Is this ginseng? Farmers spend all their savings to buy seeds and plant what?

Mr. Xiao is a farmer in a county in Chengdu. He saw the advertisement saying that ginseng could get rich, so he immediately called the advertising phone to buy ginseng seeds to plant ginseng. Unexpectedly, a few months later, not only did his dream of getting rich come to nothing, but he also lost tens of thousands of yuan.

In January this year, Mr. Xiao contacted the company in Beijing according to the telephone number on the advertisement and bought the ginseng seeds claimed in the advertisement. Mr. Xiao said that together with ginseng seeds, nutrient solution, land, and artificial labor, he invested a total of about 30,000 yuan. although he spent his savings for many years, he thought that he could get rich by planting ginseng family in the future. His heart is still very excited.

After buying ginseng seedlings and nutrient solution, Mr. Xiao planted 400 square meters of land with ginseng. He took care of these ginseng seedlings as treasures and came to weed them every day to check the growth of ginseng seedlings. But looking at the taller ginseng seedlings day by day, Mr. Xiao felt that something was wrong. He felt that the plants he planted grew less and less like ginseng, so he pulled up a ginseng seedling to check the situation.

Through observation, Mr. Xiao found that the appearance of the plant he planted was very different from the propaganda picture of the ginseng seed he bought. He immediately looked through the relevant materials and found that the plant he planted was not ginseng at all. It may be a plant called cauliflower seed. Mr. Xiao said that the price of cauliflower seeds was low and no one recycled it. If he had indeed planted this kind of plant, he might not have recovered all the 30,000 yuan he had invested.

Then, Mr. Xiao showed us the ginseng seeds and nutrient solution he bought, and we saw that this 600 yuan box of ginseng had all kinds of certification information written on it. On the other hand, the nutrition solution worth 160 yuan per bag is very crude, and there is no name or introduction on the package. And we saw in a product recycling contract that the company will recycle these ginseng at a price of 3800 yuan per kilogram.

As a result, the reporter contacted the person in charge of the project according to the contact information on the contract, and the person in charge said that what his company sells is space genetically modified ginseng, so its appearance is different from that of ordinary ginseng. It also said that the company will recover ginseng at a price of 3800 yuan per kilogram as stipulated in the contract.

Although the other party gave an explanation and promise, Mr. Xiao did not believe it, saying that the plant could not be ginseng at all, and the company's reply was only perfunctory. Then we consulted a lawyer on the matter, and the lawyer said, first, Mr. Xiao needs to prove that his plant is indeed different from that advertised. Second, Mr. Xiao can reflect the matter to the industry and commerce department, and the relevant departments will handle the matter.

Sichuan Radio and Television News Channel reporter: Guo Tingfeng Peng Jing