Just got my Vermont permit to hunt wild ginseng when the season opens in a couple of months. I am also going to buy seed and plant it on my land, which has goldenseal, cohosh, and other ginseng-friendly plants growing on it, as well as a few wild ginseng plants. I hope to plant more every year and in 15-20 years or so, start digging them.

Is anyone else from Vermont on this forum? I've learned a lot just from lurking and reading, figured it would be OK to post. Hello everyone!

VTginseng,

Sorry - I am not from VT, but from TN instead.

Wanted to say welcome to the forum.

Also - even if you do the wild simulated type planting you should be able to harvest some very nice mature plants much sooner than 15-20 years. Depending on growing conditions and your specific area (if ideal) you could have some nice mature plants in about half that amount of time.

I plan to retire myself in about 16 years (if all goes as planned) and between now and then I plan to do as you - plant some each year and hopefully before and during retirement have some nice supplemental income from ginseng.

I own 230 acres of land which has wild seng on it now (limited to north/east facing hillsides) and I am in the process of planning out planting sites for this fall.

I have planted thousands of ginseng berries in my lifetime but only while hunting seng (planting it back where it grew). Last fall I transplanted a few young roots up to a patch just off my back yard and they are doing fine.

Think I will start small with something like 1/2 to 1 lb of ginseng seed this fall and see how that does before getting more serious about it.

This site has sure been helpful and encouraging to me too. I read where someone mentioned a book by Scott Persons and I purchased it about a week ago (400+ pages) and I have about half of it read at this point. It is a good read - lots of good information. You might want to check it out. I found it on amazon. Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal & Other Woodland Medicinals - W. Scott Persons, Jeanine M. Davis.

Best of Luck !

TNhunter

Thanks TNhunter, I will look for the book! Good advice too. I really appreciate it.

My patch is in West Virginia myself, just wanted to say welcome and recommend another good read by W. Scott Persons, _title_d "American Ginseng: Green Gold", also available on Amazon. Best of luck this Fall with your planting VT.

Vtseng, I'm from Rutland Co. Lotta fun hunting in these woods, good luck. I just started seeding some the last couple of years and have a couple nice patches in my woods out back.

Good luck!

Thanks Maya! Nice to know there is someone else in VT besides me!

cool, there are more VT'ers on here.

anyone else going to the state ginseng auction in Bethel this year? It will be a first time for me.

Anyone get a notice on the Bethel auction? I haven't seen anything yet.

The fur sale/ginseng sale in the past has been held the first Saturday in December.
I have not heard yet about this year.
I am also new at posting here, but have enjoyed the info that has been passsed along.
Thanks
Sargie

Did anyone go? How sis it go?