[MPWG] Ginseng production in containers?

[ForestRuss at aol.com]

Robyn:
 
Ginseng is a very complex plant with a variety of chemical  constituents that 
many members of the MPWG list-serve know far more  specifics of than I but I 
could ever profess to understand.
 
However, I would like to offer that there is a significant difference  
between the chemical make up and potentially, the medicinal value  of cultivated 
ginseng roots that are grown in beds under artificial  shade with the aid of 
mechanized equipment, chemical fertilizers and  pesticides and the older and 
longer grown wild and wild  simulated roots that are produced under natural 
circumstances in a native  forest habitat.   
 
Wild simulated ginseng production on an ongoing basis is a method of  applied 
"in situ" conservation that will guarantee the long term survival of  this 
important forest plant and allow high quality wild and wild simulated  American 
ginseng to continue to be available to a discerning global  market.
 
Russ Richardson, CF
Arnoldsburg, WV
 

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