In todays episode I will show you how to harvest horseradish the simplest way. It is a great plant to grow, has tons of benefits in the garden and can be often overlooked for its benefits.
VIDEO: How to Harvest Horseradish
In todays episode I will show you how to harvest horseradish the simplest way. It is a great plant to grow, has tons of benefits in the garden and can be often overlooked for its benefits.
Who is growing horseradish?
My grandfather grew his horseradish in a big terra cotta pipe set vertically in the garden so it was contained. The pipe stuck up about a foot.
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Lots of radish
Wer grew Horseraddish at home and it did NOT spread at all it was very well behaved .
Will horses eat horseradish
Thank you for the information!
Here in Connecticut it hard to find some fresh horseradish and nothIng beats fresh horseradish !! Thanks for the video and it was very informative.
I planted mine in pots 3 years ago because of the evasiveness… a few roots made it through the bottom of the pots and now they are everywhere in the ground under where the pots were. The leaves are pretty spicy and good in salads and on sandwiches!
The only way i know that works to get rid of Horseradish is by mowing it.
My parents had this HUGE patch in the back of our garden during he 80's, leftover from my great-grand-parents time. Mom wanted to get rid of it (today she buys horseradish… figures) And my job as a kid was to mow the lawn. New directive: Mow the horseradish too. I dont remember how long it took, probably about 2-3 years of mowing over all and any new Horseradish every week or every second week. It got smaller and smaller and a few years later not even one piece of it regrew.
7:15 before first shovel stick
More than half the video is just talking. Grrrrr
There should be only ONE JAR of horseradish, and it should be in a glass case at the Smithsosian Library…….ewwww
If you've never tried it, you can eat the greens from the horseradish. They're a bit like spicy mustard greens if you cut them young. The older they get the stronger they get.
I planted in a pot….but it has cracked wide open and also split the bottom, so new plants are popping up here and there in my lawn!! Going to harvest and get rid of the ruined large pot. Hmmmm…… maybe wood would work better than plastic? Any suggestions, Luke & others? I'll keep a root for next spring (it's how I started mine from a neighbours a couple years ago – kept a piece of root and stuck it in the soil in the pot in spring….
Ah, this brings back memories. I remember commenting on your first planting / harvesting year 🙂
My grandfather always harvested his horseradish in the spring as soon as the snow had melted and there was bare ground, usually in March but sooner if the frost went out of the ground. He called it his spring tonic. Some people confuse the leaves with burdock. We would find it wild in wet damp areas. Before food processors, we would grind it outdoors using a hand crank meat grinder. The juice would go all over unless you put a bowl under it. If we did it inside, all the windows were open. It freezes well if you have more than you can use. Small jars work the best. We would replant the tops and scrapings. The old roots can get quite woody and strong. If you have a damp area near a stream or wetland, it is a good place to plant. Stake the area if you are unfamiliar with what it looks like when the leaves first come up. It's best to have several areas so it has several years to grow and number the stakes and keep records of harvest. I find it easier to buy it in the grocery store these days. I have some 1854 maps of the township showing a couple houses were on my property in a hayfield. I find horseradish there in the spring where the houses used to be.
Is this really a tutorial on how to dig up something? What's next? How to turn on a sprinkler???
The leaves are also edible.
i dreamed i was a pony, and when i woke up, i was a little horse! cough, cough.
When I feel hoarse these days I take Ivermectin asap.
I planted horseradish like you not knowing anything about the plant.Harvested it and not that potent ,so I lost interest and didn’t plant in the spring.It came back all over the place.To get rid of it I used roundup.Took two years but it’s gone.
I planted 5 roots in 1981 and have been making my ground in vinegar horseradish as Christmas gifts for the last 40 years …stronger than storebought
Yah, doing field work some 60 years ago, we used to plow over, disc, harrow, cultivate over a small area where horse radish would pop up. Never seemed to discourage it. Thanks for the "How To" on digging up. I have two giant specimens that I planted only two and 1/2 years ago. They did not seem to mind that I planted them in a mostly shaded area! Fool proof plant! Yes they grow quickly and take up a good deal of space. They grow very quickly once established.
Dig a deep hole in front of the plant and work back loosening the roots without chopping/damaging. Lift the whole root system and then replant with selected roots.
I add the leaves (not the stem part) to stir fry dishes through the summer.
Haha, I thought I was smart and planted horseradish in a double-layer, huge plastic pot. The roots laughed at that feeble attempt and broke out anyway and now I'm trying to get rid of it in the ground. I've wondered if it is allelopathic because some of those wayward roots got into an own-root rose and this year the rose barely survived. Now that I know about the chop and drop benefits maybe next year I can at least weaken it and get some use out of it. Thanks, Luke!
Horseradish is a beast! I wish u were my neighbor. Thank you for this