Would it be safe for birds to eat goji berries?

Irish Guitarist · 17-01-2011 5:33am #1

Yesterday I bought some goji berries to eat. I'd never tried them before and I thought they were disgusting. I'm not going to eat the rest of them so I was wondering would it be safe to leave them in the backyard for the birds to eat (possibly mixed with some bird seed)?

chucken1 · 17-01-2011 5:44am

I googled this,but I agree..they are horrible

There are a lot of small seeds in the berries. If these annoy you you can soak 150g of dried berries in water for two days (you are best keeping this in the fridge) then liquidize the result. Straining the mixture through a 1mm mesh sieve will remove most of the seeds (which can be planted). Add cherry juice and lime juice concentrates and a little blueberry juice. A small amount of vodka too (30 ml - Which helps preserve it and extracts bits water won't). The result is a delicious drinkable form - keep it in the fridge and take about 30ml per day.
Do you feed birds in winter? Put out the berries or the seeds and pulp left over from making the juice . The birds will eat them and spread fertilized seeds all over your local hedgerows. (The dried berries though make a very expensive bird food.)

Would it be safe for birds to eat goji berries?

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