Lycium Barbarum

Arrival of the plants Lycium Barbarum - Extract delicately the Lycium Barbarum plants from their packages, unhurriedly and with caution. Get them out of the tubular netting which envelops them by cutting the knot under the pot and by pulling it up. If necessary, water them. After some hours, even the plants which at the arrival might have looked crushed or ill will have again a healthy, luxuriant appearance.

Planting of Lycium Barbarum - Dig a hole about twice as big and deep as the size of the pot. Plant the Lycium Barbarum plants, without putting them too much deep. Fill the hole with a mixture of earth, universal garden soil of excellent quality and fertilizer. Cover the clod with about a couple of centimetres earth. Fill completely the hole with the needed mixture, applying a light pressure all around the plant, so as to compact the earth and not to leave hollows.

Watering of Lycium Barbarum - After having planted them, water generously the Lycium Barbarum, plants, especially during the warmer months, to compact the earth. Afterwards, keep on watering only when the soil starts to dry, so as to maintain the right humidity level at the roots and to avoid water stagnation problems.

Pruning of Lycium Barbarum - At the moment of planting the Lycium Barbarum there is no need for major pruning. To encourage a thicker growth, it is enough, if necessary, to go on with a light trimming. Afterwards, go on with a more substantial pruning to give shape and strength to the plants of Lycium Barbarum.

Fertilization of Lycium Barbarum - Execute two fertilizations in February-March and in September-October, to maintain a steady nutritional supply all year round.