The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-01-19
How to Crow Ginseng

come up the first year. but will usually APP
pear the following.
Ginseng will stand pretty heavy frost
after it comes up, more than almost any
other vegetation
Have your fencing close at the sides to
keep out dogs, cats fowls or any other an
imals They will destroy more in two hours
than you will be able TO grow in a. many
years
The best way to kill mice is to mix a
little strychnine in corn meal batter and
place near your beds.
To keep out moles put i'm Pinch boards
about two thirds under ground, as they do
not burrow very deep, and thus cannot en-
ter the garden.
In some cases, cut worms are known to
injure and even cut down the young plants.
Destroy all grass or sod near your beds.
Putting heavy coat of coal ashes around
the garden or beds the writer found TO be
an excellent remedy to keep worms and
bugs away.
If your garden is located near marshy
swampy ground, snails and cut worms
will often be found to injure the plants.
Unslacked lime or ashes about the beds will
keep them out, and sprinkling Of ashes
tobacco water will kill insects i'm the garden.
If the grower has plenty Of space and
covering, the seed may be planted the same
distance apart as roots, in which case it
will be unnecessary to transplant later on.
In the fall, after plants are dormant
early in the spring before the plants are up,
the beds may be rake TO stir up and soften
the surface. Care must be taken not 90 in
jure the buds. The raking, however, is
only necessary i'm hardened soil or where
mulching has not been sufficient.
If your soil is already rich do not use
any fertilizer as recommended by some
growers. If new, so much the better If in
the woods or forest neither fertilizer or ar
tifcial shading are required. Follow ma
ture! Ginseng grows in the wilds Of the
forest where shade is natural and the fer
tilizer is leaf mould and decayed vegeta-
ton, and you cannot improve on nature.
Do not use any animal fertilizer unless it
has been rotted for several years, and
never on young plants.
1t will be well to protect your garden
along the sides with any fast growing
vines or plants which will afford extra
shade and thus add coolness. In prairie
countries where there is often a strong and
steady wind, this side protection should be
especially close TO protect from the wind as
we'll sun. Shade ought to be removed in
the fall unless heavy or strong enough TO
withstand heavy fall Of snow. The snow,
too, will prove great protection to the
roots.
If'the season is dry, examine your beds,
and if too dry, sprinkle lightly occasionally,
the soil should be kept moist though
not wet In those sections where irrigation
is necessary, care should be taken that the
beds not too wet, avoiding also an over
flow
Do not transplant any roots in the
spring after they have commenced TO sprout
IT compelled to dig them up, keep we'll
shaded and heavily mulched and cold TO
avoid sprouting until after transplanting
is done.
Should any roots be received too late
for fall planting, or beds not be ready,
repack them, placing in larger box;
spread them out so that the roots will not
touch each other and cover with moist
earth, then keep in cold place and they
will be safe until time for spring planting.