classicfur wrote:K_duce
That is an interesting thought, that the leaves are already formed before it emerges above the mulch.
I found in Scott Persons book, something about that.
classicfur
Classicfur,
I guess that one day i will buy his book,it probably could of saved me about 20 years of trial and error. I have for the most part concentrated my efforts on things that i have observed with ginseng in the wild, It has been a very eye opening experience. I have recently however read a book on-line written by A.R. Harding i think it was published in 1936 and covered ginseng production from the 1880 until about 1913, it is a great read and has alot of useful information about the great rush to cultivate ginseng. It is full of tiny bits of outstanding tips if you are able to read into it. One of my favorite things that i read in that book was something like this
\"Ginseng is a easy plant to grow and it is a very hard plant to kill.\" After you think about that for a minute you come to realize the truth to it. Ginseng can live longer than most humans, if grown in its natrual state, the closer that you grow your ginsneg to true wild the easier it is to maintain. The hard part about growing ginseng is trying to make it grow faster than it has the capability to do. But hey we are the cookie-cutter society, thats just what we do.