Ginseng
Growing Gensing in the White Mountains of Northern New Hampshire

Welcome To My Web Log

Welcome To The Ginseng Web Log

Hi. I'm Tom Woods. Back in 1993 I started growing American ginseng here where I live in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire. I have learned a lot about ginseng's habits; I've made mistakes; there have been successes too. I try to keep cultivation practices to a bare minimum, preferring to emulate wild ginseng as much as possible. Now after all this time I am beginning to see maturing plants. Last fall, for the first time, I was able to plant seeds that had been home grown rather than purchased.

This web log will hopefully take you through some lessons I learned about planting and caring for ginseng as well as provide facts and tidbits about ginseng's history and uses. I hope you find it useful. Please send in your comments and questions. Please share your own experiences with ginseng.

 

Ginseng Links To Other Websites

posted Monday, 27 June 2005

Ginseng Links


This annotated bibliiography will be an expanding list of places on the World Wide Web where you can obtain information about ginseng. Please send a comment if you have suggestions about sites I should include.


Appalachian Ginseng Foundation web site. Has a ginseng manual for growing "virtually wild" ginseng.


Cornell Cooperative Extension. Has links to several informative and useful documents pertaining to ginseng and other forest botanicals.


David A. Taylor takes an interesting journey as he follows ginseng trade routes (or roots!) from source to consumption. Check out David's book and web log.


Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. How to determine the age of a ginseng plant by counting the annual growth scars.  


National Sustainable Agriculture ginseng page. History and background information.


The Ginseng Page by Karen Shelton. Much useful information.


SENGDIGGERS.COM is a source of information for collectors of wild genseng. There are pages that show how to grow ginseng in a milk jug, tips for ensuring successful propagation of the plant, sources of dealers, and links to other informative sites.


 University of Kentucky, Department of Horticulture. Seeds, planting, harvesting, drying information.

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