Panax Newsletter
Number 23
Michael Hunter
Editor
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Panax Newsletter Number 23

Sponsored by
Glacial Ginseng Co.
2750 Parnall Road
Jackson Michigan  49201
517-787-6044
Toll Free: 1-888-496-8767
www.ginseng-seed.com
4/26/01

It's Spraying Time!!! 
This Years "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Crop Is Coming Up Now, This Weekend.

If you follow the recommendations for growing potatoes in your area then you will be on the right path.

Spraying is necessary during April and May, about every ten days while the "Glacial Gold" ginseng seedlings are coming up. After that you need to spray about every three weeks until the plants go dormant in late September. I blend coyote urine in with my spray. This really keeps the deer and other wildlife out of your beds. Deer do not like to eat ginseng, but their sharp hooves can do some serious damage to your plants.

Ginseng is susceptible to Alternaria Blight, Phytophthora Leaf Blight and Phytophthora Root Rot. As a precautionary measure, from the start, I had been using Manzate2OO DL by Dupont. They no longer make this.  I have found that what they are using for potatoes, works well for ginseng.  It treats the leaves and then goes down to treat the roots.   I use a good emulsifier, if you don't have any, liquid dish soap will do.  This helps the spray stay on the leaves longer.   I have had some awful nice, healthy plants.  Stay on top of it, get out there and check these plants periodically. The problem with ginseng is if it develops a problem, it can develop it in a hurry. You need periodic checks. The second you find something wrong with your plants, do something about it!  These things can multiply! Ginseng needs some spray and we know what works good for them. Especially in the first year's growth, you have to almost "baby-sit" them. After the first year, it is an entirely different situation.

Ginseng does not always come up every year. It is a perennial plant. Sometimes they come up one year and don't come up at all the next year. These beds that I have been working on, I am seeing actually new seedlings coming up with the two and three year old plants ... These are seeds that did not germinate the first year. The roots are the same way. Some of the old timers tell me that ginseng can go two, or even three years, before it will come back up again.

Do not hesitate to contact your local college, they have some real good extension services. You can learn from a book and you can learn out in the field.

These books can shortcut your education, what I am trying to do is keep you away from some of the  problems that we've got in ginseng. 

Consulting Services Are Available On 100# Or More
E-Mail
"Toll Free" 1-888-496-8767
"Have Seeder Will Travel"

Next Season Seeds at Last Season Prices!!
We Will Hold Your
"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds 
For You and Ship To Match Your Fall Planting. 

Michael Hunter
Editor; Panax Newsletter
Owner; Glacial Ginseng Co.

"Ginseng Planting Time"
"Fall Planting" Time For Ginseng 
Aug. 1st To Dec. 15th

Ginseng Seeds can be planted at any time during this period, as long as the ground is not frozen!

(Panax Quinquefolium) American Ginseng

Now Taking Orders For Next Falls.

We Have Some Really Nice "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds For This Fall's Planting For Both Live Roots and Seeds.

"For Next Fall's Planting" " Specials"
Next Season Seeds at Last Season Prices!!
We Will Hold Your
"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds 
For You and Ship To Match Your Fall Planting. 

"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seed Kits From $19.95 To $99.95 and Accessories
"Click Here"

For Fast Personal Service, Call Us " Toll Free" at 
1-888-496-8767
English Speaking International Calls/Orders Accepted.

We Need Commercial Growers of "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds.
Wanted Commercial Growers For
"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds and Roots

Consulting Services Are Available On 100# Or More
E-Mail
"Toll Free" 1-888-496-8767
"Have Seeder Will Travel"

Next Season Seeds at Last Season Prices!!
We Will Hold Your
"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds 
For You and Ship To Match Your Fall Planting. 

Now Thru May. 1st 

1 # Stratified "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seed Kit
(Appo. 7,000 Seeds)

Reg. $99.95 Fall Special $93.95 Plus S&H (US)
Included With Your Order

The "Ginseng Growers Guide" by Michael Hunter and
Soil Testing Kit, Performs 10 Tests for Proper PH (Proper PH for Ginseng is 5.5 to 6.5), and 4 Survey Flags.  (These Metal Survey Flags Draw Static Electricity During Storms and this releases the Nitrogen Trapped in The Decomposing Forest Floor.)  Should be Planted  in a Area of about 5,500 square feet or less.
Order Form

"Commercial Fall Specials"

5 # Stratified "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seed Kit
(Appo. 35,000 Seeds)

Fall Special $299.95
Reg. $349.95 Plus S&H (US)
Included With Your Order

The "Ginseng Growers Guide" by Michael Hunter and
Soil Testing Kit, Performs 10 Tests for Proper PH (Proper PH for Ginseng is 5.5 to 6.5), and 10 Survey Flags.  (These Metal Survey Flags Draw Static Electricity During Storms and this releases the Nitrogen Trapped in The Decomposing Forest Floor.)  Should be Planted in a Area of about 22,000 square feet or less.
Order Form

10 # Stratified "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seed Kit
(Appo. 70,000 Seeds)

Fall Special $599.95
Reg. $649.95 Plus S&H (US)
Included With Your Order
The "Ginseng Growers Guide" by Michael Hunter and
A Soil Testing Kit, Performs 10 Tests for Proper PH (Proper PH for Ginseng is 5.5 to 6.5), and 20 Survey Flags.  (These Metal Survey Flags Draw Static Electricity During Storms and this releases the Nitrogen Trapped in The Decomposing Forest Floor.)  Should be Planted in an Area of about 44,000 square feet or Less.
Order Form

20 # Stratified "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seed Kit
(Appo. 140,000 Seeds)

Fall Special $1199.95
Reg. $1249.95 Plus S&H (US)
Included With Your Order
The "Ginseng Growers Guide" by Michael Hunter and
A Soil Testing Kit, Performs 10 Tests for Proper PH (Proper PH for Ginseng is 5.5 to 6.5), and 40 Survey Flags.  (These Metal Survey Flags Draw Static Electricity During Storms and this releases the Nitrogen Trapped in The Decomposing Forest Floor.)  Should be Planted in an Area of about 88,000 square feet or Less.
Order Form

Year 2001 Ginseng Seed Prices

Stratified "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds

1 Pound " Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seed Kit

"Fall Special" $93.95 (US)
Reg. $99.95 (Appo. 7,000 Seeds) (US)

1 to 4 Pounds

$79.95 (US) per lb.

50 to 99 Pounds

$64.95 (US) per lb.

100 Pounds or more

$58.95 (US) per lb.

200 Pounds or more

$56.95 (US) per lb.

300 Pounds or more

$55.95 (US) per lb.


Glacial Ginseng always ships our Ginseng Seeds  wrapped in cheesecloth and put into a plastic storage container.  These "Glacial Gold" 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.

Our 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 packets are sealed moist, it traps the moisture within the plastic bag.
When you receive your shipments at your home, place it in your refrigerator. You’re giving cool steady environments, you’re not exposed to radical changes. You can watch these seeds germinate your own self, from the time you get them, you will see them develop. All you really have to do is to turn the package over once in a while.  The constant temperature will let the embryo develop slowly. They start germination during shipment inside of those bags. Leave them sealed. When you get ready to plant, your optimum time to plant is between the first of March and the 15th of April. Seeds planted in this time period should yield maximum yields. They should really start to be just indexing.

As spring progresses and the thawing cycles begin, it triggers the germination within the ginseng seed. Spring planting will many times yield better results than fall planting. Your planting window is much briefer and Mother Nature is very much in charge. You can plant anytime from the 15th of February to the 15th of April. Ginseng normally comes up around the 15th of April. It takes from four to six weeks for the plants to come up after planting.

"Fall PLANTING TIP'S"

Plant early, especially the further North you are.  This gives the seeds a chance to become climatically adapted to the environment that they are being planted in.  This also gives the seeds a chance to be absorbing the nutrients from the soil that they are going to be raised in.  When purchasing your seeds, be especially wary of seeds with dried out hulls.  The embryos may be alive, but your germination factor will be greatly reduced.   Naturally all of our seeds are float tested and decontaminated before shipment.  Quality must be number one.  Our future markets are going to demand it. 
Suggested commercial woods planting is about 40 Pounds to the Acre.  You should be realizing about 10 pounds of seed back for each pound planted in 4 years and about 10 pounds of roots for each pound of seed planted in 7 years.  If you take care of your plants you might do twice that.
We guarantee no dried out hulls.  The hull is what the embryo feeds on as it develops
Further Instructions are in the "Ginseng Growers Guide" by, Michael Hunter

"Three" Year Old Woods Grown "Wild Simulated" Ginseng Rootlets.

Now Taking Orders For Sept 1st Shipping Dates.

Glacial Ginseng Co. is Pleased to Announce A Limited Supply of 3 Year Old Woods Grown Wild Simulated
Ginseng Rootlets
.  These Are Ginseng Rootlets Are Freshly Dug by Hand and Are Ready For Immediate Transplanting.  These Ginseng Roots Are From One of Our Growers in West Virginia and Have Never Had any Pesticides or Fertilizers Used On Them.  These are Smaller Roots, Which Is Just What The Export Market Wants.  These Ginseng Pants Will be Producing a Nice Seed Crop This Time Next Season.

Glacial Ginseng Co. Is Buying Wild Ginseng Roots For Export and Transplanting.
The "Ginseng Growers Guide" by Michael Hunter
Will Be Included "Free" With All Orders Of "Glacial Gold" Ginseng seeds, "Wild" and "Wild Simulated" Ginseng Roots.

Three Year Old "Wild Simulated" Woods Grown Ginseng Rootlets For Transplanting

Fall Prices For 3 Year Old "Wild Simulated" Rootlets
Now Taking Orders For Sept 15th Shipping Dates.

25 "Wild Simulated" Rootlets

$83.95 (US)  $3.35 ea.

50 "Wild Simulated" Rootlets

$149.95 (US)  $2.99 ea.

  100 "Wild Simulated" Rootlets

$274.95 (US)  $2.74 ea.

250 "Wild Simulated" Rootlets

$624.95 (US)  $2.49 ea.

500 "Wild Simulated" Rootlets

$1124.95 (US)  $2.49 ea.

1000 "Wild Simulated" Rootlets

$1999.95 (US)  $1.99 ea.>

Live Wild American Ginseng Plants For Sale.
(Panax Quinquefolium)

Now Taking Orders For Sept. 15th Shipping Dates.
Order Form

1-5 "Wild Ginseng" Roots

$24.95 Ea. (US)

6-10 "Wild Ginseng" Roots

$23.95 Ea. (US)

 11-25 "Wild Ginseng" Roots

$21.95 Ea. (US)

26-50 "Wild Ginseng" Roots

$19.95 Ea. (US)

51-100 "Wild Ginseng" Roots

$18.95 Ea. (US)

For Best Results; Make a Bed 4' Wide and 90' Long For Each Pound of
"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seed To Be Planted.

All Shipments of Our  "Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds Have Been Stratified One Year and Contain At Least Six Different Strains Of American Ginseng Seeds (Panax Quinquefolium) Including Woods Grown and Wild Ginseng Seeds.


Glacial Ginseng Company Order Form
1-888-496-8767 "Toll Free"

"Spring "Goldenseal" Special"
Goldenseal, Maybe Planted From Mar.15th To Dec.1st
"For More Info Click Here"

A Copy of The Ginseng Growers Guide by Michael Hunter Will be Included "Free" With Every Goldenseal Order.  The Care and Growing Conditions for Goldenseal are The Same As Required For Ginseng.

Goldenseal Rootlet Prices for 2000

All Goldenseal Rootlets Are Woods Grown

25 Goldenseal Rootlets  $49.95 Plus S&H

250 Goldenseal Rootlets $249.95 Plus S&H

50 Goldenseal Rootlets $74.95 Plus S&H

500 Goldenseal Rootlets $374.95 Plus S&H

100 Goldenseal Rootlets $124.95 Plus S&H

1000 Goldenseal Rootlets $649.95 Plus S&H

"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds

The Serious Ginseng Growers, You Would Do Well to Purchase Your
"Glacial Gold" Ginseng Seeds Early.
Build Your Own Stratificting 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.


 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 Stratificting Pits For 17.5 Months and Plant in The Spring.  This Greatly Reduces Losses to Mice, Voles, Birds, Etc;

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" 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.

Sponsored by
Glacial Ginseng Co.
seed@ginseng-seed.com
4/26/01
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www.ginseng-seed.com

Glacial Ginseng Co.
2750 Parnall Road
Jackson Michigan  49201
517-787-6044
Toll Free: 1-888-496-8767

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