NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/gardens/8028

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From: [e-mail] (James White)
Subject: Re: re:horseradish
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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:08:00 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
|> I grow horseradish in my garden.  It is an incredibly hardy perrenial,
|> it'll stay green in the fall to about 20 F, and when it is fully
|> dormant in the winter -40 F won't even begin to bother it.  It
|> grows something like rhubarb, only the stalks are much thinner and
|> the leaves are long and pointy.  Around Edmonton it usually grows
|> about a foot and a half (50 cm) tall, but mine is growing next to
|> my composter and was over 3 feet tall (1 m ) this year.
|> People have warned me to dig it out while I still can, because the
|> "plant from hell" can run rampant.  Mine has only been in the garden
|> two years and I don't see any evidence that it's spreading too far
|> yet......perhaps it's just biding it's time until I let my defenses
|> down.

Just try rototilling it and you will see how it spreads.

|> I've had it suggested to me that the only sane way to grow
|> it is to plant it in a submerged oak half-barrel, as this contains
|> the plant and tends to make the roots grow much thicker.  The roots
|> on mine don't seem to be much thicker than a pencil now; I think
|> a properly grown, mature plant would have roots over an inch thick.

I personally do not like the really thick roots.  Just not as good tasting
as the young tender roots.  But the old roots do have a nasty flavor!


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James White