Well that's timely. I just planted two packs of ginseng seeds. A woman nearby gives them away to promote people growing them. She told me 95%of the ginseng cultivated goes to Red Bull drinks and only the wild ginseng is expensive since it takes many many years to get big roots. However some of the largest wildnones found sell to Chinese buyers for thousands of dollars! Seems like most of the wild ginseng has been cleaned out in our area.