Replanting Two Prong Ginseng
Bob Beyfuss dug up this two prong to prove how old it was, and then replanted it.
Bob Beyfuss dug up this two prong to prove how old it was, and then replanted it.
Large four-prong Ginseng plant with new berries
Bob Beyfuss holding a fully wild root dug from ginseng bowl area above Coal Creek.
Sam’s First Ginseng Experience at the Farm
A new approach to cultivating and growing ginseng could expand opportunities for farmers and landowners while discouraging poachers. The goal is to cultivate and grow new plants in Appalachian forest. Doing so can create additional value—Wild American Ginseng being a valuable botanical and an endangered plant. It makes sense to take advantage of Appalachian agriculture…
September 1 is the beginning of ginseng season on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau. Towards the end of the summer the plant has produced seeds which fall of the stem, and some, two years latter become new ginseng plants. Wild American Ginseng is a threatened species, and is protected by the United Nations CITES treaty. Because of…
Sam Lindemann researches in the field.