Field Management Of Goji Berry
1.Weeding
It is necessary to weed twice a year, people should weed in spring in April and autumn in September, firstly, people should dig the soil with 20cm deep, then people should weed to plant goji berries in wide area, therefore, people weed by machine in modern production, which can not only achieve the purpose of weeding, but also loose the soil to improve the growth environment. In some cases, generally for the goji berries planted in that very year, people can grow some beets or melons among goji berries, which can only be done in the same year.
2.Fertilizer and water management
Goji berries bear fruits in summer and autumn, during planting, the management of water and fertilizer is very important, which can directly improve the yield and the quality of fruit. During the fertilizer spraying, the fertilizer cannot be sprayed on leaves, during fertilizing, people should cover the fertilizers with soil and water them, people always fertilize in autumn and choose the amount of fertilizer by planting area.
3.Pruning
Regular pruning on goji berry plants can ensure better absorption of nutrients and faster growth, generally speaking, the yield will be higher with time goes by, the plants grow faster year by year, people should choose the brunches grown in second year to prune. At the same time, during pruning, people should shape and prune in a scientific way to ensure the branches can be exposed to the sunshine and have better breathing, also to let the branches grow faster, so as to achieve the goal of high yield, and ensure the stable development of branches, improve fruit quality.
4.Harvesting and processing
1) As for drying of goji berry, goji berries should be poured into lye and soaked for a time, then coupled with aqueous alkali which is mixed with water and dietary alkali with the ratio of 10:1, and the put out goji berries to rinse out wax on the surface and dry them in a short time, usually for 5 days. Also, after soaked in aqueous alkali, goji berries can be protected if they have some fruit wounds, the sugar in the fruit can be avoided to evaporate and the fruit color can be maintained.
2) Reasonable drying: goji berries should be dried on the screen, goji berries can not be exposed to too bright sunshine and can not be touched and stirred to avoid damage.
3) Processing: the root of goji berry is also a good medicine, so people should dig out the roots out at the beginning of spring to separate the root and skin and dry them after shredding.
4) Fruit drying: fruit drying can be divided into three stages, the standard of judging final drying is to hold goji berries in hand and observe the dispersed state.
Above all, through a series of measures, with time goes by, people can obtain a good harvest and have high yield and quality orchard, by the way, there are still some technical promotion space that should be found by staff to maintain high yield and quality in the cultivation.
