Goji log 5: ON THE GOJI TRAIN

I feel like there's a Goji train coming, but not everyone is on it yet. So I thought I should get onboard early, just incase. The problem with this, of course, is the lack of Goji growers in the area, who's brains I can pick.

The first seeds I sowed in mid sept. 2020. In an organic seed raising mix, a lot more corse and barkier than your usual mix. My first thought was that my tiny, minute, grain of sand sized, little seed would get washed to the bottom of the seed tray only to rot and die. So here's where I got clever. First I take a sieve and remove the heavy material, leaving just a fine dust to sow my delicate wee seeds in. Then I filled half of my seed trays with my new and improved mix (cough cough) and half with, what we'll call the proper mix. 

And here's where I learnt my lesson. I didn't improve the mix, obviously it has been developed to do a job and all I did was remove nutrients and it's water retention capabilities. So, first lesson, don't mess with the seed raising mix. Although a bit of sand may be a good plan when growing goji from seed. I say this because a free draining sandy, ph neutral medium is home for these guys. And the reason most people loose there plants from die back before they can get a harvest. (just a theory).

I have to end this due to my mission being 2 blogs a month and I only did one last month, which means this post (if you use your imagination) actually came out last month. Which also means I still have two more posts to make this month. Which also means I'm going to have to keep these highly informative creations of jibber jabber to a minimum until my work load eases a bit.