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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: vixen on March 13, 2011, 17:59

Title: horseradish
Post by: vixen on March 13, 2011, 17:59

Can anybody tell me how to grow horseradish are the seeds available, remember my grandmother growing it .

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: Yorkie on March 13, 2011, 18:03

I suppose it may have seeds, but I think it usually comes as roots.

Be aware that it is very very invasive so it is best to grow it in a large pot rather than open ground  :ohmy:

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: Dreamer@45 on March 13, 2011, 18:10

You can buy root cuttings from your local garden centre. You’ll probably find them alongside rhubarb and garlic……at least that’s where I found mine. I’ve no experience with horse radish seed though. :)

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: Kristen on March 13, 2011, 18:21

I got a couple of short bits of root (bought online), and planted them in large pots - which are stood on paving slabs to stop them rooting through the pot into the ground below!

Make your horseradish sauce outside - its would be very pungent if you were to do it indoors (probably worth wearing safety specs, you really don't want any going in your eyes ...)

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: Mazzie on March 13, 2011, 18:36

No idea about seeds but i got mine as a root from ebay and have seen them lots at garden centers (today infact)  :)

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: Sweatndirt on March 13, 2011, 20:41

Wilkinsons sell it, saw it in there the other day, was tempted but resisted.  They seem to sell a lot of gardening stuff these days :)

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: souslebois on March 13, 2011, 21:11

my dad used to grow it but he said you needed goggles when you grate it - it's about 10 times worse than onions. But it's the best flavour - much stronger than the bought stuff

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: radiohead on March 14, 2011, 19:51

One of the old boys on our plots kindly gave me a root at the weekend which I popped in a spare corner.......when we say 'invasive'....how bad? I like horseradish but dont want it taking over,is that only likely if you let it seed?

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: Kristen on March 14, 2011, 19:54

Quote from: radiohead on March 14, 2011, 19:51

when we say 'invasive'....how bad?

BAD !!!

Grow it in a large pot.

Title: Re: horseradish
Post by: alibean on March 14, 2011, 20:17

I wish mine was invasive!! Planted a 'thong' 2 years ago and it is well on its way to the subcontinent....