Wild Ginseng found...Pa

[wilds of pa]

Was out checking some of my Game cams and stumbled upon some Wild Ginseng.. seen about 20 plants in that area..got some pictures of it yesterday.. Didn't pick it and I plan on leaving it be..

However i did pick some of the red berries on it and planted it in and around the other plants there..

Here the picks for those who have never seen what Wild Ginseng looks like..

 

[Sillystunt]

what is that? Never seen it before

 

[ChicknJ]

Great find

Gramma had it growing out back in Ct.

 

[Sillystunt]

Like the stuff they put in drinks? Cool

 

[jbowen9]

Yeah leave it for a couple more years those are very young i see several 2 prongs and a couple of one prongs good news is that is money in the bank couple years from now. It usually sells for couple hundred dollars a pound around here anyway

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Well...um....are you SURE that's ginseng??

We have thousands of those plants over here??

 

[Sillystunt]

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i will be over in 10 mins with bags! letsmake some money.....lol

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

You're serious? LOL! We've just been mowing those things over?

It's in ditches, hills, forests? Seriously? LOL

 

[Sillystunt]

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[rodriguezpoultry]

Well that's just wow. I always thought they were just weeds.