[Swing Swang]

I'm enjoying a lot of Czech food in Prague at the moment.

They serve raw, shredded horseradish with roast pork knuckle which is delicious. Could someone confirm that growing horseradish isn't a really bad idea? I've got a feeling that it might be so invasive that I shouldn't be letting it anywhere near my patch.

Regards,

SS

[Yorkie]

It is really invasive, once you've got it you'll never get rid of it - but if you want to grow it then you'll just have to reconcile yourself to killing or actively keeping on top of the bits which spread into your beds (I speak from inherited experience  )

[MoreWhisky]

My neighbour hs some about 1m square and growing 

Its very near my plot and im not sure if i should say something to him as he never takes any its just there growing.

Should i be worryed?

[Terrier]

Horseradish is best grown in a hedgerow, well away from garden or plot. It's very fast growing and very deep rooted.

[zazen999]

And even stacking cardboard, with pallets and buckets and plastic containers on top won't stop it growing.

Stick it nowhere near your actual growing space, or your compost heap. Hedgerow at best.

Nightmare stuff...

[Buckcherry]

This year I tried some horseradish in a tub (about 15inches deep, 1 foot diameter), I pulled it out last week (for Sunday roast) and it was'nt much bigger than what I'd planted :-(
Is it just that it had'nt been in long enough (think I bunged it in April/May) or is it that the tubs not deep enough for its long roots? (or maybe just neglect, all the talk of what a villian it is led me to pretty much ignore it in terms of watering/feeding and it's in a shady spot).
I think I'll keep it for next year and look for a deeper tub for it somewhere

[Terrier]

It takes a couple of years to get established in the ground (it sort of sneaks up on ya') to get decent sized roots. I've tried it in a large bucket, but it just doesn't have enough space, sort of Bonsai Horseradish, to container grow it you would need something like the size of a large composter bin.

[lovemyveg]

I am not sure why my horseradish does not grow in my garden.  This is my second try of planting it - the first root just died - and the plant I have now has been there for about 2 years and has hardly grown.  The soil where it is tends to be rather dry, but other plants grow there quite happily.  I have never yet been able to dig up a root to try.

[Earthy]

Grew mine in a deep large tub first season (50 cm diameter by 50 cm deep) it completely filled it.  Tipped it all out, cleaned it and took some cuttings which have now started growing and its ready for potting on.

Very easy to look after but would definitely recommend you keep it in a tub rather than let it take over.  (Smells lovely too).

Earthy.

[Swing Swang]

Thanks Earthy,

I'll either 'sabotage' a section of verge/hedgerow or pant up a large tub.

Regards,

SS

[Ice]

After reading a few posts and seeing a few pictures of invasive horseradish I'm off out in the morning to dig mine up. 

I did hear that someone planted theirs in a farmers hedgerow far away from their garden.  I'm off there tomorrow to see if I can find it. 

[gillie]

How are you going to lift horseradish if it is in a hedgerow?  The roots of the hedging plants will make it almost  impossible.

Gillie

[arugula]

How are you going to lift horseradish if it is in a hedgerow?  The roots of the hedging plants will make it almost  impossible.

Gillie

Where we used to live in Hertfordshire, we had access to a source growing under hedgerow at the edge of an arable field. Being set forward slightly, it doesn't get tangled in the hedgerow roots.

Yum, fresh horseradish, mmmmmm..

Lorna. 

[DD.]

Parsnip is the one to tell you about invasive horseradish.

I'll ask her to post a photo or two here.

[Parsnip]

Here you go then - this was the plot when I took it on



It was rotovated which I think is where the problem lies...they planted horseradish all over my lot when they did it

This is my plot now...The area by my shed, I have cleared this 3 or 4 times..




A view up the plot



Weed sheet doesn't kep it at bay either...



You can just see my brassica cage here...





That's what happens when you get it on your plot - NO weed killer will remove it's a case of digging it out, if you leave even a tiny bit, it'll grow back!!


You have been warned!