim Fruth
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