TOPIC: Another really nice WVPB youtube vid - nice man root dug..

I check youtube for new ginseng vids every once in a while and just found a really nice hi-def video that shows some absolutely bueatiful seng. At the end the guy digs a root he planted 20 years prior - wow - it was a nice one.

TNhunter

TN,
Glad you posted this. Bob sent me this CD about 4 months ago and I sent it to Mike Lee. I was hoping he would link it up. Great find and thanks for posting it.
Latt

Tnhunter great link as Latt said and t/4/sharing that.

I watched the entire link and some of it is missing. The entire video is about 20 minutes. I wonder if Mike Lee can post the entire video that I had previously uploaded to him. I have the cd still if anyone needs it.
Latt

Latt,

I would sure like to see the rest of that vid - the short part that is on youtube is sure sweet. Absolutely bueatiful seng and those big red berry pods - love em.

I respect someone that has the patience of that fellow to dig that root by hand (most of it), but I was wishing I was there with my long handle digger - could have got that root out in about a minute with all root hairs intact.

I noticed he sort of gave in and used a tool on it there at the last some.

He was obviously excited when he finally got it out and realized it was a nice man root and rightfully so - anyone would have been, especially if they actually planted it 20 years ago themselves.

That could possibly be the only video recording of a man root actually being dug. I would not doubt that at all.

TNhunter

If you talk to Mike Lee let him know I can send the CD to him to download if he wants to. It's just sitting here on my desk. That is Bob B and Eric B I believe at the market in the beginning of the video.
Latt

We've always been told to be careful while digging as to not break the hair roots, but then you see them in the markets with all the hair roots cut off. Why and then what do they do with all the hair roots?

I have noticed that to Maya.

When you see them in the market place - stores like in China or China Town they are all processed, broke up and sorted by root part.

It looks like they break all the root necks off and keep those together for selling as root necks.

Then all of the the root hairs and small root branches are all broke off and kept together for selling together.

And eventually they get down to just the main bulby part of the root being left and those are all kept together and sold separately from the other parts.

Perhaps the Chinese folks get a kick out of breaking them up and sorting them in different batches. They want us to keep them whole so they can do that.

I expect it is just another way for them to market the goods, as some may prefer different parts of the roots, root hairs vs main root, etc.

Not sure - but you are right about that - those wild roots we take such care in digging - they do break them into pieces and sort for selling individual parts. At least a lot of it gets done like that - perhaps not all, but a lot does.

TNhunter

Maya and Tnhunter

I know for a fact that the chinese people believe that different parts of the root contain different healing,and or,benificial healing etc,that I no I have a friend that has taught me that,he is also a customer now.

Billy.

I'd be interested to hear what differences are if you remember Billy.