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RE: American Ginseng – Cash crop, medicine and more
I think the government mainly regulates wild ginseng and that is mainly trying to prevent it from becoming extinct. Cultivated only has to go buy what will satisfy the buyers. They of course want to gets as much viable product for their money as possible, so the stronger (older) the plant, the more they are willing to pay.
for cultivated also, fernowl, don't you have to have a lot of paper trail proving you grew it? i could be wrong, but i remember when i looked into it it just seemed so regulated and complex... it turned me off. you're totally right that the govt regulates wild and i think that is wise; it's overharvested toward extinction as it is.