How to Grow Wolfberry Bushes

Fill a 4-inch nursery pot with sterile loam. Pour 1/3 cup of water into the pot so the loam is moistened to a depth of 2 inches.

Sow two wolfberry seeds in the pot. Cover the seeds with a 1/4-inch-deep layer of loam. Press the soil firm atop the seeds to squeeze out trapped air.

Place the pot in a cold frame or indoors in a bright, unheated room. Moisten the loam in the soil periodically so it stays slightly moist at a 2-inch depth at all times.

Watch for germination one week later. Remove the less vigorous of the two wolfberry seedlings once they reach 1 inch in height.

Keep the wolfberry plant in the cold frame or indoors until one week after the last frost in the spring. Transplant the wolfberry plant once soil temperature warms to 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

Prepare the soil in a sunny, well-draining bed. Work a 4-inch-thick layer of compost into the bed using a cultivating fork to increase the drainage and nutrient content of the soil.

Plant the wolfberry seedling so the base of the stem is even with the surrounding soil. Water the seedlings to a depth of 3 inches immediately after planting it.

Water the wolfberry plant to a depth of 3 inches once a week. Let the soil dry out slightly between waterings to keep it from becoming boggy.