Spring
Has Sprung!! It's Planting Time!!
Last Call For Spring Seeds!!
The weather has been especially good this spring for seed
germination. The extreme temperature changes are what causes the seeds to
germinate. This spring has been a little late and we have about 3 weeks left to
plant in. Take a look at our front page of our web site and see what your money is
buying. These seeds are some of the best that I have ever had and we should see
successful germination rates in the high 80% range. We ship the seeds mixed with moist
sand, this helps with transplant shock and keeps the seeds from drying out.
It takes ginseng seeds from 4-6 week to come up
from the time of planting. It takes ginseng 18 mos. to mature. You want to
make sure that they are not some seeds that were picked this last fall and won't come up
until next spring. Another thing to watch out for, seeds with dry hulls. The
embryo's may be alive, but your successful germination rate may drop below 50%. You
get what you pay for.
Ginseng likes two things, Potassium and
Nitrogen. First the potassium, now you can kill two birds with one stone
here. An excellent source of potassium is red bone meal. This usually
available through you local packing houses. The smell of the blood helps keep
rodents and other pests away. Ginseng thrives on it. Second, nitrogen.
Decomposed leaf matter is a very good source of this. To release the nitrogen place
small steel rods, like survey rods, in your beds. During storms these rods gather
static electricity and this releases the nitrogen. For these and other growing tips
you might want to read my book, Ginseng Growers Guide.
A book mark on our web site www.ginseng-seed.com
might be a thought. It
is the object of the site to be a living page. As the seasons change the page will
change too. In closing, if you might be interested in becoming a commercial grower
or seed distributor, give me a call at 517-787-6044. As soon as spring planting is
over I would like to do some traveling and meet some of you people in person.
Sponsored by
Glacial Ginseng Co.
seed@ginseng-seed.com
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Jackson Mi. 49204
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