I'm SO excited!

[jennh]

Only a fellow gardener would understand this. I had ordered a horseradish plant, and it should be coming tomorrow!!!

 

[Collector]

I am happy for you. We bought some horse ra dish root way to early and the root rotted before I had a chance to plant it. Get it in the ground as soon as possible.

 

[4grandbabies]

I had horseradish before we moved here.. its so nice to have all those good things at your fingertip!!! I need to plant it here..

 

[HappyHomestead]

Horseradish spreads like nobody's business - it's awfully good, fortunately

 

[rebbetzin]

Oh, I used to have some here in the garden... it died off, probably from the heat! I ought to get another piece at the grocery store and grow it in a more shady place.

 

[lesa]

I have really enjoyed having it! Nothing clears your sinuses, quite like it!!

 

[journey11]

That's something on my wishlist too (along with jerusalem artichokes, rhubarb and asparagus).

Amazing what it does for beef! I can't make a roast without it anymore.

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Oh, I used to have some here in the garden... it died off, probably from the heat! I ought to get another piece at the grocery store and grow it in a more shady place.

Can you really just do that? How deep would you plant it? I love the idea of getting something at the grocery store and in a year or two having something nice to harvest. row

 

[digitS']

Horseradish spreads like nobody's business . . .

Be forewarned, Stubbornhillfarm. You don't garden where heat and dryness can be counted on to kill it!

When I took over Dad's garden years ago, he had a patch of horseradish. Dad likes horseradish but he wanted to see it and all its quack grass neighbors gone!

It grew about the only place I could put in a compost bin, so I tried to dig it out. It came back on all sides of that 4' by 16' bin! The plants even came thru the holes in the concrete blocks. Honestly, I tried to get it out and didn't put any roots in the compost! Sprayed it with Round up over several seasons.

When I moved to my current home 15 years ago, there was horseradish living in an iris bed. It made sense to have flowers there and didn't make sense to have horseradish. I had to get the iris out of the way and, once again, spray the plants with Round up. It took 3 years.

Put horseradish somewhere you wouldn't mind it growing for generations to come.

Steve

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Horseradish spreads like nobody's business . . .

Be forewarned, Stubbornhillfarm. You don't garden where heat and dryness can be counted on to kill it!

When I took over Dad's garden years ago, he had a patch of horseradish. Dad likes horseradish but he wanted to see it and all its quack grass neighbors gone!

It grew about the only place I could put in a compost bin, so I tried to dig it out. It came back on all sides of that 4' by 16' bin! The plants even came thru the holes in the concrete blocks. Honestly, I tried to get it out and didn't put any roots in the compost! Sprayed it with Round up over several seasons.

When I moved to my current home 15 years ago, there was horseradish living in an iris bed. It made sense to have flowers there and didn't make sense to have horseradish. I had to get the iris out of the way and, once again, spray the plants with Round up. It took 3 years.

Put horseradish somewhere you wouldn't mind it growing for generations to come.

Steve

Steve, Good to know! That could have been bad.