Abstract:To study nutritional reguirement of ginseng and supply of soil nutrients, the field experiments, ith 32p and 86Rb labelling, were carried out, accompanied by chemical analysis of plants and soils. o significant response either to NPK three elements or to complete nutrients solution was found in e field experments. 32P and 86Rb labelling showed the percentage of p or K derived from fertiltzer(Pdff or Kdff) was less than 5% of the total P and K contents in plant. It was also showed in a soil organic amendment experiment that there was no response to increment of organic matter when soil contained humus more than 4%. Nutrient requirements of ginseng are only 1/6 of ordinary field crops, but the soils of growing ginseng, can supply several times than ginseng needs. It is therefore clear that the fertiltzation to ginseng is not very effective. Based on the results mentioned above, it is suggested that: 1. through laying ginseng gardens on black soil(leached chernozem) and meadow Baijiang soil, cutting forest for ginseng plantation can be avoided. 2. there is no need to use fertilizer, espicially mineral fertilizer in the present (cutting forest) ginseng cultural systems.