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RE: Gingseng planting: Farm the forest floor
Great post guys! I hope I am around in seven years to see the payout. ;P
That is very cool that you are doing it!
Great post guys! I hope I am around in seven years to see the payout. ;P
That is very cool that you are doing it!
haha!! I hope I'm around too!!! lmao We are on our 3rd year planting ginseng so we will start selectively harvesting in probably 3 years. Hopefully steemit is still going strong at that point and I can share our process!
Do you have to worry about poachers or are you in a pretty secluded spot? I watched some of those ginseng shows and it seems like they were always worried about people coming in and stealing their sang.
I think anyone who grows high price items like this will have a natural worry of poachers, that's a reality of this type of 'farming'. However, trail cameras and seclusion help. We know other growers that have shot at poachers catching them in the act and that seemed to stop the action for a while (not killing them of course!). With the reality of it comes the risk. We probably make ourselves more vulnerable than others as we are the only ones in our community actively cultivating it AND trying to educate others on how to do it. Luckily not many people know what it looks like here and most of our planting grounds are NOT on our property (and quite secluded) so finding them would be quite difficult for anyone targeting us.
We think it's worth the risk to help the species, movement, and hopefully our kids college fund on the backend of it all. ;)
Heck yes! that is awesome. I wish you all the best. Grow sang grow!