I have two huge 3 yr old goji berries that get tons of flowers and no fruit. Darn. I want to get two good fruiting ones. Does anyone have suggestions on variety? And a good source for plants or cuttings for sale? Looking forward to your wisdom. Thank you.

There are three I know of. Attempting to grow goji this year myself, so idk how well or how long it takes them to fruit, but Sweet Lifeberry, Big Lifeberry & Phoenix Tears seem to be the main 3 varieties.

Thx Ross. Have u found a source for them? Hope they bear well for you. Great healthful plants. I hear the leaves are edible and nutritious also.

Starkbros sells all 3 for a reasonable price. Actually there's also Vermillion Sunset too.

http://www.starkbros.com/products/berry-plants/goji-berry-plants
http://www.raintreenursery.com/Goji_Berry_Phoenix_Tears_4_Inch_Pot_H2024.html

I went with sweet lifeberry. 

Phoenix tears is the most widely sold and has had consistently good reviews.  There are fewer reviews about the lifeberries.

I don't have goji berry, It tastes sweet first then slightly bitter, do you like this type of taste?, it is much better try its fruits first.
If you plant bady goji berry at spring time with full sun, you will have berry end of summer.
it is better to buy jumbo Goji berry, It bears much bigger berry.
My friend got seeds from China town herb store, They sell few type of dry goji berry, pick biggest size of Jumbo dry goji berry, taste them like raisin, If you like its  sweet then bitter after taste, then plant them, One goji berry contains 50+ seeds, they are very small.
It takes 3-4 months from seed to bady berry plant.

There are other type of goji plant, it grows lots of leaves and we eat its leaves instead of berry, it grows well in half shade area instead of full sun, very easy to grow.


   

they are super easy to grow from seed and cuttings. They are also quick to bear, my 2nd year tree was loaded. I leave them out in the winter in pots here in the Seattle area without fear of winter damage

bought one from home depot... has lots of leaves looks like the second sets of leaves are forming... don't know what kind or if it will bear fruit :/

I tried 2 different varieties, neither fruited for me. I gave up on them.

Hi,
I have one that I'm discarding for making lots of flowers ... but really few fruits ... like 5 a year and really skinny tinny fruits.
Last year I spotted one pot in a nursery with skinny fruits, but loaded ... But, as mine, mildew loaded too !
So, unless I find one in a nursery loaded with acceptable fruits, I'm giving up on gojis ... for now at least.

Jodi,

How many hours of sun do your Goji's get per day?  I have two, one gets 8 plus hours of direct unfiltered sun everyday and has more fruit on it then I can eat.  The other only gets 6 hours of sun per day and then shaded by the house, this one produces a few barriers on the southeast side of the plant where it gets the most sun.  I plan to plant a sucker in my front yard where it will get full sun from dawn to dusk to see how much effect this has on production.

So for me anyway, the more hours and more intense the sun the better they produce.

Many people may like the taste of fresh Goji berries but personally I don't like the texture and taste of fresh Goji berries but like the dried ones. My plants fruited last year but I lost enthusiasm for it.
For the same reasons I had given up on currants, texture and taste.This way I can pay more attention to Raspberries, Honey-berries, strawberries, blue-berries and black-berries etc

Thank you everyone for your comments.  I think maybe the sun issue is the key.  Maybe.  The two I have are on the eastside of a lawn with big trees to the west of them.  I guess I figured that if they were growing like crazy, these are, and are really healthy, they are, that it would be an issue with the variety.  So I am going to have to try a relocation to the sunnyside.  I have lots of that.  Very cool.  And I am taking the advise to try some of the varieties named that have been successful.  Thanks again.  Happy spring.  

Hi Jodi...last year I purchased four Big Lifeberry Goji plants on sale. They were scant little plants, but have rebounded and grown well and are now planted in large bronze-colored wastebaskets with holes I drilled in the bases (less expensive than large planters), where they get a lot of sun.

And I just found four of the Sweet Lifeberry Gojis on Ebay for about five dollars apiece. They arrived "dormant" but I think will be putting leaves out quickly. I figured for the price, even if just half survive, I can take cuttings from survivors.

I have studied growing and caring for goji plants a lot, including pruning, because I really need to have productive plants. Goji berries, as i'm sure you know, are super nutritious and I couldn't afford to buy the amount that would be important to eat daily.

There are two basic ways recommended for top production. The first, and most highly recommended, creates what looks like beautiful gnarled little goji trees, with center "trunk" and drooping branches. I've seen a lot of examples of these on YouTube videos, and they are loaded with fruit!

The other method is just cutting all the branches off late winter/early spring and letting them bush out and hopefully produce well.

This year I tentatively planned to start pruning my BLGs in the tree shape, and would look at the branches to determine their future trunks. I was hesitant for a couple reasons, including that this would delay regular fruiting for at least a year. I figured I had a little time to do more research. And then, today I went out to look at them and saw they are full and bushy with leaves! So, what to do??!

If I already had cuttings from mine, I would just send you some! I'd love sharing them as they are so healthy :) Btw, even the leaves are edible and can be harvested.

Oh something else on the goji topic :).....
Several years back, at a different location, I harvested seeds from some goji berries I bought online, figuring that these would make productive plants. I planted nearly 30 and they grew quickly into gorgeous plants with grayish-green silvery leaves.  Nearly every plant made it and i planted them along the garden fence, with basically no pruning. Within a year or two they had just started to produce and I found the fruits really good, with a strongly nutritious taste.

When I am settled at a more permanent location, I plan to again grow some plants from seeds, and can't wait to harvest more than a handful at a time! They are definitely better fresh, in my opinion.

Wow thx LJ for all the info. I love them fresh, dried and the leaves. So I will have to look into the Ebay connection. So are u going to do the main trunk style pruning? Somewhere here on the forum there was a post with pictures of a huge goji growing up a trellis. The member commented on how many fruits they harvested. I just can't seem to find the post. Let me know if you come across it. Enjoy.

These look like developing pruned plants...shows how much fruit a Sweet Lifeberry can produce!: