TOPIC: Philippines ?

Good day. I was wondering about the legalities of Growing Ginseng on Private Land in Mindanao, Philippines. Do I need a Permit, will it Grow there? I was thinking of American Wild grown among the coconut trees on my 1 Hectare coconut farm.

Would anyone be familiar with that?

Welcome to the forum, Indanao!

There's a lot of knowlegebase here, however I'm thinking that there's little knowledge here about the regulations on the Phillipines. someone here may have some insight, however i kinda doubt that. I have not read any posting here about that, myself.

I do know that there are international growers, tho. Camaroon and China are good examples. Ginseng is grown in their mountainous regions, and I think those areas of elevation are pretty important to success.

I would think that there may be a website from the Phillipine gov't that may address your question.

Please let us know if you find anything!

Indanao,
Looks like it is too warm there to me. But I am no expert.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_Philippines

Latt

I would say if the climate is right for Coconuts it's wrong for Ginseng.

Hillhopper

Yes, I would have thought that at first. But, this guy did something similar:

rfcarchives.org.au/Next/Fruits/Mixed/Ginseng11-94.htm

This is the average Climate in Gembrook, Australia, where he
is from:

weather.mla.com.au/climate-history/vic/gembrook

I noticed it never goes below about 6 Degrees Celcius. So, I guess it isn't necessary to be that Cold to become a dormant plant in the Winter.

Indanao,

I noticed in looking at those charts that June , July, and August had temperature slightly below 45 degrees and that would be enough chill for ginseng to break dormancy, I think? If the area you are wanting to grow ginseng in the Philippines has temperatures close to that, it might work. I thought the climate was more tropical though. The chart that Latt linked shows temperatures higher than that even at high altitudes. They are growing another plant there that is called ginseng, so don't confuse it with Panax Quinquefolius. If you try this, I would start very small and see what results you get.
Hugh

Thankyou. This is going to be a long shot. Temperature records for our location in the Philippines are: www.yr.no/place/Philippines/Northern_Min...ieta/statistics.html

Very slight drop in January of Average Temperature.Too warm, in general, but not consistently.

If Ginseng likes 18C to 24C ( 64F to 75F ~ ) for best growth, that isn't far off average there.

It will take a few years, but will let you know if there is enough variation in seasonal temp..

I souls say theat you need to get the very best seed you can find. Please look stateside for think, our appalacian mountains grow the best quality. I don't sell seed myself, so look online for seed sellers that are located east of the Mississippi River.

Having said that, this is the wrong time of year to find much. There was a shortage of good seed this past year, and most of omit is gone by now.

alibaba.com is an international. Marketplace for, all kinds of stuff. Perhaps you can find some sellers there

I watched a link for someone in ... Vietnam?... Cambodia?.... that started a 'sang operation. It's been a couple of years ago, and will attempt to find it again for you.

There is a fella in Australia who has started growing there. not too sure about his specific location within his country. However, you can find reference to this in Dr Person's book, which is available on Amazon.com.