Horseradish
growsherown
Location: Olympic Peninsula
Posted: Apr-27-2004 at 8:25am
Tag is very vague......was given to me as a gift and I thought."What the heck...I'll plant anything, once!"
How and when is this harvested??? I just planted it in its own place as I heard it can spread greatly under good conditions. I was also told I would need a gasmask to use it..LOL!
Any info on this plant, its uses , how to prepare it,and maybe even a good recipe for Horseradish sauce would be greatly appreciated!
GardenNut
Location: Washington, Western Cascade Foothills
Posted: Apr-27-2004 at 10:54am
I harvest mine in the fall/early winter after a couple of hard frosts. Use a garden fork or shovel and dig up the larger roots. Anything that breaks off will give you another plant (read: it will take over wherever you put it and you'll never be able to rid yourself of it). Wash off the roots. If you are not going to use it right away, put it in a ziploc bag and toss it into your freezer. The "fumes" don't bother me; but then neither do onions.
To use it, I just grate it like I would ginger. Use it like you would wasabi. Mix a little in some mayo with a roast beef sandwich. Or try a little with some whipped cream, a little sugar, salt, pepper and lemon juice for a sauce for asparagus. Mmmm.
Chris Sunset 4 USDA 8a
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
- Cicero
growsherown
Location: Olympic Peninsula
Posted: Apr-27-2004 at 1:33pm
Ooooooooooooo.....YUMMY!
Thank you so much, Chris! If by chance I dig it all up in early winter and none remains, should I replant one of the roots then for next years harvest??...or wait till spring???
I gave it a space all its own, and I hope it does come back,in leaps and bounds!
Tnx also for the recipe suggestions....now Im all set!
WHERES THE BEEF!!!!!
GardenNut
Location: Washington, Western Cascade Foothills
Posted: Apr-28-2004 at 8:52pm
I gave it a space all its own, and I hope it does come back,in leaps and bounds!
Be careful what you wish for....
I would replant it right away. Keep the big 'uns for yourself and replant any little 'uns for next year. Chris Sunset 4 USDA 8a
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
- Cicero
gary
Location: Washington, Puget Sound Corridor
Posted: Apr-29-2004 at 1:11pm
I have two pieces of advice from experience of others and since I prefer my Prime Rib with rosemary and garlic, I choose to skip growing it.
The first advice is to grow it in a container, even if that is a pot in the ground. It may take you 15+ years to remove it from your garden after just one year of testing.
Why would you give up after one year? Because you didn't go outside to grind the root. My Texas grown main source is a high quantity user of peppers but he gave up after a few years because of the grinding odors and then more than a decade to get rid of the volunteers each year.
Gary Olympia Sunset Zone 5, USDA Zone 8
growsherown
Location: Olympic Peninsula
Posted: May-04-2004 at 10:21am
Oh boy......LOL......sounds like I could be in trouble with these, huh? Oh well.....If you dont hear from me after this years horseradish harvest, call the national guard cuz Ill probably be buried in it! LOL!
cjmiller
Location: Oregon, Willamette Valley
Posted: May-31-2004 at 4:28pm
Hooooo boy! You may have watched me dig and dig and dig for several years in a row, trying to get that d... horseradish out of a prime location in the garden. I will continue to buy mine in the jar and smile sweetly with understanding as the purists enjoy the real thing from a garden that isn't mine... Thank you.
Carol
growsherown
Location: Olympic Peninsula
Posted: Jun-02-2004 at 7:32am
LOL cj I gave it a location all its own, so Im hoping for the best!
Wanda
Location: Puget Sound corridor
Posted: Jun-02-2004 at 10:25am
I also spent a couple of years getting rid of two horseradish plants. They are tenacious. But I don't like the stuff. Maybe if I was harvesting it, it wouldn't have been so hard to control. Good luck and yes, grind the stuff outside not in the house!
-Wanda
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