I hate when ginseng videos pop up, theres a nasty side and a deadly side to some of these pickers who will trespass, intimidate and kill for your natural ginseng. They do not care about giving them the proper time to regrow and its terrible,i have met very few pickers who respect property, and the land itself.
I live in Pennsylvania. I live on the very first mountain ridge going east from Pittsburgh. It's one of the largest forests within a hundred miles. It's a mix of private and public land. The private side of it logs it for timber, and they just logged an old growth section that had ginseng growing everywhere. Not only did they log it, they fucking clear cut it. It would take a thousand years for that ginseng to come back. We need to protect our old growth forests- we need new legislation that if you find such and such flora and fauna- it gains automatic protection.
There is a law now, it’s illegal to disrupt it, but who will say anything? It’s the land surveyors or land inspectors job to see it before destroying it
@@susdad Yes, that's a problem. Though, we actually ran into the surveyor on the land in question. That's actually who told us about the ginseng. This was maybe 10 years ago though.
Where are you from? Latrobe? Mount pleasant, connellsville? First mountain range east of Pittsburgh. You have yourself some competition that's for sure!
Thats how we do it in new york. Law mandates us to to plant berries within 50ft of the patch where it was found. Everyone should do that so we can teach our kin how to do it the right way
It was people such as Daniel Boone who destroyed the ginseng, not the poor people of the Appalachian mountains. In his time he was one of the largest distributors of ginseng to China. He lost ships at sea with thousands of pounds on board on several occasions. Notice though its the man on the bottom that Vice points the finger at...I know many good elderly people who to this day still dig ginseng just to make ends meet...
My grandfather was growing his own in a special garden he made. Some how he replicated the growing conditions. I was little but I remember I couldn't play around his "garden" lol
I have a bunch of ginseng growing under two spruce trees. They are thriving. I didn't know anything about the market for it, nor did I know that people were harvesting it like this. I just thought they were annoying weeds. Now that I know they are endangered, I am going to just leave them alone.
That's the same trick gold plays on people. It sounds great that so little pays so much, but part of that high cost is that it takes a lot of work to get it. It they could do it easily and cheap, the prices would go down. Rarely a quick buck.
American ginseng(Panax quinquefolius) is not the same speices as asian ginseng(Panax ginseng). Also the biggest ginseng importer is switzerland, not china. And korean ginseng is the most expensive one. Cultivated ginseng has no same value as a wild ginseng. Korea alone cultivate 2,630 tons of ginseng every year.
Ham,I personally don’t know about gensing but I’m interested in lots of plants..I have been watching about this plant..n I think I saw this plant in swiss..not many part but before where I was living in the refugee camp..the forest is moist all the time..
Can you buy seeds? I know thousands of acres here in Pennsylvania that will sustain ginsing. How do I know we'll its not exactly hard to know where it grows and I've also been picking it since I was about 13 years old! Since I could leave my house and spend the night in the woods with friends and or by myself. Now I take my daughter looking for ginsing! Mature plants are far and few between, but they are still here! If I could buy seeds I would plant everywhere and in 20 years my area would be a gold mine! I would plant the seeds for anyone to find not just myself!
ginseng takes forever to grow, 3 year-old ginseng can just be about 2 inches long, which is still tiny, so you have to have some real patience to grow ginseng. Its why the Asians cultivate them too but cant satisfy demand. Also wild ginseng is more highly valued for the same reason wild chicken is valued.
Damn no wonder I can't ever find this medicine, my great grandpa used this to cure strokes on people. Those ginseng come in families if you look at them male female and children plus the way they are used
Grows too fast. Needs be slow. Wildcrafted form is indistinguishable to wild. Simulated is pretty close too. Eluthra (siberian "ginseng") is about as good as ginseng too.
Please guys stop buying from Walmart as most of them are not authentic. They are mass produced. If you’ve been to Korea and had ginseng, you’ll feel the difference in what you get here in USA. There are only a few dealers on Amazon who are authentic and curewithearth.com is the one I tried last time and they are superb. They get the ginseng directly from the farmlands.
Lol the word 'Ginseng' itself is wrong. No asian country calls the plant as 'ginseng'. It's either Renshen(chinese), Insam(korean) or Ninjin(japanese).
I was one of the idiots that thought I could do it without learning. I had no idea there was a season. I only pulled one and bragged that I found one.I quickly got told you have to respect it like I respect everything else. I didn't know I could kill them off over being careless. I haven't went yet. I'm going to try this season coming. I wanted to learn. Plus my full time job I had was hell. I was trying to find out if it grows on certain sides of the mountains? If it grows higher up or lower? I found that one lower down. We were 4wheeler driving and practice shooting. Odd combo lol
yeah but like... has it been proven to actually do anything? I know they say it's a traditional Chinese medicine but has it got any medicinal properties? in traditional Chinese medicine mercury was also considered a medicine too
Are they bullshitting? I just checked Canadian ginseng price and the most per Kilogram is $75. And these guys selling them for more than $1000 a pound? Wow!
U need u a real poacher,I got a gang of hooligans who will live out there on jerky and raw oatmeal and peanut butter,and water .I've put em on a hunt that lasted 47days straight,I went in and made contact one time to redirect the hunt on a tip.but in all in 47 days they found112 dry pounds.
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I hate when ginseng videos pop up, theres a nasty side and a deadly side to some of these pickers who will trespass, intimidate and kill for your natural ginseng. They do not care about giving them the proper time to regrow and its terrible,i have met very few pickers who respect property, and the land itself.
VICE News well these people are spilling their guts about ginseng
VICE News i dont know theres ginseng in america
Smoke crack an go look for ginseng
I live in Pennsylvania. I live on the very first mountain ridge going east from Pittsburgh. It's one of the largest forests within a hundred miles. It's a mix of private and public land. The private side of it logs it for timber, and they just logged an old growth section that had ginseng growing everywhere. Not only did they log it, they fucking clear cut it. It would take a thousand years for that ginseng to come back. We need to protect our old growth forests- we need new legislation that if you find such and such flora and fauna- it gains automatic protection.
They are also idiots for not harvesting the ginseng.
There is a law now, it’s illegal to disrupt it, but who will say anything? It’s the land surveyors or land inspectors job to see it before destroying it
@@susdad Yes, that's a problem. Though, we actually ran into the surveyor on the land in question. That's actually who told us about the ginseng. This was maybe 10 years ago though.
Where are you from? Latrobe? Mount pleasant, connellsville? First mountain range east of Pittsburgh. You have yourself some competition that's for sure!
@@allenstayduhar7139 The Ligonier area.
It's very simple. I'm from Kentucky, and what we were always taught was to pick the seng, but always replace the berries.
Thats how we do it in new york. Law mandates us to to plant berries within 50ft of the patch where it was found. Everyone should do that so we can teach our kin how to do it the right way
Missouri your mandated to plant them within 100' of harvest locations as well.
It’s important to keep ginseng a secret so let’s make a video about it and talk about how lucrative it is so more people will just go dig up the woods
Its nice how much they truly care isn't it
so weird
It was people such as Daniel Boone who destroyed the ginseng, not the poor people of the Appalachian mountains. In his time he was one of the largest distributors of ginseng to China. He lost ships at sea with thousands of pounds on board on several occasions. Notice though its the man on the bottom that Vice points the finger at...I know many good elderly people who to this day still dig ginseng just to make ends meet...
I would really like to know more about the Daniel Boone story.
My grandfather was growing his own in a special garden he made. Some how he replicated the growing conditions. I was little but I remember I couldn't play around his "garden" lol
every hillbilly and thier brother was hunting for this shit in my town back in 2013-2014..it was basically hunted to extinction by 2016
backwoodsjunkie08 that just pisses me off..... I mean profit from it by all means but conserve what you got!
This herb is so good I once interrupted my friend who was talking about his dead son to pick some up.
Less about ginseng and more about the people your friend hangs out with, tbh.
These guys act like we're moonshining around here when they find good spots the way they keep the spots so secret 😂
Ginseng coffee will create a large market for this plant.
For some reason the *Ginseng makes coffee* to taste more mild and sweet.
This is the type of globalization nations can both benefit from in trade. These people really enjoy their jobs!
Won't last if they over harvest, though.
wouldnt you enjoy it too, walking thru the woods destroying local fauna for cash
Harvesting ginseng under globalization would be ecological suicide
tolbiac not if you are smart about it, one could have said the same about the truffle industry a few decades ago.
A Better Tomorrow I think they want to push people out and monopolize it.
We do not need roots, ginseng leaves are even stronger medicinal than roots, and gathering some wouldn't kill the plant.
Wouldn't think planting it under pine trees like that guy did would work very well, almost never find wild sang under pines.
Pine would killI think. Pine sap and Resin not good to eat.
I have a bunch of ginseng growing under two spruce trees. They are thriving. I didn't know anything about the market for it, nor did I know that people were harvesting it like this. I just thought they were annoying weeds. Now that I know they are endangered, I am going to just leave them alone.
I like when he said he wont shoot anyone over the roots. Very nice very touching indeed.
Good stuff Vice. I like it when you do actual news stories. Keep it up.
THEY ALL LOOKS SO YOUNGISH AND HEALTHY!
I’m from Nc and hunted sang since I was 8 years old going on 40 now it never gets old
That's the same trick gold plays on people. It sounds great that so little pays so much, but part of that high cost is that it takes a lot of work to get it. It they could do it easily and cheap, the prices would go down. Rarely a quick buck.
Used to hunt it. This is an age old thing. Not news to anyone except those that don't live in the south
Hope for all lol
These woods he's planting ginseng in look nothing like the woods I find wild ginseng.
Guns and Ginsberg . So North Carolina.
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It makes me sick knowing how many beautiful works of nature humans have made extinct
Oh shut up 🤐
@@masterthotslayer9601 whatever you say “Master Thot Slayer” , I’m sure your opinion on the well being of our world is far above anyone else’s.
American ginseng(Panax quinquefolius) is not the same speices as asian ginseng(Panax ginseng). Also the biggest ginseng importer is switzerland, not china. And korean ginseng is the most expensive one. Cultivated ginseng has no same value as a wild ginseng. Korea alone cultivate 2,630 tons of ginseng every year.
Is there anywhere to buy wild ginseng seeds online?
I apparently live in prime growing territory.
If you find any with red berries on it then you can take the berries and plant them
'Hunting Ginseng' is the most American phrase I've ever heard. Hunting plants???
Ever heard of a scavenger hunt?
i catch and release all my ginseng
Good for you! Gotta use sustainable methods. 😂
Doesn't Monster Energy Drink and Red Bull etc have Ginseng in them?
yes and no. No because they use Panax ginseng which comes from Korea, China, Siberia, Vietnam, and Japan not America.
K4lls but not the kind in the video its a different species.
The ginseng we grow in the Philippines, has red flowers.
Ginseng can wake up a person on the death bed to leave his last words.
I love ginseng. It can be best fermented like by illawah not spelled right
...the dotted line showing the degrees north is in the wrong spot....
Great Video!
When I was a kid and before I knew what it was I seen it in the woods all the time
The most beautiful plant in the woods
I want to plant some where can I get seedlings ?
Ham,I personally don’t know about gensing but I’m interested in lots of plants..I have been watching about this plant..n I think I saw this plant in swiss..not many part but before where I was living in the refugee camp..the forest is moist all the time..
Superb Video!
wild ginseng lover and have a good skill to find them
I love how they bloe all thos way oit of porportion. I even live in w.v.
grows a garden: it's kind of like growing a garden
Do they run?
I from malaysia, what type the jungle we can found ginseng?, i want to know
We should sell the berries to asia.
People have no idea the work that goes into digging
Sir,also here in Philippines to much kinds of ginseng.
In Korea, 10-year-old ginseng is priced at $450!
"when supplies down,prices spirels.";.
Clay county NC here
APPLEAATCHAA
Can you buy seeds? I know thousands of acres here in Pennsylvania that will sustain ginsing. How do I know we'll its not exactly hard to know where it grows and I've also been picking it since I was about 13 years old! Since I could leave my house and spend the night in the woods with friends and or by myself. Now I take my daughter looking for ginsing! Mature plants are far and few between, but they are still here! If I could buy seeds I would plant everywhere and in 20 years my area would be a gold mine! I would plant the seeds for anyone to find not just myself!
that dude just throwing fertilizer everywhere... smh 🤦♂️
Trust me, there will be a war in the market if someone find a perfect wild MAN ROOT. I'm still waiting to buy one some day.
What's wild man root. Please tell me more
Let it grow
Why not buy acres legally and grow them.
then it wouldn't be "wild" ginseng
ginseng takes forever to grow, 3 year-old ginseng can just be about 2 inches long, which is still tiny, so you have to have some real patience to grow ginseng. Its why the Asians cultivate them too but cant satisfy demand. Also wild ginseng is more highly valued for the same reason wild chicken is valued.
they value the woods grown, it takes years for ginseng to grow, and in that time, your field of seng would be wiped out by man or nature
Work on a ginseng farm in Canada, can confirm it takes years to mature, we harvest at year 4, 5 if we get lucky.
what price does farm raised bring compared to woods?
I grew up in eastern my I hunted ginseng my whole life and I will tell you one thing that sang will not grow very well in a pine forest
Apple-atcha?
shrooms > Ginseng
weed > ginseng
Vice if yall every come to Asheville let me fucking know
Gensing? Jinsing? Why are they saying it like that?
I need my seng!
Ginseng have a better interest rate than money, you plant it let it grew and few decades later. Money tree.
In my country I can easily get 100+ year old ginger very big.
Damn no wonder I can't ever find this medicine, my great grandpa used this to cure strokes on people. Those ginseng come in families if you look at them male female and children plus the way they are used
Do it really run???
Ginseng strip
Who else is looking in their backyard for ginseng?
Dubsy Dabster fak yea....lol..this is why i love reading comments..lmfao
Their bat sh@@ crazy 100% wildwest first time on channel 74
You can't grow this indoors in a controlled lab/room?
Grows too fast. Needs be slow. Wildcrafted form is indistinguishable to wild. Simulated is pretty close too. Eluthra (siberian "ginseng") is about as good as ginseng too.
Its illegal to grow it in your house
Did y’all hear about that old lady that stole 22 pounds of ginseng from some dude in a parking lot
Moonshiners is a lot more fun to watch
Why the ginseng does not run away?
You saw it on tiktok right? 🤣
@@jestoneflores2554 LOL, yes, and also from Mandarin vintage movies
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Is there a way to extract part of the root without destroying the whole plant?
Why can't it be grown in garden?
It takes years to fully mature
Do the Chinese not know that Asian ginseng and American ginseng are completely different plants?
*Canadian Ginseng. "American" Ginseng was first discovered in present-day Montreal(CANADA) in 1716 😎
Please guys stop buying from Walmart as most of them are not authentic. They are mass produced. If you’ve been to Korea and had ginseng, you’ll feel the difference in what you get here in USA. There are only a few dealers on Amazon who are authentic and curewithearth.com is the one I tried last time and they are superb. They get the ginseng directly from the farmlands.
Who else calls it gin-SANG?
YES BUT WHO?
I didn't know that was ginseng I had a whole backyard full of that stuff
Ginsayng
If somebody stole my seng They wouldnt come out of the woods
While watching This Video A Monsquito Tried Biting me damn
00:52 thanks for pronouncing it correctly
Lol the word 'Ginseng' itself is wrong. No asian country calls the plant as 'ginseng'. It's either Renshen(chinese), Insam(korean) or Ninjin(japanese).
@@DMTHOTH We do call it ginseng when referring to it in English.
Also at :04
I just bought some land
I didn’t know but it is covered in ginsing
Any suggestions about what to do
You can either harvest it and sell it, or leave it alone.... It can be lucrative, just depends on how much you have.
Don't talk about ginseng club
Who dont like a quick fix
App state woo
I was one of the idiots that thought I could do it without learning. I had no idea there was a season. I only pulled one and bragged that I found one.I quickly got told you have to respect it like I respect everything else. I didn't know I could kill them off over being careless. I haven't went yet. I'm going to try this season coming. I wanted to learn. Plus my full time job I had was hell. I was trying to find out if it grows on certain sides of the mountains? If it grows higher up or lower? I found that one lower down. We were 4wheeler driving and practice shooting. Odd combo lol
I wonder what the original America name is?...ginseng sounds Chinese no doubt.
The natives called it garantoquen
Just a question why isn’t any of the farmers native Americans since they know the land but all white farmers?
Money does grow in trees
GMO Ginseng is ur Answer? lol
Forest gump hahaha
Filthy Ritchie's anyone ?
yeah but like... has it been proven to actually do anything? I know they say it's a traditional Chinese medicine but has it got any medicinal properties? in traditional Chinese medicine mercury was also considered a medicine too
They think rhino horn is medicinal too. No proof they just pay to the point the world is about out of rhinos.
th-cam.com/video/xETCOPbOBuM/w-d-xo.html benefits of gingseng, maca, moringa, spirulina etc.
Are they bullshitting? I just checked Canadian ginseng price and the most per Kilogram is $75. And these guys selling them for more than $1000 a pound? Wow!
They market it as "wild". That's might be where the price difference come from.
Ginseng.
Lol except ginseng doesn’t actually do shit. Not worth the money at all.
Grow weed
Kevin smith largest cash crop in America
wvusmc 👍
Its legal in my state of Ma and many are doing exactly that.
grow opioids
grow coca
Ginseng strip 2002
Aeeee yahhhhhhaeee yahh oohhhhh haheheheh
Just fucking genetically modify it
U need u a real poacher,I got a gang of hooligans who will live out there on jerky and raw oatmeal and peanut butter,and water .I've put em on a hunt that lasted 47days straight,I went in and made contact one time to redirect the hunt on a tip.but in all in 47 days they found112 dry pounds.