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RE: American Ginseng – Cash crop, medicine and more
thanks for this great tutorial, fernowl13... i have heard ginseng can be harder to grow and it does take so long! we chose to grow goldenseal this year, as was recommended by a 70 year old friend of ours who's been doing it for years. it only needs to grow for her for 2 years before she sells it. of course, it wont be worth as much as the like gold ginseng! but it's another at-risk overharvested wonder crop indigenous to our areas!
Yes! You are very correct. Goldenseal is another good plant for many reasons. I would love to grow some myself, but lack of land...
i hear ya! you could do one or two token plants i suppose...
My problem with land is my back yard slopes away from the house rather drastically and it is due east. Almost zero sun till 11 am and by 1 pm, it is being blocked by the house. It is a great place for wild plants and shade lovers, but anything needing sun doesn't work. That would make it great for Ginseng, except for animals. I know my menagerie would destroy them. Living in a sub-division, I can grow in raised beds around the front and I am working on getting some pretty but edible perennials growing. But I really think the best thing is to put this place on the market and move further out.
We never intended to live here for long. We bought it in foreclosure, was going to live here a year or two while we fixed it up and flip it for about 2 1/2 times what we paid, but 3 months after we moved in was the wreck, the Larry passed away. I've been here 11 years now.
i see! life has definitely taken over. i hope if you do put it on the market, you find some place more ideal to what you'd love to create! :) you deserve it! <3
@mountainjewel isn't there are a market for younger roots (see my comment below)?