Unusual fruits-I am growing.

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Originally Posted by michael johnson

Goji Berries (I spelt it wrong the first time) are supposed to be the new wonder food of the century, from tibet where the locals eat them and supposidly live longer and healthier..
They are also calling them the new fruit Viagra over here, as they are supposed to do wonders for your libido too, although having said that I havnt noticed any difference in that respect and I have eat quite a lot of them already, :wink: .

The main reason people are buying them is because they contain 500 times more vitamin C than any other know fruit or substance, the dried form is a sort of orangy red look a bit like dried sultanas, and contain fine seeds, they are slightly sweet in flavour, and very expensive to buy.
In the Uk they are about £3.99 for 125 grams.

That is a 'must grow' for me this year, thanks Micheal. I came across a website that has testimonials that make this the wonderberry: anti-oxident of 30,500 units against carrots of 250, reduces blood pressure, pre-menopause problems etc. No mention of the 'V' effect though or anti-oxident value of toms.
I also noticed that they were stocked by Tesco so no running off to the seedsman.