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[John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>]

I got an early seedling offered from ONG and it is incredibly vigorous.  I 
let it get big, in part hoping for better fruit production.  Only got a few 
berries a year and the birds will leave them alone here for some reason.  
It's become invasive and I've dug it up several times the past three years, 
but still have bits and pieces cropping up.  Getting rid of it as this one is 
a waste of space.

I wanted to ask the size of the plants you are working with?  Small ones can 
be fussy, but once well rooted virtually indestructible here.  Very easy to 
propagate as well.  6" cuttings will root easily.

John



--- On Mon, 7/23/12, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Goji Berry - Wolfberry - Lycium barbarum
> To: "nafex mailing list at ibiblio" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Monday, July 23, 2012, 3:55 PM
> I haven't been able to keep them
> alive here in sw Wisconsin.  Each
> year I plant a few and the following spring they are
> dead.  They're
> supposed to be cold hardy so not sure what the issue
> is.  I have a few
> of the One Green World variety and debating whether to
> sacrifice those
> or keep them in pots.
> 
> ~mIEKAL
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Hansen,Richard Dean
> <rdhans01@louisville.edu>
> wrote:
> > Hi Chris,
> >
> > They are incredibly easy to grow.  The only
> cultivar I am aware of is crimson star and I believe One
> Green World and Raintree Nursery carry them.
> >
> > They are fairly productive but the BIRDS LOVE THEM!
> Even the goldfinches eat the green ones!  My experience
> is that they must be netted or planted by the hundreds to
> get any fruit. I eat if right off the bush.  The bush
> is not very attractive, but vigorous. You should have no
> problem. It is also easy to root by airlayering, by my
> experience.
> >
> > Richard
> > Zone 6b-7
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