Re: [gardeners] germinating osha
Jane Burdekin (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 09:55:02 -0700
As soon as I wrote that, I knew you were going to ask. I went upstairs to
get the copy of the info and of course it doesn't say what the book name is
on the 2 pages I copied. A coworker gave me some dried osha root and the
info about it. I will ask her the name of the book when I see her. The
article has a lot of info and for cultivation it says; "Almost impossible.
Even in northern New Mexico (elevation averaging from 6,000-8.000 ft),
where it is most widely used the people are not able to cultivate it for
their own consumption. Angelica pinnata, a coarser plant of the same
family with somewhat similiar functions, is grown as Osha del Campo; the
other, Osha de la Sierra, is picked in the mountains and brought down." It
also says "it grows from 6,500 ft, but I have never observed it below
9,000ft and never below 10,000 ft in any quantity or size." The latin name
they are refereing to is Ligusticum porteri. I don't know if this is any
help or just discouraging news but this is what I have heard. If you
have other specific questions I can try to answer them from the article.
If I only had a scanner, I could just send it to you but haven't gotten one
yet. Some day. Good luck. Jane
>
> At 08:52 AM 1/24/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >Hi Margaret,
> >This is an interesting herb I have just recently learned about and was
> >surprised to see it in the Richters catalog that I just got. I was
under
> >the impression that people were still researching how to germinate it.
I
> >also thought that it had to be grown at a high altitude? 8000ft? This
is
> >all from memory of reading an excerp from an herb book. It I find out
more
> >I will let you know.
> >
> >Jane
> >
> What herb book were you reading? Margaret