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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on May 13, 2015 4:04:14 GMT
good luck!
I transplanted my horseradish from my annual vegetable garden over to my perennial garden about 8 years ago .... I'm still digging up little plants from the annual garden. It's a contest to see who gives up first ... the horseradish from coming up or me digging it up when I see it.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2015 4:35:29 GMT
How about selling it?
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Post by here to stay on May 13, 2015 16:08:20 GMT
I'm embarrassed to admit I have killed every horseradish plant I have had. They start weak and fail by the second year.
I am willing to provide my talent to any who will cover air plane tickets and a small salary. For that I will tenderly baby your patch until it vanishes never to be seen again........
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Post by shellymay on May 13, 2015 18:17:25 GMT
 I'm embarrassed to admit I have killed every horseradish plant I have had. They start weak and fail by the second year. I am willing to provide my talent to any who will cover air plane tickets and a small salary. For that I will tenderly baby your patch until it vanishes never to be seen again........ |
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2015 18:25:05 GMT
I'm embarrassed to admit I have killed every horseradish plant I have had. They start weak and fail by the second year. I am willing to provide my talent to any who will cover air plane tickets and a small salary. For that I will tenderly baby your patch until it vanishes never to be seen again........ Hahaha!! LOVE this  |
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on May 13, 2015 19:15:33 GMT
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Post by Woodpecker on May 13, 2015 21:24:09 GMT
I'm embarrassed to admit I have killed every horseradish plant I have had. They start weak and fail by the second year. I am willing to provide my talent to any who will cover air plane tickets and a small salary. For that I will tenderly baby your patch until it vanishes never to be seen again........ I freely admit I have major horseradish growing problems. |
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Post by here to stay on May 14, 2015 2:52:47 GMT
I'm embarrassed to admit I have killed every horseradish plant I have had. They start weak and fail by the second year. I am willing to provide my talent to any who will cover air plane tickets and a small salary. For that I will tenderly baby your patch until it vanishes never to be seen again........ I freely admit I have major horseradish growing problems. I was going to ask you what we're doing wrong but looking at these threads, maybe it's what we're doing right. I guess it more like what we're doing differently. My soil is acid, it rains a lot here during the winter and doesn't get very hot ( like over 70 degrees- 80 is hot) for very long. It gets to winter lows of mid twenties but a lot of years, not even that low- mostly 30s. I have clay soil with a thin layer of humus but I have tried it in pots with good soil. The roots put out spindly shoots that are obviously not vigorous and the next year make an even less enthusiastic attempt to grow then give up. I tried both keeping well watered and cautiously water- no difference. |
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Post by paquebot on May 14, 2015 4:21:34 GMT
In all my years, I've yet to see a running horseradish plant. I remember it as a kid 70 years ago and it was always confined to a corner of a garden. Now and then I still see them that way in old gardens. Mine have never run but new plants always show up around the perimeter of the root zone of any root that I dig up. I do manage to kill any that I don't want by merely hoeing them off every chance I get. Sooner or later, they give up.
Martin
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Post by Woodpecker on May 14, 2015 8:06:14 GMT
I freely admit I have major horseradish growing problems. I was going to ask you what we're doing wrong but looking at these threads, maybe it's what we're doing right. I guess it more like what we're doing differently. My soil is acid, it rains a lot here during the winter and doesn't get very hot ( like over 70 degrees- 80 is hot) for very long. It gets to winter lows of mid twenties but a lot of years, not even that low- mostly 30s. I have clay soil with a thin layer of humus but I have tried it in pots with good soil. The roots put out spindly shoots that are obviously not vigorous and the next year make an even less enthusiastic attempt to grow then give up. I tried both keeping well watered and cautiously water- no difference. I dug up a root to move it earlier in the spring and found that the root was small and soggy. We had a horrid winter with lots of cold and snow many days in the - 20 s. I found that with my clay soil watering just once a week is fine. We have alkaline soil here, since I just planted new ones this spring I will have to let you know how they do next spring. |
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Post by here to stay on May 14, 2015 16:10:40 GMT
Maybe the unrelenting damp kills them off?
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Post by paquebot on May 15, 2015 0:34:51 GMT
I see the problem. It won't go down into the sand so it takes off sideways. Don't know why I never thought of that. Normally it will just go straight down and almost need a backhoe to find the end of it. Mine's growing in at least 3' of good soil so it doesn't have to wander off looking for something better.
Martin
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2015 1:35:28 GMT
About 6 years ago --- before I knew it was invasive --- I foolishly transplanted a horseradish root to my garden.
Let me tell you ---- It is VERY CAPABLE of surviving our Zone 4 winters!
It has survived and spread, and Spread, and SPREAD!
Now, how do I get rid of it?
That original plant has created multiple 1 1/2 inch round roots that are up to 20 feet LONG!
HELP?
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Post by jamiecatheryn on May 15, 2015 2:36:34 GMT
My neighbor put her ducks' run where she had horseradish growing, the plants didn't last long.
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on May 15, 2015 3:50:47 GMT
I don't know, paquebot. I have real sandy soil here and I've never amended the soil around the horseradish (although it is planted next to comfrey. The roots goes straight down. In the annual bed where I transplanted from, I've dug the root out at least a foot down in sandy soil. Every spring, I'm digging down a good 6"-8" to pull out the root of the new plant.  |
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Post by paquebot on May 15, 2015 14:42:53 GMT
Sandy soil and sand are two different things. In this case, the OP created a definite strata of rich soil on top of sand. The horseradish roots followed the nutrients instead of going down into the pure sand. Much of my local area was prairie with deep silt. That is on top of clay which in turn is on top of either limestone or sand. Where the OP lives, as well as her daughter, is sand on top of either more sand or a calcium hardpan. One is good only for pine trees and the other for cranberries.
Martin
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Post by Woodpecker on May 15, 2015 16:45:34 GMT
I got some bare roots also a month back but I don't have any signs of growth. I also got some comfrey roots which aren't doing anything yet either. How long does it take? Sorry OP for the thread drift.
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Post by whisperwindkat on May 16, 2015 11:11:12 GMT
I'm embarrassed to admit I have killed every horseradish plant I have had. They start weak and fail by the second year. I am willing to provide my talent to any who will cover air plane tickets and a small salary. For that I will tenderly baby your patch until it vanishes never to be seen again........ Me too, can't keep it alive to save my life! |
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Post by speckledpup on May 16, 2015 22:32:33 GMT
I'm the biggest horseradish killer there is. Planted 6 roots a few weeks ago so far 3 have sprouted. We are waiting to see if I continue to live up to my name.
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Post by claytonpiano on May 22, 2015 0:10:21 GMT
I have horseradish coming. How come after reading this thread I am terrified to plant it?  ? |
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Post by speckledpup on May 22, 2015 23:14:00 GMT
Claytonpiano
If I can plant it and it live so can you.
Was about to plant something else in one of the spots that I thought I'd killed a root and it is sprouting.
So of the 6 I planted 3 are up and almost a foot tall and 1 has roots growing
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Post by claytonpiano on May 23, 2015 1:19:28 GMT
It's here and on the counter. Tomorrow it takes the plunge.
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