Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoracia)

Horseradish

Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana, syn. Cochlearia armoracia)
I grow two plants each year. A piece of the root from this years crop is placed in a gallon pot and it grows. Before freeze-up in the Fall, the pot contents is placed in the ground to overwinter and grow in the Spring. Any small piece left in the ground will grow, and in some climates the plant can be a pain due to spreading.

Here is my 2008 planting. The board in the planting hole is a new innovation to make digging the roots easier. This is my first time doing this so I don't know if it is effective or not until the plant is dug in probably October 2009.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?horseradish 5 October 2008 Planting Horseradish

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?horseradishG 5 June 2009 Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana)

The two plants are growing well. Thee are planting between two beds of garlic and three Shirley poppy plants are growing in the area, which will be left until they are finished blooming.

 

We have horseradish and it grows profusely here. Neither my husband nor I like it so in the fall I dig it up and give it to our friend to make into sauce. I leave a bit in the ground and it keeps coming back.