A Young Three Prong Shoots Up from Previous Plantings

George Lindemann Showing Wild Ginseng Locations to Dr. Gao and Research Team

Large four-prong Ginseng plant with green berries.

Making sure that the plants identified are Ginseng by digging up a plant, tasting, and examining the root.

Ever since the kids and I found ginseng, we’ve been fascinated by it. Finding it, studying it, seeing shapes in the physical roots, and drinking it in tea. But we’re also worried about ginseng. For one thing, it gets stolen and too frequently the thieves don’t respect the “take” failing to plant the berries into…

Bob Beyfuss dug up this two prong to prove how old it was, and then replanted it.