From growing a small ginseng garden as a hobby to growing ginseng as a business,
sometimes it is difficult to figure out the amount of seeds you need. Of course,
how much ginseng seeds you would need depend on how much ginseng planting area
you have. The following are two examples that show how easily it can be to
understand calculating the amount of ginseng seeds you would need. As a
rule of thumb, 20 lbs. of ginseng seeds will cover an acre of planting
area. Please keep in mind that an acre is 43,500 square feet.
Example 1:
Bob has a one-tenth acre of land he plans on
using for his ginseng farm, which equals about 4,350 square feet. It provides
about 3,600 square feet of planting area after allowing for walkways, tree
roots, watercourses, boulders, and debris in the area. Now, he needs to plant
four seeds per square foot for a requirement of 14,400 seeds, with the
understanding that one plant per square foot should be the eventual spacing to
avoid disease and other problems resulting from overcrowding. This assumes an
average germination rate of 75 percent, meaning that approximately three out of
every four seeds should germinate and become established. Each pound of ginseng
seeds contain about 7,000 seeds, which means that he would need about 2 pounds
of seeds to adequately plant his ginseng farm.
Example 2:
If Mary has 5 acres of ginseng farm land, she has about 180,000
square feet of planting area. With 4 seeds per square feet, she would need about
720,000 seeds which lead to about 103 pounds of seeds to adequately plant her
ginseng farm.
If you have a smaller planting area, make sure you
calculate how much square footage you have first, and then subtract about 1/5 to
1/6 of total space for allowing walkways, tree roots and other debris. Now you
multiply 4 (4 seeds per square foot) by the final square footage to calculate
the total number of seeds. This number divided by 7,000 will yield to the number
of pounds of ginseng seeds you will need.
Remember, 2 oz. is 1/8 lb., 4
oz. is 1/4 lb., 8 oz. is 1/2 lb., and 16 oz. is 1 lb.
For those of you
who might still need assistance in calculating the amount of ginseng seeds you
need for your ginseng farm, I will be glad to help you with those calculations.
Please e-mail
me with your dimensions (width and depth) with a brief description of your
future ginseng farm (pictures are welcome too).
Sonni is a ginseng grower, nutritionist and currently running WildGrown.com, a information website about ginseng. She can be contacted at sonnilee@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: All information on this site is provided for informational purposes only! By no means is any
information presented herein intended to substitute for the advice provided to you by any health care or other professional
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