My goji tree ❤️
The way I found out about goji berries is very winding.....
At one point in your ordinary life, you find out that someone close to me is sick with cancer.... I know that it is difficult to treat and everything is still uncertain.... I turned to plants, tried to find something that would help.... I am always I was surrounded by plants and I learned a lot along the way...
While the therapy and treatment was going on... I was trying to find "something" to strengthen the immunity... There is aronia, beetroot, blueberry.... garlic..... Vegetable juices.... Everything we used it.... Something pleased us and we continued it, something didn't and we gave it up... The disease was stopped and now we need to keep that condition frozen...
I came across godji berries for sale on Instagram... I read a little more in detail....most people know about red godji berries.. But there are also black ones which are more medicinal than any other berries. 100g was 20e. I'm thinking what to do... That 100g goes fast..... And the offer also includes seedlings... 15e...
I will try to plant black goji seedlings (otherwise I like to plant something new), so if I succeed, good, if not, at least I tried....
Now about those mysterious berries...
Lycium ruthenicum - black goji berry
It is a shrub that grows naturally in Asia. It belongs to the rarest, most expensive and most medicinal species, but insufficiently known....
Goji is harvested from June to November... It blooms constantly and produces small black berries... Which can be eaten as is or in smoothies and drinks... The daily dose is 5-10 berries...
The berries are small and tender and are harvested with TWEEZERS 🤣
When damaged, they quickly oxidize...and lose valuable ingredients....
Berries contain:
- 18 amino acids,
21 minerals, - proteins
- A, B1, B2, B3 (Niacin)
- C, E beta carotene, biophenols, flavonoids, tannins... * minerals: calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium, selenium, potassium, essential fatty acids.
They reduce the risk of cancer and prevent the development of cardiovascular diseases.
Amino acids in black berries are much stronger than in other berry fruits... And also minerals and microelements....
I planted two seedlings two years ago..... Only this year the bush has spread and we are finally eating berries from our yard...
When I read that berries should be picked with tweezers... I thought... That's just what they say...
And I tried with my fingers... I squeeze the berry and all the juice on my fingers, it stains my fingers and there is not much left of the berry... And now I'm picking with tweezers. Twenty berries a day. For my sister and me..
This year my plant is really full of flowers and has become a real treasure of berries..
The flowers are small and pink in color, some almost white and some pink.....
I took some photos from a distance so you can see how small the goji berries are..
Today I also made a goji berry drink....
In a glass of water, I squeezed half a lemon, two spoons of honey, a little ginger and seven or eight berries... Real refreshment...
That's how goji arrived in my yard, and now it contributes to our immunity....
I hope you enjoyed this story…
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That's a new one or me! I've been growing Goji and Wolfberries for years but have never come across black ones. Thanks for sharing!
I'm happy if you learned something new from my post...
Since the black goji berry is so unique...
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What's the difference between goji and wolfberry?
They're nearly identical but Wolfberry has longer canes and bears less fruit. Its almost impossible to tell unless you have 2 growing either side of each other.
Oh, ok! I was trying to figure out for a while if mine were L. barbarum or L. chinense. I came to the conclusion that they are the former.
It's very confusing. I could only tell when I was at a garden with them labelled and side by side to teach people the difference. Our garden centres get them wrong but the buyer can't tell which is which from a seedling.
I was not aware of the black gojis.
here we have the orange ones which are doing very well too.
Black goji berries are little known. It's good that your orange berries are growing nicely...
I just ordered some black Goji Seeds ; )
thanks to your post.
This is amazing! I have been carefully babying my two goji bushes for several years and got m first 4 berries last year. Now they producing many more! I have the red species. I had no idea there were black kinds!
So my question is: is there a dosage limit on the red type as well?
I found out about them through this amazing and rare trail mix whose brand is, oddly enough, PEAK. The berries must be raw because the seeds will readily sprout.
I wish it was the same with my two trees..... Only one dried up, but when I pruned it, a new one sprouted, which is now progressing nicely...
For red goji berries, the daily intake is 20g-50g
I was lucky to get to a tree with those black berries... Because there is a goji tree nursery near us...
It's good that you found such a way..🤗
Have a nice day☀️
For some reason only one of my plants is fruiting. The other one is not doing so well this year, I do not know why. But at least it is still actively growing!
You are lucky to have a nursery near you! I have some Taiwanese neighbors who are very efficient master gardeners, using up all the space they have to the fullest. They were surprised to see I had goji and I gave them seeds and cuttings in the past. I hope they were successful.
Thank you! Have a good one!
When I planted my goji tree I was instructed to add a natural fertilizer, humus and mix it with a handful of lime Ca(OH)2 powder... It likes alkaline soil...Maybe it's starting to bloom...
You need to be able to use the available space, and a lot of time and care to maintain a beautiful garden.
Thank you very much.😊
Much success in further cultivation of goji🤗☀️
this is so awesome! thank you for sharing
Thank you very much @web-gnar 🥰
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