Hi All,
My four goji bushes are prolific. The fruit, although slightly sweet, is not so popular with us as it is also slightly bitter. I left 99% last years crop on the bush.
I am told that drying the fruit gets rid of the bitterness. And since I do not know how to properly dry them ....
This year, all four were attached by aphids.
70% of the leaves were killed.
So I pruned the hell out of the bushes (anything that looked dead or sick), sprayed for aphids (dish soup and cayenne powder), and killed off the ants (honey and borax).
The goji initially looked like they sincerely did not appreciate the aggressive pruning. But after about a month, they came back with a vengeance.
Interesting, the fruit no longer has a bitter taste and have become popular.
Hmmmmmmmmmm. Prune them every year perhaps? Prune them in the winter?
Your thoughts?
-T