[londongardener]

Has anyone grown these ?  Any advice etc?

[DIGGER]

Thought it was April 1st.
Dont know how to do a link www.fruitexpert.co.uk and search gojoberries.

I learn again :o

[DIGGER]

Clever me done a link without trying.

Ilearn yet again

[londongardener]

Clever me done a link without trying.

Ilearn yet again

Not the same thing - I was talking about

http://www.miracleberry.co.uk/

[Flaf]

I think they ARE the same thing Digger was talking about
http://www.fruitexpert.co.uk/GrowingGojiBerries.html

[vegmandan]

You'd better read this before trying to grow 'em  :!:  :!:  :!:


Goji berries might look innocuous, but the current craze for this "superfood" – fuelled by the endorsement of celebrities such as Kate Moss and Sir Mick Jagger – could devastate Britain's multimillion-pound tomato and potato crops.


The Government has alerted farmers to the threat after it revealed last week that nearly 90,000 goji berry plants, which can carry diseases that are lethal to other crops, have been illegally imported from East Asia in the past year. Some of the plants have been destroyed but it is feared that most are already in the gardens of goji- berry enthusiasts.


The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued a warning to commercial growers, garden centres and gardeners, while the National Farmers' Union has warned that disease carried by the bright red berries could be "devastating".


"There are particular concerns over this," said Chris Hartfield, horticulture adviser to the NFU. "Put simply, because goji plants are part of the Solanaceae family – the same as potatoes and tomatoes – the bugs can travel on the goji plants, then easily move to, say, potatoes, where they debilitate the crop." He added: "The retail value of British tomato production is £150m, and potatoes are worth more than that, so the size of the industry that is under threat is pretty massive. If some bugs were to arrive here, they would be devastating."


Super food my @rse

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Think I will give those a miss :!:

[gobs]

Miracle fruit/berry/ wonder fruit is not gooji berries as London says.

[londongardener]

Goji berry is Lycium barbarum from China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfberry

Miracle berry is Synsepalum dulcificum from Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_fruit

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What a great site this is,what an education I am getting.

[londongardener]

What a great site this is,what an education I am getting.

Unlike me about miracle berry  

[vegmandan]

This should help you then.

http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/miraclefruit.html

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What a great site this is,what an education I am getting.

Unlike me about miracle berry  

I just feel sorry for my mates, Thursday night is pub night, I think  I shall bore the backside of them. Roll on 9pm