Growing Horseradish

[DocHeb]

I would like to grow a "little" horseradish, but from what I've read this may be difficult since the plant is so prolific. My usual online seed/plant sites sell packs of 5 roots for $$, but I think that may be 5 family's lifetime supply.

If I bought a single root from the grocery store, do you think it will grow?

 

[forgeblast]

Not sure, It may, if not check out nourse farms, i bought some blackberries and asparagus from them and can rate them A+. I think they also sell horeseradish and they have a section on growing it.

 

[DocHeb]

Not sure, It may, if not check out nourse farms...

That's the site I was looking at - 5 roots for $10. Not being cheap, but with shipping ~$6, I considered it and initially discounted it. I may end up going there. Thanks.

 

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I would like to grow a "little" horseradish, but from what I've read this may be difficult since the plant is so prolific. My usual online seed/plant sites sell packs of 5 roots for $$, but I think that may be 5 family's lifetime supply.

If I bought a single root from the grocery store, do you think it will grow?

Find someone that has it allready, be nice, and more then likely they'll give you a few roots to start. I just got 12 roots from a friend. He is having folks dig a bunch because it spreads like wildfire. My last plants I got from a co-worker{at the time}, I buried them while digging out my pond:drool:. They grew quick and were huge.

 

[czechsonofagun]

The trick for a nice horse radish is to give it bottom. Dig a hole, cover the bottom with big tile or bricks, fill it up up and plant. The theory is that the root stops growing down and grows thick.

 

[Chuck52]

I've seen horseradish roots somewhere like WalMart or one of the big box stores, probably in the same area where they had bulbs and stuff. I bought mine a few years ago from one of those cheap nurseries that advertise in magazines. Be sure to plant it where you want it. I planted raspberries too close to mine and now I have raspberries in the horseradish and vice versa....should make an interesting salad dressing.


Grinding your own fresh horseradish is a treat. Especially if you happen to have a stopped up nose. If the smell doesn't open your sinuses, try a teaspoon of the fresh stuff.

Chuck

 

[Dale Binkley]

The secret to keeping horseradish under control is NOT to run a rototiller through it. Every piece that breaks off will grow. My grandson and I dug over 100 roots out of our garden last fall and sold them to someone wanting to grow horseradish as a cash crop. The 100 roots came from the the 3 or 4 roots that SOMEONE ran over with the rototiller several years ago.

 

[forgeblast]

Ouch it sounds like bamboo. Might be a good container plant

 

[MikeD74T]

Ouch it sounds like bamboo. Might be a good container plant

Cut the bottom out of a 5 gallon bucket, dig it in flush with the ground, & plant inside the bucket. Or cut some 18" rings from plastic 55 gallon drums & plant the same way. MikeD74T

 

[bp fick]

Find someone that has it allready, be nice, and more then likely they'll give you a few roots to start. I just got 12 roots from a friend. He is having folks dig a bunch because it spreads like wildfire. My last plants I got from a co-worker{at the time}, I buried them while digging out my pond:drool:. They grew quick and were huge.

I don't know where in the Mitten you are, but folks around here just give you a chunk. Take a shovel and split off a root. Water it and it is fine. I got enough. If you're close enough, stop by and get some. Kinda like rhubarb.

 

[studor]

Look for someone else growing it -- in no time you will have a century supply for a family of 500
Rhubarb is different -- you can always give it away:thumbsup:

 

[forgeblast]

Lol i love rhubarb, i have two big plants breaking leaf now.