Hi all
got some horse-raddish from willko's today but not sure how to grow it as i been told it spreads like wild fire would it be ok grow in a large pot i have a spare 2foot one.
Thanks Steve.
Treat it like mint and grow it in a bottomless pot.
It look and grow like dock leaves so don't get them mixed up.
If you need to know the difference horse radish has a finely serrated leaf.
I've seen it grown in a 45 gal drum, with drainage in sides (low down) as any holes in bottom will let plant grow through!!. kick over drum in autumn for harvesting, re-fill and re-plant some of the roots, ready for next yrs crop.
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So I could grow it in a black household dustbin ?
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Best to prop your conainer up on some old bricks. That way it's off the ground and the triffid can't escape through the drainage holes. Check that it actually is horse radish. Wilko's used to sell scorzonera as horse radish.
Do docks and scorzorona smell like horse radish?
Quote from: lottie lou on January 19, 2010, 19:30:31
Do docks and scorzorona smell like horse radish?
No. Horseradish root is extremely pungent (wear a diving mask when you grate it). The top of the plant is easily recognised too once you know.
Personally I'd recommend planting it somewhere other than your own garden!
A bit cruel to plant it in someone else's - but there must be some waste land somewhere nearby that isn't contaminated and doesn't get sprayed by the council?
Hi guys. Hubby is mad set on growing horseradish. He is planning on digging a 3ft square hole, raising the bed up a bit to give maximum depth and then lining it all with weed control fabric before planting. Does this sound like a good way to do it or is he crazy??? Ideas or tips please anyone.....
Quote from: lornaluft on February 08, 2010, 18:22:04
Hi guys. Hubby is mad set on growing horseradish. He is planning on digging a 3ft square hole, raising the bed up a bit to give maximum depth and then lining it all with weed control fabric before planting. Does this sound like a good way to do it or is he crazy??? Ideas or tips please anyone.....
as previously answered, don't grow it in anything else except a dustbin or 45 gal drum. IT IS an INVASIVE PLANT. (used to hold river banks and roadsides together) do not think that a weed-proof membrane will stop horseradish from escaping!! PLEASE!!
Quote from: lornaluft on February 08, 2010, 18:22:04
Hi guys. Hubby is mad set on growing horseradish. He is planning on digging a 3ft square hole, raising the bed up a bit to give maximum depth and then lining it all with weed control fabric before planting. Does this sound like a good way to do it or is he crazy??? Ideas or tips please anyone.....
A square metre of horseradish? Has your other half ever tasted the fresh stuff? Or is he going to open a grill house? If he's going to eat all that beef himself you will need to feed him aubergines in every other meal to keep him "moving"!
The horseradish sauce you buy in pots is basically homeopathic strength - they do put it in there but it degrades even faster than mustard.
Welcome to A4A Lorna... I can send you a "thong" if you want... I'd line my hole with concrete slabs... :-X
If anyone has a "thong" spare I would love to try it. I have an unused bank at the back of the allotments which I could use. Let me know if you would like some seeds or anything else on a swap.
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Horseradish grows wild along our ditches, but the clumps have stayed about the same for 20 years, so I reckon it has a maximum spread and stays there once it has reached it.. The goats used to love the leaves, they have a wonderfully fresh smell when cut. (leaves, not goats.)I've never bothered with the roots - I might try this year. Watch this space.....
I planted some small thongs, and the following year, it was coming up six feet away.
Hi all and thanks for your comments. Hubby is now rethinking his plan and Im trying to steer him into rubbish bin or drum ideas! I know he wants a lot of horseradish but he is a chef! Agreeing with his horseradish was the only way to get him to help me work on the rest of my allotment (digging and heavy work)
Would one of those big plastic/rubber trug things work?
As for sending me a thong, yes please!! All donations gratefully accepted!
Horseradish grows ok in a black plastic dustbin, I'd think that a trug would be a bit shallow. The 45 gallon oil drum is fine too. If you want to use it for horseradish sauce, you need about 25% horseradish in proprtion to other ingredients.
I find that best way to grow it is to lift it once a tap root has formed, and little hairy side roots are coming.
Cut off about a third from the bottom, and replant the top. The side roots grow, leave them until they are the thickness of a man's finger - they are good to harvest for sauce then as they are succulent, easy to grate and not at all woody.
The side shoots can grow very long indeed, I've had some 3 or 4 foot long.
You peel them with a potato peeler in a sink full of water, and if you want to keep them white whilst doing other things, put in a bowl of water with lemon juice or vinegar added, this stops them going brown.
Horseradish will regrow from any broken section of root like docks.
When I took my plot over 4 years ago there were 8 major plants on it with roots going down over 3 feet. I still haven't managed to eradicate it from where I don't want it.
My task this year is to build a bed to grow it where I do.
I have been trying to get rid of horseradish since taking over the plot 8 years ago. I have dug down up to 4 feet deep and got all that I could out of the ground , but it was back at full strength the following Spring.
Changing the subject to 'killing horse radish', any ideas?
Quote from: Ian Pearson on February 21, 2010, 18:40:12
I have been trying to get rid of horseradish since taking over the plot 8 years ago. I have dug down up to 4 feet deep and got all that I could out of the ground , but it was back at full strength the following Spring.
Changing the subject to 'killing horse radish', any ideas?
cut it off at just above ground level, in the evening.(sap going down) liberally apply salt to wound!!