2013年2月27日星期三

Goji Berries: Why This Fruit Can Add Years to Your Life

Goji berry are the best way to alkalinize your blood. The miracle berry has been used for a few thousand years in China, Tibet and India to improve health and increase longevity. People have long claimed their effect in:
improving liver function
improving sexual function and fertility
strengthening the legs
boosting immune function
improving circulation
The Perfect Delicious Daily Snack Food
If you’re looking for a good snack, try a handful of Goji together with a few nuts, or just chew on a handful of dried gojis straight. You’ll be able to notice an improving from the very first day.
Your Daily Dosage
Be careful though, gojis are very strong. A typical daily dose is one ounce a day which is equivalent to a small handful. Since this is a food suppolement, most people can take up to a few handfuls a day. In can cause bowel upset if you already have a sensitive digestive tract. But, if you start with just a few a day, you may be able to build up that daily dosage and derive the full benefit of these incredible gifts of nature. You could also add the dried berries to your salads, or make a goji-fruit shake with mangoes, apples, and bananas.
These ‘magical’ berries grow on an evergreen shrub in regions of China and in the Himalayan Mountains of Tibet. Other names for the goji berry are lycium barbarum and wolfberry and are in the nightshade family of plants. They are usually eaten either dried, resembling raisins, or in the juice and taken like an elixir, and they can be mixed into recipes or made into a tea. They are slightly sweet and tangy, and are a great snack since they tend to give a nice feeling of energy and rejuvenation between meals.
Goji has been shown to be high in polysaccharides which help the body’s immune system. Polysaccharides have been shown to help normalize blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, acts as an anti-inflammatory, and helps balance blood sugar. These sugars also can inhibit tumor growth.

How to grow goji berry in your garden

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Placing in garden
Goji bush has the great advantage of being pretentious and adapt to different environmental conditions, but it is best to plant it in a sunny spot of the garden. In addition, you should give him plenty of room to grow: goji to a size of about 2.5 m in height and width!
Placing in potted
Before placing goji bush in the garden, we recommend planting in a pot, goji and will be transplanted into the ground outside the house when it starts to grow. In this case, here’s what you should know:
       Prepare roots, placing the plant in a pot of water at room temperature.
       In a deep pot, drain holes, add 1/3 sand and 2/3 earth goji plant flowers to ensure a favorable environment for development.
       Make a hole in the middle of the ship, where you will enter the plant, then gently cover the roots, pressing slightly ground.
       Add more water and continue to water the plant, mint constantly moist soil for 2 weeks or until they find a new plant, at which point you can transplant to the garden.
Recommendations for garden soil
Goji easily adapts to different types of garden soil, from clay soils to sandy soils. However, the best is organic soil. Best results will be obtained if the garden soil has a pH between 6.8 and 8.1.
How to Grow Goji Berry Plants
In the first months of growth, it is important to give him goji bush attention. Be sure to enjoy 8 hours of light per day to make flowers. Also, watering it sparingly and give them fertilizer from algae, but in small quantities.
How to Take Cuttings of a Goji
To keep the size under control and give it the desired shape, goji bush can be cut regularly. Usually, the cutting is done during the cold season, but if you want to alter the look, you can do throughout the entire year. In the first year after planting, you should realize minor adjustments. Identify the main stem – the largest and healthiest – and begins to reduce gradually the lateral strains dimensions. The aim is to let the strain empty on a length of about 40 cm from the ground. When goji shrub reaches about 60 cm size, removes her top to allow the growth of new branches. In terms of adult plants, twigs remove the stem to a length of about 40 cm and those that do not produce flowers, dried etc. It also contains periodic adjustment bush tip, whenever you want it to produce new branches. Last but not least, remember that the time is propitious for the cutting season finale goji fruit production