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Kentucky Ginseng Law and Regulations | Print |  E-mail
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Kentucky Ginseng Law and Regulations
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• No permit is required to harvest wild ginseng on private land in the state of Kentucky

• A certificate of registration as a Kentucky Ginseng Dealer must be obtained by anyone who buys ginseng in the state for resale or who sells ginseng in interstate commerce.

The harvest season for wild ginseng in Kentucky is from August 15 to December 1.

• Kentucky state law requires all harvested ginseng plants to be at least 5 years old and to have at least 3 prongs.

• Kentucky requires that seeds adhering to harvested wild ginseng be planted within 50 feet of the location of the plant, “with no tool used other than the finger.”

• The Kentucky Department of Agriculture, serves as the state’s ginseng coordinator. This office can be reached at

(502) 564-0290 or:

100 Fair Oaks Lane, 5th floor
Frankfort, KY 40601

• A permit is required to collect ginseng in Daniel Boone National Forest. Contact the Forest Supervisor’s Office in Winchester, KY at

(859) 745-3100, or any of the four district offices for more information:

Cumberland District, Morehead, KY:
(606) 663-2852

London District, London, KY:
(606) 864-4163

Stearns District, Whitley City, KY:
(606) 376-5323

Red Bird District, Big Creek, KY:
(606) 598-2192




 
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