Digging Gensing (New to It)

[hillbillyken]

I have been thinking about digging gensing for sometime and was wondering if anyone could help a guy out in what to look for and how its done and what other things could be harvested and sold.

Pic would be a great help!...tks

[coonmaster]

Well in my state of Ohio there is a set season for digging ginseng. Check your state to see if there are any laws. Goldenseal, bloodroot, Black Cohosh, There are literally thousandes of plants that are bought for the medicinal or seasoning market. Do your homework and you can find a buyer around you I am sure of it.

[greatdane]

Here's some pics for you:

Nice plant


and here's another


Here's some small ones


Some roots


and the end product 2 lbs

Hope you like them.

[Admin]

Greatdane, These are some excellent ginsing pics ;D Thanks for sharing them with us Looks like you need a karma for your efforts.
Have one

[muskrat24]

Nice pictures ;D Have a karma

[snydboshawn]

Karma! ;D How much land did you cover to get 2 lbs? Thanks alot for posting those pics, they are very good.

[greatdane]

We spend alot of hours and walk alot of miles to find it.Some days we don't find a stalk and then there's days where you don't want to dig any more because your fingers hurt.There's alot more days of not finding much though.It's been picked pretty hard around here.Weather plays a big role in how much there is also.Between 3 of us we dug 16 dried pounds last season.Hard work but love every minute of it.
Ej

[snydboshawn]

Hey greatdane when is your season there? I love this thread and hope you post some more info. I'd love to find and pick a few pounds of those. Thanks!

[samdog]

That sucks that we can't harvest it in Michigan.

[badger]

Hey Shawn, we should scour Maffits and your Grandmas woods.

[snydboshawn]

Exactly. And other areas as well. I've heard it grows here pretty good. I have never went looking for them. There is also a law about how many prongs must be on the root I think it is 3 but I'll have to check.

[greatdane]

Ginseng in NY can only be harvested from Sept 1 to Nov 30.Plants must have at least 3 prongs with 5 leaves on each prong(15 leaves total).No plants with green unripe berries may be harvested.All red berries from the plant must be planted within 50 feet of where you dug it.Wild ginseng takes a long time to mature, sometimes 10-15 years to become a legal sized plant to harvest.Soil conditions along with the amount of rain can play a major role in the size of the plants.Ginseng may not come up every year either, if the conditions are not right.Once planted the seeds also may take more than a year to sprout.Ginseng is a very tempermental plant and everything needs to be perfect for it to grow.
Here's some more pics:
This is maiden hare fern which is a good indicator for seng

here is what I call danberry another indicator

Another legal plant notice 15 leaves and red berries

and one more

Thanks for looking and hope this helps
EJ

[snydboshawn]

Awesome, it does help and thanks again. With your pics and posts we got ourselves the start of an outdoorsmans plant id handbook! Keep them coming! ;D ;D

[samdog]

Great pics ;D ;D

[Admin]

Another great post Greatdane ;D More karma coming

[samdog]

Downhome- if you can't harvest plants on state property than how do you pick shrooms???