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Induced Germination and Growing Ginseng South of the
Equator
by Michael Hunter
This is a summarization of an on going research project
that Glacial Ginseng Co. has been doing over the past 6-7 yr's., Since the introduction of
Michigan's Commercial Ginseng Act of 1994. The first part is induced germination.
As the seeds start to develop, in this unisexual plant, bear in mind that they have
a 18 month germination factor and the embryo starts to immerge in the fall. This
process is referred to as grinning. Good seeds should be grinning at the fall of
the year, which is the prime time for planting "Glacial Gold" ginseng.
This grinning is very desirable, it ties right in with your percentage of
germination. Seeds that are grinning when they are planted in the fall have a real
good chance of making it in the spring. Unfortunately, due to the inbreeding
(replanting the same seeds year after year) that has been done to these seeds, all of the
seeds don't go into the grinning phase. I've always said for a number of years, If
you get a 70% yield we're doing good. "Well, this season we've been getting
reports from growers, of 90 - 95% germination, this is just outstanding
results".
We are very pleased with the germination that Our "Glacial
Gold" Ginseng Seeds are getting and in the reports of how healthy the plant's are.
I have decided to Publish what we have learned, thru observation and
trial and error. Well, when I first started shipping seeds into foreign countries, I
had a shipment that came back from Australia. I had sent the seeds their because
their seasons are opposite of ours, our fall is their spring and trying to change the
germination pattern of our seeds, so they could possibly grow down there. A certain
amount of seeds will come up in that first season. In short, if you planted fresh picked
seeds, probably 10 % of those seeds would come up the following spring, the other 80 - 90%
the following spring. Now, if you could artificially induce germination, then you
could throw the bulk of the seeds into sequence, to possible match the plant close enough
so that it will come in in their spring South of the Equator. Now, this is where it
started from. The seeds that I had gotten back were all grinning and they were
6 months out of sequence. I was kind of astounded by this and it intrigued me.
We got an order or two back from the United States too, and these seeds were grinning
much, much more so then I would have normally expected. I was quite pleased but, I
couldn't understand why the seeds were grinning so much. Then I happened to watch a
show on the Discovery Channel where they were using the Space Shuttle and working on seed
germination as part of their research program. I got to thinking about it just a
little bit more. These seeds that I'm shipping to Foreign countries are going
Priority Mail, United States too. That puts the seeds in the air plane for sure.
Now, the cargo holds on these planes aren't really pressurized and aren't really in
a controlled temperature. These planes go up to 30,000 feet and come back down again
- this has a tremendous bearing on causing these seeds to start that grinning process.
I sent some seeds to Australia and asked the grower down there to please send them
right back to me and He did. Now these seeds were checked very thoroughly by me to
make sure none of them were grinning and they were probably a little lower end quality
because none were grinning. These seeds came back to me and 90 - 95 % were grinning.
The embryo had been induced because of the barometric changes, etc,. I'm not
gonna try to use a lot of 25 cent words to try to explain, these are things that
experience has taught me, and I sometimes think that it makes a difference. These
seeds that I've been shipping in the United States, they all go Priority Mail. I'm
gonna keep right on shipping them priority Mail. You get them in a very timely
manner, they get exposed to barometric and climate changes and it induces the germination.
This is of special interest to numerous inquiries that we have had from Australia
and New Zealand. As you are aware, in that part of the world seeds are in a real
short supply and I believe that your current market down there right now is at $525/lb.
(AU) That is about $360 (US) We here at Glacial Ginseng have found some super
seeds that if planted during your winter will be up this spring. Fall planting would
have been a better idea, but if you can get these seeds in the ground right away you will
have a crop this spring. Now these are what they call "sonic bloom" seeds
and they are a trifle expensive - $92/lb (US), 10 pound minimum, including shipping,
handling, and necessary customs work. Glacial Ginseng is actively looking for a seed
distributor for your part of the world and will even put up a web page for an industrious
distributor.
E-mail me for details E-Mail . I
have been reluctant to promote moving seeds into these Foreign Countries because of the
success rate. People start buying seeds, and then they don't get good crops, well
this can hurt the overall business. I've had customers who've come to pick their
seeds up, they've been satisfied, but I think I would prefer to send them air mail.
Getting Ginseng seeds into the proper cycle is the key to Growing Ginseng South of the
Equator. If we can raise our germination from 70% to 90 or 95% at the same time, by
all means lets put them in the airplanes. This may prove to be a major step to
saving a truly endangered species.
Other things that we get into here is seed size, induced
germination and how we grow these ginseng seeds. What we're looking at here is that
we want to produce a Top Quality Ginseng Root with a High ginsitis levels (12%-14%).
We want to do it in 5 - 7 years at max. Now our primary customer at this time
is our Asian Market. The Asian Market really doesn't have much of a way to check the
actual ginsitis level in the ginseng root. They buy it by the appearance of the root
and the size which are most relative factors . They see a whole big bunch of large
roots and they think "oh, oh, grown under artificial shade and on poor soil".
The soils is what creates the ginsitis level in the ginseng root but, they can't
measure the ginsitis level, so they will look at appearance.
We don't want these seeds to get big, at the present time.
During the stratification period, these ginseng seeds continue to grow and they
continue to develop. This is a natural process and this is how it's suppose to be.
But, it also promotes big roots. Now, if you'll take partially stratified
seeds, seeds that have been picked last fall and held in stratification, till the
spring of this season. Take those seeds out of the stratification prior to the
summer growing season, and place them back into a nice cool environment where the
temperature is relatively mild, you will seriously retard the size of those seeds.
The size of the seed is what determines the size of the root. We need to grow a crop
that the markets gonna want to buy. Keep these seeds planted in close together, this
also helps to promote smaller roots. Plant them out there in the woods and you'll
have the ginsitis levels.
The markets showing a different trend here to buying the woods
grown ginseng, especially the Wild Simulated. Now that's a two edge blade right
there and there's a secondary side to it. We can grow bigger roots out here in the
woods and we can have the same good ginsitis levels in them. It's just that with the
market for those types of roots isn't quite here. The grinders, those people who are
going to actually make the ginseng capsules, this is what they need. You'll grow a
lot more pounds of roots per acre with high ginsitis levels. This is where you get
into the woods cultivated, which makes for better growing conditions. You want to
space your seeds further apart and you want to roto-til the soil 6- 8 inches deep,
making for easier harvesting and faster growing.
We're going to see the American Market going to buying
green ginseng, they're already doing that. There's a difference in the potency
of the roots. Green ginseng is much more stronger, much more of a stimulant,
but it needs to be processed within the first few weeks that it's harvested. As the
American Market becomes more aware of what ginseng's all about, they're interested in
making capsules and Big roots with high ginsitis levels are what they need for this, We
can do that. This is a feasible, realistic thing. Instead of taking the seeds
and kind of putting them in cold storage, as I'm doing right now. To develop the
smaller seeds and smaller roots, you can leave them right out in the stratification pits
and allow them to go through the temperature changes . Radical temperature changes
is what causes the germination cycle to begin. But growing a crop for a market that
isn't there yet isn't realistic. Well common sense has to prevail here. What
we need to do is kind of enlighten our American Pharmaceutical Companies that we ARE
concerned about things like ginsitis levels. One Company has went right in there
saying that they have ginseng in their capsules with a 14 % ginsitis level. Well, I
think I know the grower that grows for them and I know the company that buys it, and the
14 % is there. But, they're growing it with the Sonic Bloom method. Now, the
Sonic Bloom method works, however they're using some chemicals which may actually alter
the genetic pattern of the ginseng plant itself. This makes for a very marketable
product but, my primary objection here, is the idea that this is an endangered Species and
it's also a nice cottage industry. We want to re-establish the original species or
as close to the original species as possible.
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In 4 to 5 Years It should be producing 800 to 1000 pounds of
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Green.
These plants can
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Use Forest Soil And You Can Grow Some Nice Ginseng
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"Free
Visual Site "
Evaluations
With A Camera
A
service being offered by Glacial Ginseng Company is a visual
site evaluation from pictures taken with a camera. A
question that I am being asked is "do I have a good site
for growing ginseng?" one picture is worth a thousand
words, and so what I am proposing to do is to have you go to
your woods and starting in the southwest corner, walk towards
the northeast corner, at about 2:00 in the afternoon.
Take
pictures to your left and to your right as you walk. The
number of pictures is kind of up to you and depends on how big a
piece of land you are working with, shoot up the rest of the
film that is in your camera, a half a dozen good pictures on a
ten acre woods should give me an idea of what your site is like.
Adjust the number of pictures by the size of your woods.
Have someone stand about 20 yards away and try to get the bottom
of their feet just nicely in the picture. Take some
pictures of some of the places that you think ginseng might do
well in and I will evaluate those.
After evaluation of your pictures and judging from the shade,
etc. I will promptly mail you a report that will have my
suggestions as to the light requirements and other improvements
that you might do to your site, that would improve your chances
for successfully growing ginseng, (of course, I will also tell
you if your site is not suitable for ginseng growing).
Send to:
Site
Evaluation
GLACIAL GINSENG CO.
P.O. Box 122
Houghton Lake Mi. 48629
E-Mail
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Michael Hunter
38 Years Of Experience |
Illene "Bobbie" Squires
Office Management |
Brittany "The Grandkid" Shipping and
Receiving |
Custom Planting And site Preparation |
Consulting & Forest Management Services |
Site Preparation
11/01/04 |
Our Little Bulldozer Does a Nice Job |
46 Maple Trees Paid For 100#s Of Seed
& 2500 Rootlets |
West Branch Mi.
10/03/04 |
Come On Up And Take A Look |
17 Mos. After My Colon Surgery |
Just Great To Be In The Woods Again |
"Glacial
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Ginseng Seeds
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Anderson In. 04'
Nice Light Good Soil |
Seed Planting $20.00 Per Pound |
No Matter Who Gets To Drive |
Disking In Seeds After Planting |
"Glacial
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Ginseng
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Hand Planting Rootlets |
Chip Vac For Bed Mulching |
Planted 3 Commercial Jobs This Fall |
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Ready To Go To Quebec
11/8/04 |
Doing Some Hand Planting In Quebec |
Got Stuck A Time Or Two |
Had A Really Great Time |
Beautiful Site,
Great Hosts |
I Will Be Back Next Spring |
For Pictures And More Great Food |
Enough Seeds For 3 Commercial Jobs
This Spring |
Our Seeds Are Safely Stored In Our Root Cellar |
Kept At A Constant 46 Degrees F. |
This
Spring's "Glacial
Gold"™
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Just Doesn't Get Any Better |
Got To -10 F. The Other Night |
Getting Ready To Go To Tn, Leaving
01/03/05 |
Planted April 28th 2004 Picture
Taken 06/17/04 |
The Seed Business Has always
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The
Detroit News Sunday
March 26 2006
Dale G. Young / The Detroit News
Michael Hunter stores ginseng seeds at his home off Houghton Lake.
The cancer survivor is dedicating his latter years to spreading
growth of the prized root throughout Michigan's hardwood forests.
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Dale
G. Young / The Detroit News
Michael
Hunter of Jackson says the best security for
ginseng farmers is secrecy.
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"Front
Page"
"Detroit News"
Sunday, June 15, 2003
"Front
Page"
"Jackson Citizen Patriot"
Monday, June 16, 2003
Poachers
strike Michigan's ginseng crop
By Joel Kurth / The
Detroit News
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Michael Hunter, The "Ginsengman"
Black Walnut Veneer Log '93
"Will
Trade "Glacial
Gold"™
Ginseng
Seeds For Veneer Quality Trees"
"We
Are Now Buying"
Furniture
Grade And Veneer Quality Standing Hardwood Timber
Black Walnut, Cherry, Hard Maple, Red Oak, White Oak and Some
Ash.
Trees must
be at least 54" in circumference at chest height and 8'
from the ground to the bottom of the first defect, cat face or
limb.
Trees over 100" in circumference have started to over
mature and the price per board foot starts to drop rapidly.
Due to the high cost of moving equipment we must have a
minimum of 75 trees, which can usually be met on a 20 acre woods
and leave the woods with the right light for growing ginseng. We
will not over Harvest any woods for any reason.
We offer full payment in advance, conscientious
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harvested.
"Will Trade Ginseng Seeds For Trees"
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"Glacial
Gold"™
American Ginseng
Seeds & Roots
(Panax Quinquefolium) American
Ginseng
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Ginseng is a unisexual plant, and when trying to
develop a top quality seed, the rules are a little
different. The problem is that the majority of
the ginseng seeds on the market are somewhat inbred.
The growers have been replanting their own seeds for
too many years. The way to overcome this problem
is to cross breed six or more different strains of
seeds together. This will create a new Variety
of Ginseng seeds. Our goal is to
cross breed the heartiest ginseng seed available and
create a vibrant ginseng seed that is more tolerant of
disease.
When you successfully blend 6 or
more strains of a plant together , you come up with a
new variety of plant and you have the right to name
it. This is what we have done with Our Ginseng
Seeds. Therefore We have named our Variety of
Ginseng Seeds "Glacial
Gold"™
American Ginseng Seeds. "Glacial
Gold"™
is our trade-mark, it'd the brand of our Company, and
it's a serious way to get these plants back to their
original State. So little cross-breeding is being done.
The wild plants are so scarce and
few and far between they're breeding amongst
themselves. Any unisexual plant or animal that
inter-breeds within itself, creates a genetic clone.
Each succeeding generation is shortening the life span
of the ginseng plant. Plants that should be
living 65 or 70 years we are lucky if we can get them
to live to be 10 years old.
 
Unisexual Plants,
Like Ginseng, Do Not Adapt Well To Global or Local
Weather Changes, This is One of The Reasons That
Ginseng Remains on The Endangered Species List.
Ginseng is Primarily a Cold Weather Plant and is
Native to The Northeast Section of North America.
When Growing Ginseng in Warmer Climates it is
Advisable to Have The Ginseng Seeds Becoming
Climatically Adapted to There New Environment As Early
as Possible.
Ginseng Seeds Have a 18 Month
Germination and Can Be Planted at Any Time
During Germination. The Ginseng Seeds are
Normally Kept in Stratification Pits for The First 12
Months and Then Planted in The Fall.
Many Growers Will Keep Their Ginseng Seeds in The Stratification
Pits For 17.5 Months and Plant in The
Spring. This Greatly Reduces Losses to Mice,
Voles, Birds, Etc;
The
Serious Ginseng Growers, You Would Do Well to Purchase
Your "Glacial
Gold"™
American Ginseng Seeds Early.
Build Your Own Stratification Pit and Place It Out In
The Woods That You Will Be Growing Your Ginseng In.
This Will Allow The Maxim Time For The Ginseng Seeds
to Become Adapted to Their Environment.
Glacial Ginseng always ships our Ginseng
Seeds wrapped in cheesecloth and put into a plastic storage container.
These "Glacial Gold" American Ginseng seeds can be safely stored in the container they are shipped in for up to three months, if kept in a cool place, like your basement or the
vegetable bin of your refrigerator. All you have to do
is check them periodically to make sure the seeds have not begun to dry out, moisten
slightly if needed.
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Age 4 and Already On The Tractor
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Our "Glacial
Gold" American Ginseng seeds are washed,
float tested and decontaminated prior to packaging. The individual portions of seeds
are wrapped in cheese cloth while still moist, placed inside an appropriate sized plastic
baggie and sealed. This during normal shipment starts your germination right there. These
seeds have always been in a closely controlled environment, never really subject to
frequent temperature variations. This is a part of our continued stratification process
that we have developed here at Glacial Ginseng through our research. When these pac | |
