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- Goji berry does not bloom - what to do?
- Only suitable plant material reliably bears flowers and fruits
- The duration of the juvenile phase depends on the mode of propagation
- Nursing and location-related reasons for the absence of flowering
- Tips
If the goji berry does not bloom or hardly does not bear fruit
Goji berry does not bloom - what to do?
The goji berry is visually a rather inconspicuous shrub with its long shoots and the unremarkable leaves and is probably planted in most gardens with the aim of harvesting the bright orange-red berries. It is all the more annoying when the so-called wolfberry no flowers and thus no fruits attaches.
Only suitable plant material reliably bears flowers and fruits
The Goji berry is a plant selected for centuries in various Asian growing areas and raised for production. However, hobby gardeners in Germany sometimes also propagate offshoots of wild forms, which then produce little or no flowers. So you should be careful to plant a suitable variety if you want to harvest and process your own goji berries.
The duration of the juvenile phase depends on the mode of propagation
Like many other plant species, goji berries can also be propagated by sowing seeds or cuttings. It should be noted that seedlings usually have a longer juvenile phase than young plants from the cuttings breeding. Basically, you have to assume that young plants of the Goji berry do not develop flowers and fruits until about the third year. Sometimes specimens in the pot bloom in the second year, as their growth in size is somewhat limited by the shape of the crop and the plants turn to fruit set earlier.
Nursing and location-related reasons for the absence of flowering
It may also be due to one or more of the following factors, if the so-called buckthorn shrub does not want to bloom:
Some varieties of wolfberry no longer flower when cut back too much. High-yielding varieties should, however, be rather insensitive in this regard and more likely to respond positively to a parenting session.
Tips
Sometimes even exaggerated or incorrect fertilization contributes to the problem of non-flowering berry bushes. As soon as the soil in a location contains a lot of nitrogen by appropriate measures, many shrubs tend to a very strong instinct and leaf growth. However, this happens at the expense of the flower and fruit approach.