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« on: November 29, 2016, 05:48:35 PM »
I"m sorry...but this guy is clearly full of sh.....well...full of it. He has NO idea what he is talking about. If you want to read more, see my article on delayed germination here on the site.
The short version is that you can certainly plant ginseng right off the plant. However, the embryo is not fully developed and must undergo a series of climate changes to break the dormancy (explained more in the article). So, when you see people on amazon selling "pre-stratified" seed, that can only mean seed that has not been stratified -green seed. Maybe it is viable or maybe it isn't.
The process is to take the ripe berries from the plants, depulp them, and mix them with sand. They can also be treated for disease before putting them into stratification. The seed and sand are then stratified in one of two methods 1) by burying them where they will stay moist and experience the climate changes necessary, or 2) put them into plastic totes and store them in a freezer to maintain constant temperature and moisture and then in the spring move them to a shaded open area until fall. In either case, they will be float tested when they come out of the stratification. Seed stratified above ground will be drier coming out of the box and may have to be re hydrated over night to get a good float test. However, NEVER is ginseng seed allowed to completely dry out of as that idiot said...air dry.
No one decorates the seed.
There is no such term in the industry of 'pure seed.'
The pictures they sent were of 1) a ginseng plant with some berries 2) VERY dry ginseng seeds (no way to tell if they are stratified or not) and 3) I have no clue what that is. If it is a ginseng seed, it will never grow, however.
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