Vineyards 
Ginseng
The ginseng is a plant from the East. You can see it in North-Eastern China, North Korea, Tibet and Siberia. The ginseng is 30-60sm high and the root is 3-8sm wide and it is perennial, while the other part of the plant is annual. The blossoms of the ginseng are usually white and the fruits are light red and small. The roots of the ginseng have the shape of a human body. They are used for healing purposes but for that the roots have to be more than 5 years old. The patent medicines from the ginseng roots are used as stimulators and tonics with overstrain and reduced working capacity. They are also used with impaired cardiovascular system and nervous, mental and other illnesses. The Chinese folk medicine uses the ginseng healing properties 5000 years ago.
Useful advices
- Growing Ginseng
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You can cultivate ginseng in Bulgaria. The ginseng is very cold-resisting and photophilic plant but it can’t stand direct sun light and thick shade. In the summer the ginseng requires high temperatures and air humidity. The plant prefers generous soil and can’t grow on heavy acid soils. The ginseng growth and development are slow. The ginseng pollination becomes through seeds that usually grow for 1-2 years. If you want to make them grow faster, you have to put them in a cold place for awhile. You can put them with wet sand in 60sm deep hole in the soil. The seeds have to stay there for the autumn and the winter. In April you can plant the seeds in rows. The space between rows has to be 10sm and between seeds – 3-5sm. Cover the seeds with burnt natural fertilizer.
The annual ginsengs have to be planted in a permanent place with spaces 30-40sm between rows and 15-20sm between plants. The soil has to be prepared and very well fertilized in advance.
In the hot summer days you have to shadow the crops. You have to irrigate the crops regularly. The best irrigation is the drip irirgation. During the vegetation you have to take care of teh crops all the time.
The growth in teh first 1-2 years is very slow. In teh first year you have only one leaf, in the second - two leaves and the seeds develop in the fourth year.
