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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: do seeds sprout after leaf out in spring

« on: November 04, 2015, 12:55:35 AM »

Fweew! Good to hear about the bleach solution. I thought I may had killed the seeds. Maybe they will come up this spring. Not many seedlings made it through our 2 monthh drought in late summer. What a,wierd growing season after such a harsh winter.

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Wild Ginseng / Re: Is this ginseng

« on: November 04, 2015, 12:38:55 AM »

On second look you certainly have Virginia creeper and looks like maybe wild ginger. It's small heart shaped leaves. Break some off near root and smell.

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Wild Ginseng / Re: Is this ginseng

« on: November 04, 2015, 12:34:34 AM »

Agreed black cohash  or dolls eyes I believe.
It's a companion plant to ginseng thin it out a bit and plant some ginseng!

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: clipping tops

« on: July 26, 2015, 12:34:57 AM »

great help guys thanks for the knowledge. I'm looking in to long distance surveillance systems that run on 12 vdc and can transmit up to 15 miles line of sight.
Also signs like trespassing on this land is an agreance to pay 1000.00 per second fine  picture will be taken once you cross this line. want land to hunt call a realtor or join a hunt club.

http://www.vfmstore.com/ir4300wl.html

http://www.elinetechnology.com/downloads/Wireless-Cameras.pdf

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: do seeds sprout after leaf out in spring

« on: July 26, 2015, 12:15:24 AM »

ah yes well you are correct about the germination rates however I think it was maily my fault in some spots that I planted.
1. I treated with clorox/water mix before planting and you say not to because your seeds come pre treated with anti fungal.
2. some of the areas were just very dry this spring and guess what. I believe with all the extra rain we have received this summer more actually sprouted later. could have been the extreme winter too. -20 for extended period
3. some could have been eaten by slugs as it came up.

what did come up was looking good last week though and I actualy experimented a bit with indoor grow under lights this winter. then I put it in the back of my fridge for 3.5 months ish and planted it this spring as 1 year rootlets. It actualy worked and I got a jump start by one year doing that. but only a small number actualy came up. maybe the rest if still viable will show up this coming spring.
I love this. Its fun.
Any recommendations on surveillance cams that go 1/4 mile or more with 12vdc?

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / do seeds sprout after leaf out in spring

« on: May 12, 2015, 07:59:23 AM »

I am anxious and looking for the seedlings.
I planted in Oct -Nov last fall and tried three methods.
1 Rake back leaves and spread then rack leaves back.
2 hand planting by scratching ground up pushing each seed in then covering back over with leaves
3 ecf seeder which by the way was awsome as far as speed accuracy and easy to use.

I have also spread Slug killer in the areas of my plantings.

It has been very dry since snow melt and a heat wave of 80 plus has hit us. Only the past few days have seen constant rain each evening.

Should they sprout soon?

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General Ginseng Discussion / Re: 80% Lower receivers?

« on: March 25, 2015, 06:50:40 AM »

Oh ok sounds like a good idea. I could probably do that here if I don't put a flash supresser or pistol grip here.
thanks

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Food / Re: Fish dilemma - how not to waste it

« on: March 19, 2015, 09:59:56 AM »

Grab your husband's favorite hand saw for wood and it will cut like butter. Good luck clean aND dry saw when done so he won't know...... or tell him once his belly is full after the fish meal.

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General Ginseng Discussion / Re: replant failure or not?

« on: March 16, 2015, 09:26:18 AM »

Ok I'll give it a try. Of course I will harvest a few deer as well during hunting season. Have to keep them in checK too. I'm also planning on planting a variety of other plants like elberberry, aronia which is native to the north east but not around due to use of farm land, June berry, wild pears, native Chickasaw  Indian plum, hybred chestnuts, and brush hogging lower pasture should keep the deer interested elsewere. I hope. As the years progress I'll see how things develope. Permiculture (perminent agriculture)is the direction I think will be best for my situation. I won't have to tend much at all to the other plants once the sang is in. I can put my efforts to that.

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General Ginseng Discussion / Re: Coppicing Trees for Mulch

« on: March 11, 2015, 09:34:22 AM »

A soil test can tell you a lot of what you need. Cornell will do it for small fee. Leave crop type blank and add ginseng in and they will do calcium test As well.
only take top inch or two of soil as that is what feeds wild sim. If you have sugar maple and black mulch type top of soil column you should be good to go. contact Bob beyfus for the soil test future he can help a ton.

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General Ginseng Discussion / Re: replant failure or not?

« on: March 11, 2015, 08:27:30 AM »

Wow that is very insightful! OK I'll follow your lead. Leaving pencils in the ground For seed. Select harvest. Very sound practice By the sounds. You are so right about the loss of habitat. I see so many forests managed strictly for almost clear cutting now in upstate ny. They even cut and leave beech trees. All that does is make a ton of root sprouts and shade everything out. Yes deer Are a giant problem. If I give them other things like strawberry bush (deer icecream) do you think that would keep their attention elsewear? It is supposed to grow prolifically even if browsed to ground level.

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General Ginseng Discussion / Re: replant failure or not?

« on: March 09, 2015, 11:44:56 PM »

Thankyou for your answer. So it looks like if I only harvest a certain small percentage of roots I might be able to sustain a harvest. I did find a book that referanced this problem like bricks in a wall. Once you. Take to many you will have a colapse. The rest of the ginseng in that patch die or go dormant for many years. It makes sense to me to spread my plantings out to avoid this problem or plant heavier and plan on picking all and not going back. Sounds like this could be why it disapears so quickly when uneducated people dig it. They take to much of the patch and it colapses. Mother natures way to cut the greedy folks out. Problem is once one greedy person quits because it becomes hard to find another greedy person takes their place due to market demand. I wish there was an incentive to grow it from the feds. Then people would be more apt to do it for them selves instead of taking it from others. Even a small amount would keep peoples focus on perpetuating it instead of taking it.
Sound possible?
Im not one for govermental control but if they could make a law that fines or jails poachers and rewards growers we all could benifit and some poachers would be converted to growers.

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General Ginseng Discussion / Re: 80% Lower receivers?

« on: March 07, 2015, 03:49:27 AM »

What jigs are you refuring to? I do not see an example?

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General Ginseng Discussion / replant failure or not?

« on: March 07, 2015, 03:46:41 AM »

In my research I see in commercial planting growers do not replant because of failure from an unknown toxin in the ground. On the other side of the spectrum I see with wild Sim plantings they speak of sustained Harvest with mixed age plants. My Question is, is it actuall possible to perpetual harvest older plants from the same ground year after year forever as long as we do not take a certain amount from the patch?