TOPIC: Woods Cultivated Ginseng 2015

Well folks, Lisa and I are going to try and plant an acre of \"Woods Cultivated\" ginseng on an acre of land we have. We now own 13 wooded acres of land. The soil is OK but could be much better. I am going to amend it with leaf litter mulch/compost. Here is the beginning of the leaf litter pile I am starting. This pic below shows 4 large municipal truck loads of shredded leaf piles that I have had dumped at my brothers property. I need about 10 more truckloads to till into the 1 acre where we are going to plant.

Sounds like a ton of fun latt good luck to you

Latt, An acre of woods cultivated is a lot of work. My experience with woods cultivated is a lot of it was a low grade root when I dug it. Maybe yours will do better, I hope so. Good luck!

Lenno - Yea, it's going to be a lot of work for sure. Time will tell about the root. Not expecting roots to look like wild. Hopefully they will be valuable still but at a reduced price I know.
Latt

Latt,

Just wondering. Are you going to till the leaves into the soil and then rake it into ridges or raised beds?
Wish you the best.

Rootman,
I am going to eventually move all the leaves to the property we own once we get a driveway in. Then I will accelerate the decomposition of the mulched leaves so they will be more like dark rich compost. I will then till it into the soil. I am not going to do raised beds. Studies show raised beds do not out perform tilled soil from what I have seen. Since our land is on a mild to steeper slope depending on where I plant, I do not see a reason to fear water retention problems. So in essence tilled raised beds are not necessary where I am going to plant.
Thanks,
Latt

sounds like a good plan.