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General Ginseng Discussion / Re: threats

« on: August 10, 2015, 07:36:13 PM »

im starting out...thats my biggest fear...but i could also have the greatest advantage....ginseng to my knowledge has not been found wild in any quantity near me for over 30 yrs....all the old timers who could easily identify it are dead or too old to go hunting it....and i know the spots it will grow....so im gonna re introduce it....ill plant every yr from now on...i hope one day my sons will benefit from my work...i am saddened by your loss....nothing worse then a thief.....but get your warden involved....they will go to great lengths to catch trespassers n ginseng poachers...best of luck to you.

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: growing site

« on: August 10, 2015, 07:15:38 PM »

hoping for the best...it is fairly shady....the understory is almost non existent....thank you for your input....i found bloodroot there....bloodroot is a fairly shade needing plant....am excited to try...gonna plant 100 seeds....i got over four thousand coming....any luck next june ill be posting pics of lil one dollar bills growing happily.

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: growing site

« on: August 09, 2015, 01:52:40 PM »

here is the pictures tell me plz what you think by looking at the site

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: growing site

« on: August 09, 2015, 01:42:49 PM »

skip trying to view there was a error

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: growing site

« on: August 09, 2015, 01:40:06 PM »

here are some pictures i hope you can view them and tell me what you think

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: growing site

« on: August 09, 2015, 01:38:23 PM »

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: growing site

« on: August 09, 2015, 12:38:46 AM »

i will get a picture to post here for you to view

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / Re: growing site

« on: August 08, 2015, 11:48:38 PM »

I should have took a picture to post...My dad is a experienced hunter...and I described the area...i surely would not plant it in the spots where we see the water has pooled...but he said on top of those small humps it might grow...this wont be my only planting site...I plan on going where we used to hunt when I was a young boy..been doing alot of research...I have seen youtube vids of ppl finding it in many places from one guy digging up huge roots in fairly brushy places to a guy digging in a flat with fairly limited understory....my dad claims over the yrs he found it albeit in not large amounts in places you would never expect it to be...found it under every tree except spruce and balsam in our area...found it best under butternut and basswood stands....im gonna try test plots right in my yard ....one by a hemlock tree one by two white pine and one by a ash tree...the key im finding in my research is the right shade and right ph in the soil?...your thoughts?

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Wild Simulated Ginseng / growing site

« on: August 08, 2015, 06:05:00 PM »

I am new to the forum and will be planting ginseng....I found what I think is a suitable site on a friends land...I found companion plants of sarsparilla....fern....and bloodroot...the plot is fairly shaded with maple...some basswood...poplar...the drawback is the land is flat...you can see in heavy rain where the water pools...but the land has hundreds of little knobs about 2-3 feet high kinda grassy on the knobs....will a site like this work? any information appreciated.