Growing Horseradish

In this video -- and in the weeks to come -- I'll show you how to grow horseradish. Step by step, week by week, I'll show you the process for growing horseradish, from prepping the root for sowing, to planting in pots, and then watching its progress over time.
You'll see just how easy it is to grow supermarket produce in your own backyard! I'm in Zone 7a in northeast New Jersey, but you can do this, too, in your own backyard!
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• Growing Horseradish

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I did this 2 years ago with horseradish from a Polish shop. They are thriving in my garden.

[@baldyoldfart5828]

i like your delivery style... nothing pretencious about it... just good down to earth advice... subbed

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Thank you! I try to be real and show the warts as well as the successes. Thanks for watching. Cheers

[@lf4061]

I planted one root of horseradish on either back corner of my large herb garden. I don’t think I cut up the roots before planting. They never spread beyond a three by four patch. I loved the large interesting leaves that added a different texture to the overall look of the garden. Did not keep the deer out as I had hoped but they did not eat the horseradish, lol. I never got around to digging up any, even though I love horseradish sauce, and in year four they started rapidly go down hill, I do not know whether that was from not ever dividing and thinning out the roots or weather related. I do plan on growing them again and, hopefully, keeping more on top of caring and harvesting them. ☺️

[@gardengrowngroceries]

I've heard you can eat the leaves of the horseradish plants. They are a milder form of the peppery root and are good in salads. I may give it a try if the plants develop. And does *anything* really keep the deer out? My front yard berry bushes and pear trees have been plagued by them for years!

[@lf4061]

@@gardengrowngroceries The leaves seem a bit thick and spikey to me for wanting to try eating, but then I am not fond of kale either. For the deer eating fruit trees, I make up a spray bottle of water with a small squirt of dishwashing liquid, not dishwasher detergent, and shake a few dashes of hot pepper sauce, like tobasco or suracha in it, shake up well and mist or spray lightly on lower outer leaves of fruit tree. Once deer have tasted these treated leaves a few times, they seem to leave the tree alone. 🤷🏼‍♀️ We also put a 3 - 4 ft metal fence around young new trees about 3 - 4 ft from tree trunk until they are taller, stronger, have thicker trunks and branches are a bit higher. Fences are portable and only temporarily anchored so when sapling is older we can move and reuse for other new plantings. So far, so good 😁

[@lf4061]

Oh, for anyone who thinks deer are biting their fruit, it may also be squirrels or other animals. If there is no nearby water source, they will bite into fruit or tomatoes just for the juice because they are thirsty. I find keeping a birdbath or large planter saucer nearby filled with fresh water daily, especially in hot weather, does help keep them from doing that.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

@@lf4061 I’ll give that a try tho Mrs. GGG is worried about the aesthetics of fencing like that in the front yard. I had already started preparing her for it by draping my honeyberries with netting so maybe similar fencing surrounding my pear tree island won’t come as such a shock. Thanks!

[@gardengrowngroceries]

@@lf4061 Heh! Never got to the fruiting stage because the darn deer strip all the leaves and buds before they can even develop. But I’ll try your spray and fencing suggestions this year

[@CityWideGardens]

Yes thanks now I have to add horseradish to my things to grow cuz I love them list!!!!!

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Oh, the list is always growing, isn't it?

[@fludrbywest3886]

Awesome buckets

[@DieInspired]

thank you for sharing your experience.

[@GunninWizard]

At 14$ a pound it’s a good cash crop

[@dwanseicheine7409]

I used to grow it; and many other vegetables, before the local water company decided to bill not on use but on having access. As for horseradish...deep loamy soil with semi shade..and when grating it for a sauce....use vinegar last when you have the heat you want. Vinegar cuts off the heat at that point....like graphite rods in a reactor.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Thanks for the tips. I may try to grow it again next year. And yes, the heat from horseradish can hit your nostrils like a nuclear bomb going off lol!

[@rayginter4006]

I want to start that this year!

[@joekev27]

I planted these last year in a weedy part of the garden so if it gets out of hand there at least its something i can use lol.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

I need to try again. The horseradish I planted this spring never sprung. Last year’s horseradish was up within 3 days

[@grindcorizer6818]

Horseradish leaves are edible

[@EarlLedden]

If you grow horseradish in a container will a cold winter kill or harm the root for the following years crop from the remaining roots??

[@gardengrowngroceries]

We're going to find out! This is my first year growing horseradish. I'm not sure I need 3 plants for my needs, so I'm going to harvest one or two and let the other(s) stand over winter. It might not hurt to move the bucket into a garage or greenhouse, which is what I'm going to do.

[@yukitamura9228]

Just subscribe your KZbin channel and looking forward to see the progression of the host vanish because I want to try next Spring for myself. I am zone 8A Pacific Northwest.

[@Thankful_.]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@gardengrowngroceries]

@@Thankful_. you’re welcome! Now my harvest wasn’t successful because I think I left them in the buckets too long and the root rotted. Although the plants were really robust and I had drainage I don’t think it was sufficient. I do mean to try it again, maybe next year. Cheers!

[@Thankful_.]

@@gardengrowngroceries thank you for the update. Learning from others on KZbin is so helpful! Have a great day. 🙂

[@bambicrunning]

Do you have an update on the horseradish?

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Yeah, it was a failure lol. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIvde4qGm5uVZqM Trying again this year. I saved a piece of the horseradish that didn't rot away and replanted it. Hopefully it overwinters ok. But I plan on trying again from scratch this time around.

[@wendydodge4027]

The roots will go through the drain holes. I know from experience. Plant some place where you can mow if necessary.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Thanks! That was my fear. I hope that maybe putting the buckets on blocks would allow air pruning to keep that from happening. I’m also considering locating the buckets on a patio or driveway to prevent it as well

[@squirrelgang965]

The angle is not essential, it's just easier to pull out if the plant is old and the roots deep 😊

[@gardengrowngroceries]

@@squirrelgang965 thanks! My horseradish crop was a failure so I will have to try again

[@capecodcottagegarden]

Say HorseRadish Sauce 10 times fast :). Great video:)

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Ha! I could barely say it one time slow!

[@Jerseyhighlander]

Unfortunately "organic" doesn't mean very much anymore. The term under the government has been so incredibly twisted and perverted on behalf of the factory food industry that I think it may be a good indicator of something to stay away from. I try to buy direct from farmers and simply talk to them and make sure they are using the most natural methods possible. Tried to grow horseradish once years ago, it sprouted and lived for a time but even it couldn't survive here on Pestilence Farms. Hard to believe, the slugs love the stuff.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

You're, of course, correct. The FDA allows produce to still be labeled as "organic" even if trace amounts of GMOs are found so long as the farmer himself didn't use GMOs in his processes. Even the term "local" has been perverted. Supermarkets can still call produce locally grown despite it coming from farms as far as 400 miles away. From where I live in NE New Jersey, that could mean produce coming from as far away as North Carolina or Toronto. Despite living in the Garden State, finding an actual farm to buy from, let alone talk to the actual farmer, is not as easy as you might think. It is certainly not convenient, even if they are still accessible. So as a second-best alternative, going for "organic" at the supermarket is what we've got. As for my horseradish, it's still growing strong, and within the next month I'll probably harvest at least one of the buckets to see what's going on down there.

[@agagaagaga1712]

I wish you posted result of your horseradish planting. So far, it means nothing.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Maybe you should check my last video

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

The worst thing, time spent and nothing to harvest. Could be allot wors😂

[@garyhenry1773]

Big mistake that stuff spreads like crazy

[@gardengrowngroceries]

Well, that's why I was planting it in buckets...but "fortunately" mine failed :)