How to Plant and Grow your own Goji Plants

Where do Goji Berries grow?

The place where Goji berries grow is in the Himalayan region and also in the Tibetan and Mongolian Himalayas. The Goji berries have exploded on the European and American food market. Everyone wants to include them in their daily diet.

How to grow your own Goji berries

What You Need

Seeds,

Growing area (outdoors and/or in pots),

Soil,

Water,

Access to sun and/or light,

Time.

Seeds

You can get seeds directly out of Goji berries, but you can't be sure what variety you are getting necessarily and if the berries are sun dried this may cause the seeds not to germinate properly.

Where to Grow

Okay, so your biggest expense will be the pots, no doubt about it. That is, if you even need a pot. If you live in an area that doesn't get colder than -15 F (-26 C), then you might be all right to just grow the berries outside

 If you are going to make a little patch to grow Goji berries on your lawn, you may choose to just remove an area of grass. Then, put down some soil and some organic matter and voila, you have yourself a nice Goji garden.

If growing in pots, you can save money by getting creative here. If you can get access to a wooden barrel, cutting it in half would give you two nice, large, decorative pots that can be used to grow a few Goji plants in. If you have the money, you can always just buy a few large pots too. You'll probably need a few of them to get a decent amount of berries growing.

Soil

You'll basically just need regular potting soil and some organic matter. If you're planting outside (recommended if climate is suitable), you'll need to prepare a patch to grow the plants, as stated above. These soil tips apply to both outdoor growing and indoor: Make sure your soil has good drainage, contains a lot of organic matter. Remember not to use chemical fertilizers to grow Goji berries. There are no nutrients in chemicals, and if you supply them with enough healthy, organic matter such as manure, they will not need chemical fertilizer.

Using chemical fertilizer to feed your plants is like forcing a human to live off of only a few of the basic chemicals needed to live, in liquid form, but not allowing them to eat solid foods like fruits and vegetables or whole grains to get the vitamins and minerals that are important for them to be healthy. Your berries will not contain the nutrients they are supposed to if you fertilize with chemicals as opposed to organic matter. If the growing happens in pots, you'll also have to change out some of your soil every year or so, as the Goji berry plants "eat" the existing nutrients.

Luckily, plants get almost all of the matter that they produce their growth and fruit from directly from the air and sunlight, so you won't need to add organic matter very often. If growing outside, make sure to work some manure, compost, vermiculite or other organic matter into the soil at least once a year.

Water

Well, you're going to need to water your plants obviously. When the soil gets dried out, just water them a little. Make sure not to saturate the soil, and to let it dry out before watering again. The soil should absorb water, but also have good drainage. If your plants are outside, make sure they do not get saturated with too much rain and that the excess water is able to drain from the pots. The plants will drown if they are soaked in water too long. Also, if you are in a hot area, the soil will drain more quickly.

Sun

If your plants are inside, make sure they have access to as much sun as possible. The more sun they get, the more berries they will produce and the more nutritious those berries will be. If you can't give them enough sun inside, you might consider putting a florescent, full spectrum light over them for a few hours a day. It is actually better to leave the light on 24/7 until the plants get a little bigger.

If in pots, the plants can be placed outside in direct sunlight, to be brought in only during the winter or during potentially damaging storms, etc. If your plants are grown indoors away from direct sunlight, make sure to slowly "harden" the plants to exposure to the sun gradually, by placing them in the sun for only a few hours at a time at first before planting them outside permanently or even before just placing them outside in pots for the warm season.

Making Your Own Goji Juice

Now, you’ve managed to grow your own Goji berries and the best reward would be a glass of fresh Goji juice. Enjoy!

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