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Planting Ginseng
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07/29/13 04:28 PM
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Larry Baer
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I have been planting seed for about ten years now and it grows great everywhere but one woods. I had a bed and it sprouted but when I went back later to check on it all of the plants were gone. I have never had plants grow there since. The timber was cattle pasture till about 20 years ago. It's good mushroom hunting and there are companion plants. I have also transferred a few adult plants only to have them get smaller and smaller then never come up again. Think I should forget this woods and move on?
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Re: Planting Ginseng
[Re: Larry Baer]
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07/30/13 12:59 AM
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I have been planting seed for about ten years now and it grows great everywhere but one woods. I had a bed and it sprouted but when I went back later to check on it all of the plants were gone. I have never had plants grow there since. The timber was cattle pasture till about 20 years ago. It's good mushroom hunting and there are companion plants. I have also transferred a few adult plants only to have them get smaller and smaller then never come up again. Think I should forget this woods and move on? If the woods is an upland woods and has good drainage, I think I would give up on the woods. Some woods will not grow seng. The ph in the woods should be around 5 or 6 if I remember right.
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Re: Planting Ginseng
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07/31/13 08:27 AM
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Thanks guys. It is upland woods. The PH is 5. I heard slugs and snails can be a problem and I have seen both. Do you think they could eat all of a patch? It was about 15' x 75'.
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Re: Planting Ginseng
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08/05/13 10:01 PM
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Alternaria blight does not normally affect the roots of ginseng. It kills the top off for the year thus causing loss of root growth and loss of seed production.
Phytopthera root rot is possibly the cause of your problems. It does attack the root and usually destroys it. Ridomil can be top dressed on the ground in the powder form. Do it just before or during a rain so that it gets taken down into the ground so it can be absorped by the roots.
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Re: Planting Ginseng
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08/06/13 11:50 PM
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Yes it shows on the leaves. Usually large yellow spots. The main indicator to me is the stem or stalk turns purple. That along with the yellow and wilting top are clear indicators of root rot. It would be possible for the plants to get alternaria and root rot at the same time.
Root rot can decimate a patch of seng in a short amount of time especially if conditions are right or wrong depending on how you look at it. Poorly drained clay soil, hot and humid weather, poor air circulation, etc. all contribute to root rot.
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Re: Planting Ginseng
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08/08/13 12:03 AM
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I had dang near a 1/2 acre of woods grown that got the rot. We liked to never stopped the dang stuff. It happened the last week of june. Been dang near 20 years ago. seng can be a real pain in the rear to grow, especially if you don't use seed that is pretty close to your area. Some of the worst seed I ever saw came from wisconsin. Some of the better from Ohio, Ky, and Virginia. you ever have any luck treating the seed before planting Don ? i think the seed that can be bought is tame and i think all the tame seed carry disease before you plant it i don't know that to be a fact im just guessing whats your opinion ? i have a couple woods left that i have dug in since i was a kid and most of the seng there is what i put back in the berry and it seems to do fine
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