From: pintiha@jhmi.edu   
      
   On Friday, September 27, 2019 at 8:32:41 PM UTC-4, T wrote:   
   > On 9/25/19 7:21 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   > > On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 10:17:14 PM UTC-4, T wrote:   
   > >> Hi All,   
   > >>   
   > >> My four Goji berry plants are getting to look a bit shaggy.   
   > >>   
   > >> I have noticed that the new growth has berries that   
   > >> are three to four times as large as the old grow.   
   > >>   
   > >> When the bushes go deciduous in the winder, would pruning   
   > >> them be a good idea?  And are there any special methods   
   > >> to follow when pruning?   
   > >>   
   > >> Many thanks,   
   > >> -T   
   > >    
   > > Not sure about Goji plants but my blackberries only bear on two-year-old   
   stalks. Same with grapes and apples.   
   > >    
   > > Paul   
   > >    
   >    
   > Hi Paul,   
   >    
   > Thank you!   
   >    
   > My Goji are first year fruiters.  (What??? Not a   
   > real word??  I can sure tell you don't work for   
   > marketing!)   
      
   Your statement is clearly understandable, so it seems like real word because   
   it works to get your idea across. Example: My wife made a big pot of chili for   
   dinner Wednesday so we had a lot left over. Last night she added the necessary   
   spices and served    
   it over spaghetti as Cincinnati chili. I remarked that she had "   
   incinnatified" the leftovers. She asked if that was a real word and I said   
   that it was now.   
       
   > Oh your two year fruiters, if you cut back a branch   
   > and it regrows, does the regrowth wait another two   
   > years or does it fruit right away because it was part   
   > of a two year branch?   
      
   I've never tried that as a closely observed experiment and noted the results,   
   but my guess is that what grows back would be new wood and take two years to   
   fruit. When I give my small vineyard a severe pruning, we get a lot of growth   
   the next year but    
   very few grapes.    
      
   Paul    
      
      
   > -T   
      
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