If there is any doubt whatsoever in the buyers mind that the ginseng may not be wild, he will make sure his offer reflects it. Keep in mind ginseng has been hunted, used,traded and sold for thousands of years. There have been many attempts made to get a quick buck off of this plant, the most current is the ginseng drink and supplement market. At the harvesters level some have placed buck-shot pellets inside a fresh root and let it dry to give the ginseng more weight. Others have placed hard wood like toothpicks inside the fresh root to make it weigh more, and some have spent years fertilizing and spraying their ginseng then trying to pass it off as wild. most of these attempts fail at some level, I have personally dug wild ginseng that was naturally growing in loose soil on bluffs or due to digging a plant next to it, (the parent plant) and have had a difficult time trying to sell it as wild. Premium ginseng will bring premium prices, and eveything else...well not so much. Just my opinion. You may be better off using those plants as seeders or selling it as woods-grown.
