Growing Goji Berries - How to grow Wolfberries from Seed

Goji Berries, also known as Wolfberries, are one of the worlds most amazing superfood, but they cost about $6.50 for 100grams. So I decided to grow Goji Berries for myself.
I used seeds which I collected from store bought organic dried goji berries.
Goji Berries are also known as Wolf Berries and their latin name is Lycium Barbarum

[@vashonr]

Hey Vince I usually just pour 25-50 berries in a small bowl of warm tap water. Wait about 30 minutes and the berries can be smeared apart and the good seeds sink to the bottom of the bowl. Those are the good seeds as the floaters and goji berry shells can be used elsewhere. I harvested a few hundred good seeds in less that 5 minutes of work! Remember the seeds that sink to the bottom are the good ones :) I hope that this helps others as this is SUPER fast and efficient!

[@snarkygrin4132]

To make things easier in the future, if you soak the berries they'll plump up and if you pinch them the seeds will all burst out cleanly. Then you can use a teaspoon to spoon out the seeds floating in the water. I learned this from an elderly Tibetan woman. It was so simple and effective I was in awe.

[@stevejacobson8958]

Yes.. Great way to do it for sure

[@lukewhitfield597]

Brilliant love it cheers! :)

[@ryandixon1102]

Old world folks are true people of the earth. In touch with nature, animals, and their food.

[@galeriadesol948]

Sounds perfect, will try!

[@gardensofthegods]

That's actually how I eat the red gojis ... when I by then they are kind of dry like raisins and I cover them with just enough water and wait an hour or two and I get more flavor but it's also much easier to get the seeds

[@hunter12611]

I have a plant which is only one year old and it's giving me hundreds if not thousands of berries. What I do is I bury fish guts around the soil of the plant. ( I love fishing.) and water it with washing from the cleaning of fish and chickens. This really help with the plant's growth and fruiting.

[@Christine-777]

hou sung chen Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@anonymous-zk3mi]

You can add a crashed egg shell, it works wonderfully

[@chrismugleston8625]

Thanks for the tip, man!

[@patrapper7367]

Don't you get some mold or bacteria or other issues when you bury the fish guts in the soil

[@samanthastoner4527]

This was so helpful! I tried growing goji berries a few times, and never got past the sprouting stage. Now I know they need to stay indoors for two years 🙈 Thank you so much!

[@lynnsbomb]

I started some from seed this year and plan on keeping them inside for the winter. Thx for the advice.

[@katherinerose9780]

I did this method and they sprouted within two weeks! Just out of pure curiosity I stuck a few whole berries in another pot, and about a week after the first ones came up, the whole berries have sprouted as well! Now I’m going to have more berry seedlings than I know what to do with 😅

[@Jdmsword14]

Thank you! After this vid i tried my own and right around a week i have about 50 goji seedlings super crowded but glad to see them come up. going to wait to thin out in their own pots

[@VinceSamios]

Great to hear you enjoyed it - definitely definitely worth doing, very very easy and super rewarding.

[@KurdishGirl4500]

Thank for this video. I planted my goji berry two weeks ago and now their about 1 inch tall. I will experiment with one of them and plant it outside and keep the remainder of them indoors and see what will happen.

[@BlowfishFruit]

Great video on growing gojis from seeds. Love these plants! They're easy to grow from cuttings too.

[@andreafarmer9629]

Wonderful video! Very clear and pleasant to watch. I am going to try this! Thank you!

[@PlantzNThings]

I soaked my berrys before removing the seeds. they got all plump and the seeds came out very easily. This was a Great video my friend :)

[@chrisrogers4174]

Great informative video matched with a soothing voice.

[@texasmoores476]

Thank you, sir!! This is most certainly the best Goji How To vid published. Most appreciative! :D

[@daisyfrost5347]

Nice video. Ive just bought some red and black gojinberry seeds for starting next spring and I'm excited to grow more perennial fruits!

[@redtobertshateshandles]

That seed raising mix looks great.

[@asabagrendel]

This video is very helpful, especially the part about how to get the seeds out of the fruit. Thank you so much!

[@tnlightnin]

did the seedlings die later? you switched to growing from goji cuttings at the end...

[@vashonr]

Also I wanted to comment on your method of lifting the seedlings. If you extract in that manner any zones of maturation may be severed causing slow growth. Simply squeezing on the sides of the plastic pot and dumping it into your hand and separating in clumps gently ensures that your plants chances of injury is higher.

[@ericmastenbrook9020]

I've also seen a video wherein the man just planted the berry whole, with great success. I'm sure either method works fine.

[@Tmaramou100]

GREAT VIDEO, FINALY A LEARNING HOW TO GROW GOJI BERRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[@brandonmcallen5397]

works great! i put 2 seeds into my aerogarden and in 3 days they are over an inch tall!

[@eveny119]

Good info. Thanks for letting us know to keep indoors for 1 year, I bought my seeds off Ebay from China, no English directions so yeah I would have killed them.

[@lizzysheshed9672]

May the Light be with us all, in these times of darkness! Cheers

[@Abby6786]

Thanks my goiji finally sprouted. I didn't know they a week to sprout. Your video was informative.

[@shanyi5006]

Nice voice over.

[@percykirby2]

Great video chap. I'm going to grow these along my South facing fenceline in NC in a week a month or so.

[@mihkupaul6765]

Did you mention that Goji need SWEET soil! They won't grow well in acidic soil . The soil must be well drained also. I have read that true Tibetan Goji are a different cultivar than common Wolf berry. Mine are growing slowly. I am going to move them this season to a carefully prepared plot. If your Goji isn't doing well, it could be a ph problem.

[@ronaldbequeath2307]

One small problem and item to be aware of. I'm in my third year of gogi berries and was just expecting a nice crop. Just as they where pumping but not totally ripe and i had decided 2 or 3 days, my whole crop got hit with the yellow jacket wasps an wiped out the whole thing, leaving me nothing but black wilted fruit. Just something to watch for.

[@calysagora3615]

The answer to your problem is Boric acid. Boric acid or boric acid salts like Borax, dissolved in fruit juice, in a pet bottle, attracts wasps, but not bees, and the bottle neck prevents butterflies and alike from entering. Boric acid is a natural compound that kills wasps, ants, termites and cockroaches, while being harmless to most other animals. Even small doses kills, but slowly, so what happens is that wasps collect the juice (they don't like the taste of the acid concentrate) and brings it home to feed the colony, and thereby kills the entire colony, and the source of your problem. This is used in bee keeping, as bees are not interested in nectar (juice) only pollen. Wasps eat anything, including nectar, goji berries and bees. 🤗

[@davidvick1078]

@@calysagora3615 fascinating! I am going to try this. I understand that this is completely off topic but do you have any success in killing squash bugs?

[@calysagora3615]

@@davidvick1078 I don't think I've had that particular problem. For tiny stuff just spraying with soap water often helps, basically water without surface tension gets into their epidermal breathing and drowns them. Otherwise an effective pesticide is letting nicotine from a cigarette soak in water over night, then spray the plants and water with it. Nicotine is a strong nerve toxin that immobilize them to death. Lastly for bugs that don't fly, sprinkling diatomic earth around plants help, and for most ants, regular cinnamon is a very effective repellent. Good luck!

[@davidvick1078]

@@calysagora3615 thank you!!!!

[@eltigeredela134]

Hey! Hope all is well. Thank you so much for positing this beautiful tutorial. I would like to know how often should I water them and how much water should I use? Also, I'm interested in planting golden berries. I'm guessing it's the same process, right? Look forward to hearing from you. Thanks!

[@VinceSamios]

No worries, really pleased it helped out.

[@1softersoon]

they are great plants. i harvested my seeds after soaking the berry irolled/squished the seeds into a clean bowel of water

[@zigzagzog2723]

Thanks for putting this up, we are going to try this at our house!

[@ammanasuh4946]

Love your vedio, straight to the point, very useful. Thanks for sharing.

[@yvo84]

Excellent video, thank you.

[@dragoncarver287]

Next time you go out to eat Chinese, ask for chop sticks. They are great for pricking out seedlings and transplanting them into cells. One end I sharpen to a better point and the other end I make kind of a chisel shape. Best of all... you might be able to just ask for some without even buying anything. Cept a bit of barbeque pork is always a nice treat.

[@hazelhoneycutt5935]

Awesome vid & info. On the prowl for more exotics from seed...thanks!

[@tyreza79]

thanks i will get some seeds soon, morocco is hot, i guess it can survive here so well :) can't wait to start

[@marythompson9222]

I have some dried goji berries im planting the seeds from and the other day I came across some darker ones planted here in minnesota so I took some seeds to plant. I heard those help keep the deer out of my garden naturally but I wonder about all the deer n turkey poo showing up in the yard...lol

[@The_VRT]

Very good presentation! Thanks.

[@VinceSamios]

They take about a week to sprout - I imagine they would grow perfectly in brazil.

[@superslyfoxx1]

Thanks so much for this concise video. I will be trying this for sure.

[@VinceSamios]

When they are young its safe to keep them moist - when they are about 10 centimeters tall you can wait until the soil is dry before watering again. If they start to look limp after not watering them for a few days, give them some water.

[@devogrant2817]

Great video thank you ....what soil mixe did you say was right ....i live in England ....cold country the soil is naturally acidic ....so need some advice on the right soil mixe .....thanks again ....

[@matthewtaylor4399]

Really well explained. Common UK pests? Best quality will depend on light, soil and water. Anything further on soil rich nutrients etc?

[@HuwRichards]

I loved this video, if I get them over the internet, will they survive the transport? thanks

[@WildSatoriForest]

Huw! hahaha right on.

[@HuwRichards]

@@WildSatoriForest Hey😂

[@russellbarton7565]

What did was soak the dried goji berries in water for a few hours and the seed squeezed right out

[@Pepesplants]

Nice video. I grow from seeds and cuttings too! Thumbs up and subscribed!

[@Inspirationhills]

HI, Can you post a current picture of your plants? They should be 4.5 years now?

[@michaelheery7427]

Im waiting 4 yrs now.

[@Aicatimage]

stupid question

[@lukewhitfield597]

Always assuming hahahaha 😛

[@southfrance1248]

Good job 👍😄🌷

[@VinceSamios]

Good luck, they are loads of fun, and super tasty!

[@VinceSamios]

ooooh, they can grow big. I'm not sure they need the bees to get busy. You can start with a very small planter. I'm not sure about how much you could harvest, but probably from a nice old tree you could get a couple of KG.

[@blackwolf073]

I get my goji to sprout but soon they die after that. Using a perilite mixture. They are so delicate even spraying them to water seems to do seem of them in. Anyone have any tips? Thanks. Good video.

[@kim11174]

mine sprouted in less than a week using this method

[@bonnieholt2029]

I have planted seeds twice and they sprout beautifully but they don’t get any bigger and die. They are inside with a grow light. Not over watering. Any suggestions?

[@josemarquez8413]

Thank you ! Excellent video!

[@VinceSamios]

Thank you! Excellent comment!!! 😂😅

[@mataminda9674]

Good video... 👍... Can i try with the dried berries that i bought from the store?

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Mine always fall over to the side after they are about half an inch tall then die. Please advise what to do for this problem. Thanks.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Damping off fungus. Too wet and cold. Try soil free mix, vermiculite and or perlite. A Heat mat is great in cold climates.

[@VinceSamios]

Wow those are expensive. The only disadvantage I can think of in soaking them first is that you'll have to plant them immediately, although I would soak them if I tried to collect seeds again. :-)

[@billastell3753]

You don't have to plant them immediately. After soaking and removing the seed you simply dry them and put them in an envelope. I have kept them up to a year before planting them. No problem.

[@fanischristodoulou2918]

very nice video my friend, but it is much easier to put the dry berries into a glass of water for a day...you will seperate the seeds realy easy whith just your hand. Gretings from a greek goji farmer. ps. there is only one goji the lycium barbarum lycium is a latin word coming from the greek word lukos that means WOLF...

[@VinceSamios]

Yeah I think at this time of year it might be better just to have them out in the sun - just make sure they keep moist, especially with small root systems.

[@VinceSamios]

I haven't - I know someone who's tried, and I may try it myself some day for shiggles.

[@StephenDruesedow]

Great, but you didn't talk about watering. They can easily die from too much watering, then they droop when they don't get enough, so it's good to just water them a little from the outside of the pot when they start to droop. Also yours at two weeks look like they've grown a lot more than mine. After two weeks mine look barely larger than after a few days. And I keep them by the window and it's warm, so I don't know about that. Will keep trying though.

[@DesserTray5]

How often do you water the seedlings? I have a few coming up but they are starting to go flat... am I watering them too much?

[@trangvuongngoc5572]

Great video ,I planted from seed three times but all just 5days or one week died ,should we water during that times or not

[@aniyahdilovelilioness747]

My seeds are finally sprouting but they are really frail looking. What should I do for them? How often to water them?

[@shardhas.p3917]

tnk u for teaching me how to do Dis

[@wonderwoman1433]

Thank you for posting the video, it was very informative. At around 2 minutes and 7 seconds (2:07) into your video, is a pot with a few plants. There are about 3-4 plants that are the same. Can you please tell me what kind of plants they are? I have a plant in my garden that randomly started growing last summer. and it looks just like yours. But I have no idea what it is. I thought that maybe it's a type of oak? Please let me know, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

[@paulvidich5169]

avocado

[@paldonpaldon1064]

Best method is put the berries in a glass of water. Let them become soft. After the berries become loose, crush it with hand or the back of a spoon. It comes out easily. Separate the pulp/flesh/skin from the seed. You can see all the the good ones stay down in the glass while empty or bad ones float above the glass tumbler.

[@janecastillo4949]

Nice video.I bought seeds online and wanna ask if I can grow Goji berry here in South Carolina or in Arizona.

[@Aicatimage]

it will not grow as the weather over their is extremely hot and bumpy, so u need to shift to washington to grow goji berries, take a room on rent and grow over there, u may get goji berries soon in a year max, also u will be near to white house

[@lynnsbomb]

I also bought goumi berry seeds and haven’t planted them because it’s a little late in the season. Any advice on them?

[@jjj1981jj]

How often do I water the seedlings and Goji bush once it produces fruit

[@vashonr]

They like a PH between 6.8 - 8.1 so basically neutral to Alkalinic! If the growth falls off and dwindles this may be your problem! Add lime usually found in crushed oyster shells! If this helps then wahooooo!

[@justgivemethetruth]

You don't have to do anything to the seeds before you plant them ... like let them dry out or something, or refrigerate them for a certain amount of time?

[@anonymous-zk3mi]

Thanx for ur tutorial

[@VinceSamios]

Just keep them moist, and when they sprout water them when the soil is dry.

[@greenale90]

Hello, I tried growing goji plants from seed, but I wonder whether they need to be grafted, or whether they will be fruitful even without treatments. Some people say that cutting or grafting are better ways to propagate fruit plants; does this apply for goji plants too?

[@DeDe1H1]

I'm going to try, thanks

[@Spetsialista]

Did he ever uploaded any video update of this goji plants? Since youtbe fked up the channel video searching it only appears other people's channel videos instead of his videos.

[@eleanorerosanova7538]

What is the growing zone, please. What is the degree it can withstand ?

[@nikhilsukumar23]

Hi buddy very good video. Can I buy these plants in India? Will they thrive in tropical climate? Thank you Happy Christmas 🎄 and New year

[@BillynBertie]

Had no trouble germinating these and potting them on, but now they have stuck at tiny size in their pots and seem to be making on growth at all... several have now died. I have used good quality potting compost and they are in 3 inch pots which are in the polytunnel and well watered. What's going wrong? Unless they start growing I won't have plants big enough to overwinter. Should I put them outside now?

[@MrDevilincarnate]

Hi, I was wondering you did not soak the dried berries before opening them up. Is it favorable either ways as long as we get the seeds? I would like to grow them in my Indian weather, moist and hot but the summers can get a bit too unbearable at times... And surprisingly, the cheapest goji berries I could get my hands on cost me a whopping $65 per kilogram! Thanks for sharing this video.

[@davevencatasamy7689]

watering is essential which you did not mention. I am in the tropics can I transfer them outside. What type of PH soil do I need? Thank you

[@Debbielightworker]

I guess you haven't got berries from your seed grown plants yet. I was going to buy seeds, but it is probably cheaper to just buy some goji berries and get the seeds. Does anyone know if they might be hybrid plants, though? If so, the seeds won't necessarily grow true. Also, the seeds I saw from the seed company say to start them in late February, and it's now late March, I wonder if that matters much? Do they need grow lights, or can natural light be enough? Thanks, Debbie

[@dkaiyumi]

I really liked your video I´ve just planted some seeds yesterday. So how long do they need to sprout? Does this berries grow in any clima ? I mean im from Brazil, so do you think they will grow here ? Thanks again

[@bobmathews3986]

Thanks for the note. Looking at the pictures online the hawthorn berry is round with a 'tail' whereas mine look like the goji berry teardrop shape. Guess I will have to wait till the spring to find out. Now I am wondering if multiple seeds were just compacted in the center and I never noticed. Thanks again.

[@masterplomo1]

I have my own seed, i need try you metod, i hope, that works

[@michelbisson6645]

Excellent thank you

[@bobmathews3986]

I bought what I thought was a Goji Berry plant at a farmers market in early spring this year. It grew well and produced a 20-30 berries. However the berries seemed to contain one large seed, so large that there wasn't a lot of berry to taste - about the size of a flattened orange pip. Now I am wondering if it really is a Goji berry plant - it certainly looks like one? Or is it just the first year's crop? Any thoughts?

[@Cry2703]

I have a question : What quantity of fruits produce a plant each year? (from first year to 4 year) Thanks! Respect! :)

[@nicolek8971]

Thanks for sharing man!

[@VinceSamios]

I think your tip is excellent. (I'm half greek too) - what is the difference between the Barbarum and Chinense?

[@Gizzyfied]

How large will the mature plant get and can I grow them exclusively indoors or do they need to be fertilized by bees in order to produce fruit? I could keep them outside on the patio in a big planter....how large of a planter will I need? Also, how many berries can I expect to harvest for each plant and do I need two plants to get fruit? Thank you very much! Also, do I need to fertilize the bush?

[@masterplomo1]

how much water need to sprout? and then as you realize the risks or how often? thanks

[@VinceSamios]

Very good idea - I guess I was lazy about it :-)

[@MrDevilincarnate]

Thanks for your prompt reply. I had decided to revert with the results. I had sown dry seeds in 6 pots, 3 of them in that window of the room which got hard sunlight and 3 in another shaded window of the room (without a humidifier). The ones in shade sprung earliest as compared to those in the area getting hard sunlight. Is it a problem if the sprouts of 6-7 seeds are getting crowded during growth? Thanks again :)

[@mingsong]

U could use a spoon to transplant the seedling.

[@kimsong7844]

May I know if I have perlite, coconut coir, sand and organic compost, in what percentage each of the 4 materials above is recommended for goji? Thx!

[@gregaryfernandrz833]

very good video, I like thank you very much. I would like to know Goji Berry can plant in Sri Lanka? and how can I buy seed or plants? please reply me.