Ginseng sprouts
Made a bed for ginseng on the North side of my house and scattered the seed. Got way better germination than I expected given the stories I've heard of difficulty growing ginseng from seed.
Any experienced ginseng growers out there? Should I thin, transplant to to make some breathing room, or let it ride?
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That’s cool where are you located? And where did you get seed from?
I'm in SW Michigan. Got seed from a local premie for Bitcoin! Don't know where they ordered from just jumped in on the opportunity. I didn't know the seed was so fragile and basically left it in the package for a couple weeks without reading the instructions. Basically did everything wrong and got good results so wherever the seed was from it was definitely properly stratified.
Maybe you can put older leaves etc on the ground and spray that so you keep the ground healthy.
Ginseng seedlings looking good!
I planted this ginseng bed on the north side of my house in the understory of mature oak trees. It's well drained sandy soil with low fertility. I tried planting in neat rows but found it too tedious so I ended up broadcasting the seed into the bed then covering with woodchips. Maybe I should thin it out but I think I'm going to observe for a while longer before I start pulling plants. Hopefully I can transplant and thin it at the same time.
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Ginseng on its second season and growing well!
Planted this ginseng from seed on the north side of my house in summer of 2022 by broad forking a bed and digging furrows. Covered the seed with woodchip mulch.
It sprouted in spring of 2023, I thought it didn't take because I planted it so late. I was surprised when I ended up getting excellent germination. Now I have to figure out when it's ready for transplanting.
Ginseng is a perennial grown for its root, which has medical uses. It takes many years to mature and is slow growing. It is a high value crop and if managed properly can provide value from shady marginal areas.
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/growing-ginseng-zmaz83jaznet/
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Very cool! Looking at the leaves, could almost mistake it for poison ivy lol. My lot looks similar to yours, quite a bit of vinca minor and pachysandra.
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To me it looks a lot like virginia creeper.
What plants are those? I don't know the real names.
I zoomed and now see the 5 leaf pattern on the older leaves. Virginia creeper look-alike for sure. I think that’s the real name for it…
The plants I mentioned are ground cover, and it looked like you have vinca growing adjacent to your ginseng?
Here’s vinca and japanese pachysandra aka japanese spurge. You see these together often near rivers in SE Pennsylvania
