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Post by Alan on Feb 27, 2007 23:58:19 GMT -5
I just got started here last fall, I ordered 5 lbs of seed and planted it towards the end of september/early october in an area where wild ginseng (if you can call it that, my gradfather planted the initial stock about 20 years ago) does well. The ginsing going price last year was crazy, anywhere from $200-500 a pound dry! I didn't find much, but the little I did find went a long way in buying new seed to restock with! Can't wait to get out this spring murel mushroom hunting so I can look at my seedlings!
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Post by toni on Feb 28, 2007 14:25:19 GMT -5
I have a small patch of goldenseal growing in one of my flower beds. I've never harvested any since it was a really small plant when I started. I live in new york state and the story is that goldenseal is pretty much extinct from over harvesting in the wild here. The only place it still grows is on the indian reservations and you don't want to get caught harvesting it there!
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Post by Alan on Feb 28, 2007 14:57:04 GMT -5
Goldenseal is becoming increadibly rare these days. Fortunately here in Southern Indiana it still grows thickly in our forrests, mostly due to low market price and fewer younger people knowing what it is and what it is worth. I know of one area where there are patches just as big and thick as patches of mayapples  One thing about goldenseal I will say, if you ever have a repritory problem (asthma, infections) you can dry it, powder it, and put it in the coffe maker with some coffee and it will open your lungs right up. That little trick has helped me a lot since I recently quit smoking. |
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Post by shadowwalker on Mar 2, 2007 21:09:35 GMT -5
I have four plots with about 700 to 1000 plants total. Two in Wyoming, two in Montana. I got them on public land. Last I checked on them they were two and three year old plants with some of the "wee ones" that popped up from seeds. All growing just fine. I was told they might not grow there but most did fine. I had about 70% success with planting stratified seeds. I didn't do much else. I had something eat on them one year, the tops, but they grew back. I haven't went out looking for any here in Tennessee. But I hope to go looking for some this year. The ones in the rockies I planted. Well that's just money in the bank, right?
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Post by kimikat on Mar 4, 2007 10:54:37 GMT -5
In early sept. Alan and I went to Eastern TN with my family to visit some of my other family down there. My Dad and Uncle took Alan and I to some historical sites in the area. Alan hunted ginseng from the car and did find some...But we couldn't dig it. Considering its a federal offense and all to dig it in one state and sell it in another.
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Post by shadowwalker on Mar 10, 2007 22:37:47 GMT -5
I didn't know about that law. Thanks.
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Post by cannaisseur on Apr 8, 2007 16:56:46 GMT -5
I am growing what was formally known as siberian ginseng, or something like that. It is better known as ephedra sinica.
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One thing about goldenseal I will say, if you ever have a repritory problem (asthma, infections) you can dry it, powder it, and put it in the coffe maker with some coffee and it will open your lungs right up. That little trick has helped me a lot since I recently quit smoking.