Ginseng seed snuuia be planted about a half 
inch deep then an additional half inch decayed hard- 
wood sawdust or not having sawdust it is all right 
to use a full inch dirt covering patted down with 
the back of a spade to bring seed and soil in con- 
tact, then add enough mulch to help retain moist- 
ure ‘but not enough to prevent seed forcing the top 
of the plant thru, rotted leaves would be fine, chaff, 
straw, shredded corn stalks or most any vegetable 
mulch, but not fresh pine sawdust containing much 
pitch. 
When planting, it is a good plan to stretch a 
string along one side of the proposed planting, pre- 
pare the surface four feet square, place a light 
frame made of lath, four feet square beside the line 
string, prepare a paper box the right size to hold 
the required number of seed you propose planting 
on these sixteen square feet, say 12 or 20 to the 
square foot, scatter this required number of seed 
within the frame, fork enough soil from where 
the frame is to be placed next to cover the seed, 
drag the frame to next location and proceed with 
the measure filled as before. 
If a seed bed is not used in order to economize 
on the ground and weeding, some growers plant in 
rows 16 or 18 inches apart with plants 3 or 4 inches 
in the row in permanent location where the crop is 
to mature, then cultivated with a wheel hoe the 
first summer to reserve moisture and prevent weeds 
instead of using mulch, except if this is done in 
the fall a mulch is used, and raked off in the spring 
before cultivating but it is usually best to do most 
of the cultivating the year before planting except 
where but a few pounds of seeds are planted. In 
either case paths must be left every four or five feet 
to walk in, and carry off excess of water in case 
there should be too much rain. 
Growing a half acre ginseng should be a parti- 
cularly attractive proposition for 10 or 12 year old 
boy or girl who aspires going to college in six years. 
Let him or her get a pencil and paper and do some 
figuring. 
There are 172 square feet in a square rod and 
160 square rods in an acre. 
Question. How large a piece of ground would 
it be necessary to spade up or otherwise prepare 
to accomodate 50000 seed the first two years, count- 
