Horseradish

Last post 20-05-2011 7:17 PM by EvaInNL. 5 replies.

• 19/05/2011 12:48 PM
  little weed Location: forums Joined on: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 4	Reply | Contact  I bought a horseradish plant last year and have it in a pot outdoors. It has healthy looking leaves but I don't know what to do to harvest it. I want to grate the root to make my own horseradish sauce.Do I dig up the root and buy a new plant each year? Seems a bit profligate, help please. little weed

• 19/05/2011 01:42 PM	In reply to
  kaydee Location: Perthshire Joined on: 15 Feb 2009 Posts: 269	Reply | Contact I think the optimal time to lift & harvest is autumn, but you could try now & just keep part of the plant back to replant - best in the ground if you can. It does grow & spread very easily.

• 19/05/2011 09:46 PM	In reply to
  burhinus Location: Suffolk Joined on: 07 May 2011 Posts: 23	Reply | Contact Hi Little Weed It is best grown in the ground or a very deep pot. It has large roots so once planted you are unlikely to get all the root up so will always have a supply. It can be harvested now but the high season is around end August to beg Nov.

• 20/05/2011 08:16 AM	In reply to
  headfullofbees Location: Cheadle Hulme Joined on: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 316	Reply | Contact It's invasive. I grow it in a pot.

• 20/05/2011 04:42 PM

  In reply to

  Tim Alderman Location: SE London NW Kent Joined on: 07 Dec 2009 Posts: 159

  Reply | Contact Get another pot the same size or taller (plastic) cut off the bottom. Put on top of original pot , threading horseradish plant through it. Fill with your growing medium (earth, compost, whatever)  Like earthing up a potato plant. The horseradish will produce super long root.dig it up in autumn, save either a section of root or a side rootlet and replant in original low pot. Do the same next year.

• 20/05/2011 07:17 PM	In reply to
  EvaInNL Location: Holland Joined on: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 1,759	Reply | Contact  Agree with Tim, recycling the tops is best! As for the end product: grate the entire root and freeze what you don't need straight away.