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Harvest a nutritional powerhouse from your own back yard. Goji berries are filled with disease-battling antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Buying Goji berries within the food shop store can be costly, so save money while adding beauty to your garden with growing your own Goji berries. Goji berry plants, also called Lycium barbarum, bloom with showy, purple and whitened flowers during spring, and juicy orangish-red berries from summer through fall. Goji berry plants are hardy in U.S. Division of Agriculture zones 5 to 9 (average minimum temperatures of minus 20 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit) plus must be properly cultivated to make sure maximum results.

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2 Dig any hole slightly wider and approximately as deeply as the container within which you purchased your bare-root Goji shrub. Place the Goji plant in the hole and fill by your soil mixture. Water comprehensively after planting.

3 Add some 2- to 4-inch layer regarding mulch. Mulch regulates earth temperature, discourages weed growth also helps the earth's moisture retention.

4 Water through the growing season with some frequency that depends on your place. Gardeners from heater regions or dry areas may need to water Goji plants more frequently besides gardeners from cooler, wetter climates. Goji plants need on lowest 1 inch of drinking water each day. Test the soil every three to four days -- whenever the soil feels dry, it is spare time to drinking water.

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Nationwide Gardening Association: Eatable Landscaping WSU Whatcom County Extension: Box Thorn USDA Plants Profile: Lycium Barbarum

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