Plant your seeds and rootlets and let them grow. The weather is a big factor as to when your plants will appear. May. Red fruits develop in July or August. The fruit resemble a large red raspberry and contains 10 to 25 seeds. The plants dies slowly after the fruits ripen.
Goldenseal is propagated by seed, rhizome divisions, or rootlet cuttings. .
Collected fruits should be mashed lightly and fermented in water for several days to facilitate separating the pulp from the seed. Most of the mulch should be removed in spring before the seedlings emerge. The seedlings will not effectively come up through the mulch and will be choked out if the mulch is not removed. Transplant the rootstocks to permanent beds when the tops die down. The plants require three to five years growth before harvesting.