When can you start digging ginseng?

The actual seasons vary from state to state, but most wait until after the leaves change. It makes the patches much easier to find anyway, since there is not much else that will be golden yellow on the forest floor. You will have to go to a place that sells hunting licenses to get a syllabus (the guide that shows when the hunting seasons are) to find out for sure. Also you may actually need to get a hunting or harvesting license depending on the state in order to sell the ginseng. |||The root are mature in the fall after approx. 7 years of growth. Contact your local nursery to be sure. Your very blessed to have this great root/herb.|||after 5 years... full maturity