Growing
Ginseng - The Perfect Climate
Ginseng gets it’s roots!
Starting in
spring and as the winter snow departs, Hsu’s
growers begin covering the ginseng gardens with shade
cloth because direct sunlight for long periods of
time destroys the tender young ginseng crop. Ginseng
is sensitive to high heat. As the ginseng grows the
precious plants are taken great care of daily to
insure the highest quality and best American Ginseng.
During the summer months Hsu’s ginseng farmers
prepare virgin soil for planting first plowing then
dragging and finally leveling the ground. Posts are
pounded into the ground to hold the shade cloth and
ginseng beds are made with their finest ginseng seed
planted. Lastly, the ginseng garden is covered with
straw to control weeds and protect the sensitive
young plants from the long cold Wisconsin winter.
A plot of
land can only support a single crop of ginseng. Once
a plot is harvested, there can never be another
ginseng crop planted even after 50 years or more.
While the land can be use for other kinds of crops,
planting another ginseng crop would be pointless. It
is said that eventually the plants would wither and
die before reaching maturity.
Wisconsin
grown ginseng is simply the best American Ginseng.
Wisconsin's rich soil and cool weather provide an
ideal environment for growing ginseng's root system.
Ginseng prefers North American \ cool, even cold
weather climates of the Midwest on well drained
hillsides and the protected environment hardwood
forests. Ginseng plants do best in shady areas with
seeds requiring two years to germinate.
Ginseng
farmers raise their crop to maturity in three to six
years. Wild ginseng requires eight years or more to
produce a sizable root. Even then, a mature root,
once dried, weighs an ounce or less.
It has been
reported that ninety year old plants have been found
and that a hundred years ago, twenty year-old plants
were once common. Once a plot of land has produced a
crop of ginseng, it may NEVER be used again to
produce another ginseng crop. Each of Hsu's ginseng
farm plots are used once ONLY.
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Years in the Making - Long Life!
Ginseng’s
value is found in its strange, stained root. Under
the best conditions, it takes ginseng farmers three
to six years to grow mature root. In the wild, it
usually takes ginseng eight years or more to produce
a respectable root. Even then, a mature root, once
dried, weighs an ounce or less.
It has been
reported that ninety year old plants have been found
and that twenty year-old plants were once common. Not
any more! Old root is very rare.
For
centuries, Asian Emperors purchased ginseng paying
diggers the root’s weight in gold. Even today,
many Chinese are willing to pay a months salary or
more for one pound of premium ginseng root. American
ginseng farmers are often paid between twenty and
fifty dollars a pound for their dried root, depending
on quality, shape, color and size. And the mark-up
continues from there. Wild ginseng root can command a
price ten times that of cultivated root.
China
to Korea and Beyond
It is believed that ginseng was discovered in the
mountains of Northern China (Manchuria) over 5000
years ago. It was probably first used as a food.
Records, however, show that ginseng was used for
medicinal purposes over 3,000 years ago. The old
Chinese Canon of Medicine states that ginseng
strengthens the soul, brightens the eyes, opens the
heart, expels evil, benefits understanding and if
taken for prolonged periods of time will invigorate
the body and prolong life. There was also a belief
that the ginseng root resembled the human body!
See the illustration on right
Because
Chinese emperors revered ginseng and were more than
willing to pay for ginseng with its weight in gold, a
flourishing industry sprung up centuries ago,
attracting diggers, traders and robbers. China’s
demand for wild root afforded Korea the opportunity
to maintain a thriving export business that dates
back to the 3rd century AD. Unfortunately, this
lucrative trade practically wiped out wild ginseng in
Asia and eventually came to a halt. In the sixteenth
century Korea started began experimenting and
cultivated the world’s first farmed root.
Native
American Nations - Power of
Ginseng
In America, ginseng was used by several North
American Indian nations. The Iroquois, the Menomonee,
the Cherokee and the Creeks all valued ginseng for
its curative powers and life enhancing capabilities.
It is estimated that American settlers discovered
ginseng in the mid 1700’s in New England. By the
late 1700's shipments of ginseng were being sent to
China and considerable fortunes were being made. By
the mid 1850’s a half million pound were being
harvested from America's wild ranges and exported to
Asia. By the turn of the twentieth century, ginseng
was almost extinct in this country. Over harvesting
had almost wiped out American's natural range.
Early
attempts to cultivate ginseng in America failed until
the early 1900’s when many Eastern farmers began
cultivating small gardens of the plant. The methods
of ginseng cultivation spread West to the farms and
woods of Wisconsin. Located in north central United
States, Wisconsin has ideal growing conditions that
make it a leader for ginseng production. Now known as
“home of the World's Finest Ginseng Root”
some say they used to be called the “Dairy
State!”.
Revered
by Half the World
As a slow
growing perennial and a preference for deep forests
ginseng became known throughout the world as
‘the plant that hides from man’.
Ginseng’s unique properties and incredible
popularity have lead to the over-hunting of wild
ginseng and makes it hard for the ginseng to hide. In
Asia, highly sought after wild ginseng has been
hunted and harvested to near extinction.
Ginseng has
fairs somewhat better in the United States partly due
to the passage of protection laws which regulates
it’s harvest. Still, there is very little wild
ginseng left in America. Currently, 99% of the world
ginseng crop is cultivated; grown in gardens and on
small farms. A form of cultivated ginseng know as
‘woods-grown’ ginseng is also planted and
cared in by farmers under the naturally sheltered
conditions.
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