What are the different ways to grow/harvest Ginseng?
• Wild-crafting (sanging) — harvesting wild ginseng which is growing in the natural state in forested areas of native habitat • Field Cultivated Ginseng — plants grown under artificial shade but requiring a large investment of time, money and equipment. Labor may run at $30,000 plus an acre and gross returns of $100,000 after four years — but this figure is subject to fluctuating market prices of this lowest grade of ginseng. These cultivated fields are subject to mold and other plant diseases and so commercial chemical pesticide treatment is the ordinary practice. The product is not organic. • Woodsgrown Ginseng — raised under natural tree canopy in forestlands. Some maintenance is required and intensive cultivation methods may maximize yield in minimal time. Investment costs are less than field cultivated Ginseng and applications of pesticides and fertilizers are sometimes less but the product is not organic. The market price is higher than field-grown ginseng but not near that o
