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Offline Mmcquinn

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Is this ginseng
« on: May 30, 2015, 10:23:17 PM »
Is this ginseng
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Offline Brad

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Re: Is this ginseng
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2015, 02:48:26 AM »
Looks like black cohosh to me.

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Re: Is this ginseng
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2015, 08:24:58 AM »
Thank you.  I own land in southern Indiana, and just getting into this.  I had a huge area of these.  And just trying to understand what all we have on our property and what value any May have.  I appreciate your time.
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Re: Is this ginseng
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2015, 01:50:50 PM »
No worries.  Black cohosh has been running anywhere between $2.50 and $5/dry pound.
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Re: Is this ginseng
« Reply #4 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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Re: Is this ginseng
« Reply #5 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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Re: Is this ginseng
« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2015, 12:16:38 PM »
I have to disagree Priorservice.  I don't think that is wild ginger.  That looks more like violets, but not wild ginger at all. 

http://www.northernbushcraft.com/plants/wildGinger/notes.htm  Notice the ginseng is fuzzy and comes in in pairs at the end of the root.
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