went diggin 2day in the rain

[shorefisherman]

and came up with these roots, my partner got the bigger half and got a 4 pronger (2 oz.er) . i dont think prongs make a difference exept gettin a decent root. like today the bigger root u see in pic had only 2 prong w small leaves.....thats the fun of it!!! u never know how big the root is untill u diggum!!
berrys already done falled off.... almost half of um were already changing colors. i say thers only 2 weeks left depending on slope side.

good diggin.

 

[Ranchy]

Where do you sell them?

 

[rutnstrut2]

I need to hit the woods agian I dont know about them being gone though I have been digging during ml season alot before. Good solid roots right now they hold alot better weight!

 

[shorefisherman]

heres a pic of one of em. the berrys are gone (birds) and one of the prongs is fallin off. over half the plants were like this if no berrys at all. i had kept coulple seeds to see if i could grow em in a pot.
as to selling em. i dont... i dry em and grind em up and make tea. yall should try it.

 

[johnssi]

how much it goin for around you guys $330 a pound here

 

[Ranchy]

Where do you sell it?

 

[spctbone]

Ok so where is the best place to find this? I am sure our place has it but have no clue where to start looking!

 

[rutnstrut2]

North facing ridges that are dark if you have ferns and mayapples you are close. I sold for 360 last week

 

[shorefisherman]

yeah, youll find them on steep shady hills. never go diggin alone!! i like to go when its raining or after...less blood sucking critters and easy to dig.
youll need to adjust your eyesight to the point you see sang floating around whend u close your eyes to sleep

 

[Biggun4214]

If I remember correctly it is illegal to keep the berries and to dig a plant unless it has 3 prongs.

 

[shorefisherman]

your right bigguns, i dont know about where your at, but here the prongs are falling off. obviously the bigger root aint a two pronger prolly a four, but only had two. theres a big difference between a two and a three (size of leaves)
as for the seeds ,i took 2 of the many that i burried. just wanted to see if i can grow um.
i dont see the difference if a bird eating the seeds and pooping em out than me eating the seeds and pooping em out in a pot.

 

[DBLAARCHERY]

I think I have several on my place but don't know...I will try to get a pic ...

 

[CWT]

If I remember correctly it is illegal to keep the berries and to dig a plant unless it has 3 prongs.

yes... you are correct. all plants dug must have at least 3 prongs to be dug or it is illegal.

http://www.wildgrown.com/laws.htm

 

[Biggun4214]

Kinda like killing a buck that has dropped antlers on a buck only hunt.

 

[JohnnyBond]

That's some root

 

[rutnstrut2]

I got 34 bunches tonight went for about anhour or so but went to my honey hole did not make it all the way there found it every where I looked

 

[johnssi]

i didnt think prongs mattered had to be at least seven years old?????

 

[rutnstrut2]

They say if it has three prongs it there is no chancing it being under seven

 

[shorefisherman]

man, i dont know aahc. after u clean um it is light yellowish colr with rings around the root. and the smell has herbal smell the taste is bitter w sweetness.

if the one that looks like bigfoot is sang man its worth alot of money. the more it looks like human the more its worth.

heres mine after i cleaned em, the one on top was a 5 pronger

this one is almost 30 years old, u can count the rings on the neck part to see how old it is. it gets harder to read twards the root

 

[splitter]

yeah what you have aahc, pretty sure that ain't ginseng

 

[Crosshairy]

http://www.state.tn.us/environment/na/tnginseng.shtml

might answer questions about ginseng in TN