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Post by Alan on Sept 6, 2007 20:12:48 GMT -5
I had just a bit of Ginseng to take to market this year and sold it yesterday, it served a good purpose and payed for my truck insurance  The Price is really good this year, $400 a lb! |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Sept 6, 2007 21:30:09 GMT -5
Not too shabby Alan!! I hope that next year is even better for Ginseng!
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Post by Alan on Sept 6, 2007 22:06:58 GMT -5
I can't wait untill my woods-simulated, home grown ginseng comes of age one of these days my financial worries will be eased greatly by a little bit of hardship at the moment.... Thanks blue! |
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Sept 8, 2007 21:23:44 GMT -5
Prices will probably go up due to the dryness we've had. All the tops died and fell off before season started.
I went to transplant some of mine that are in beds and still had a hard time finding the roots!
Hoping to get them back in the ground shortly in a better location.
Patrick
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Post by Alan on Sept 10, 2007 19:40:31 GMT -5
Yeah, around the house here the tops had yellowed and fallen off by about the 10'th of August which made finding anything "in season" a funny propect, if it weren't for my memory of where the plants were and being able to identify a leafless yellow stem I wouldn't have found anything at all.
-Alan
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Post by plantsnobin on Sept 11, 2007 10:07:27 GMT -5
Alan, may I ask where you bought seeds? I just ordered an oz from Horizon Herbs this morning. I also ordered Sweet double red corn, and Peruvian Purple corn-I'll share those too. Karen
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Post by Alan on Sept 11, 2007 21:33:46 GMT -5
Karen, Best American Ginseng is where I picked up the ginseng seed at, they have a great price, great service, and terrific germination rates, check them out here: www.gotginseng.com/They are a really great company and I'm sure i'll be sticking with them for the duration of my Ginseng Planting years! |
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Sept 13, 2007 21:03:38 GMT -5
Just got my seed from Best American yesterday. They look good. I walked my little patch of woods today and FINALLY found a place that I think will be good for the seed to go.
I dug some of my 3 yo plants that I planted as seeds, most were very small, some were good.
I also dug some of my 4-5 yo plants, some of them were really nice.
I'm moving my whole patch from behind the house to in front (South facing to North facing slope)
Now I just have to find the TIME to plant the seeds and roots.
Patrick
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Post by Alan on Sept 16, 2007 19:48:25 GMT -5
Got mine this past week too! Five pounds of premium, stratified Ginseng seed! Just waiting for the rain to come so that I can get it in the ground! As dry as it is right now, I am afraid to put it out at the moment, if the seed dries out it will die, I'm pretty frugal about my ginseng seed, considering it's price and the price of the finished product! I am glad your 3-5 year plants are doing good patrick, when do you plan on harvesting some?
-alan
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Post by Alan on Sept 24, 2007 18:21:41 GMT -5
Still waiting on the rain to get this seed in the ground  I'm starting to think that god has forsaken Southern Indiana |
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Sept 30, 2007 22:46:15 GMT -5
I planted some of my seed today. I thought a long time about how to do this best. I was going to use a two-wheeled planter, but was having a hard time finding a disk to best plant the seed. I read and re-read about planting and decided to just use the "scatter and rake method" By the time I got the sticks cleaned up it was getting dark, so I only got one row planted. I made it about 3 feet wide but didn't raise the bed, thought that was a little too much like farming. I want this to grow natural-like, gets a higher price that way.
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Post by Alan on Sept 30, 2007 23:46:35 GMT -5
I have had a lot of success with the rake, scatter, and rake back method with very high germination rates and very natural looking stands. It also doesn't stand out in the woods if someone (who doensn't know what ginseng looks like) happens on to it it won't be like "hey, there is a row of something plante there." All I do is rake off an area, scatter the seed and (depending on the time of year) rake back about an Inch of leaves (if it is late fall then I go about two inches). All of my stands that were planted this way have coming up terrifically, are doing great, and look terrific. Next spring I will post some pics of what I have.
Sometime you and I need to get together to talk Ginseng friend, maybe next fall we can do some hunting together.
-Alan
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Oct 1, 2007 22:14:21 GMT -5
You know something that makes me sick, the HNF is right next-door to me, and you can't hunt there.
What I decided to do is a method similar to raised beds, without the raising, or the bedding. I guess. Very wide, unorganized rows, with areas of unsown soil between them. Place to walk and work from, without having to worry about getting on plants. But I want to let it be as wild as possible. There is a fine line there somewhere.
I also can't wait for the leaves to fall, or at least turn, they are all still green here. I have a bunch of grapevines to cut and *shhhh* spray with herbicide. Timber Stand Improvement.
What happened to that idea of a chat on the page?
Patrick
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Post by Alan on Oct 1, 2007 23:08:01 GMT -5
The leaves are still pretty green here too friend, though it won't be long, it also wouldn't hurt to have a bit of a rain. The only real difference between my ginseng and wild ginseng is bought the seeds and threw them in the woods! I grow mine in large patches, much like it would have grown a couple hundred years ago, a lot like may apples, I thought of growing it in rows, but I'm afraid someone would notice it, as it is i'm paranoid about it, I suppose that's because aside from Marijuana is there any other crop as treasured or that brings such a high price, theres definetly no legal one anyhow.
I will get that chat up soon, that's a promise.
-alan
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Post by hoosierheightsfarm on Oct 2, 2007 21:48:39 GMT -5
I dug the rest of one of my 5 year old root patches. I bought them when they were 1 year old rootlets. Some of them had made great advances!! Some of them grew in kinda a "J" shape due to the way I had them bent when I put them in the ground, oops! These got planted in pots with very rich soil so hopefully they will produce lots of berries.
I don't work on Sunday or Monday, so I'm hoping to get the rest of my seed planted, and re-plant the roots I dug earlier.
You're right, the only thing that gets as many people in the woods as ginseng is morels!
Hope to see that chat soon....
Patrick
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