tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post2919491757716311544..comments2024-03-29T01:38:00.306+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Horseradish - what a brute! Kev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-78530016027873811172022-01-29T22:43:28.687+00:002022-01-29T22:43:28.687+00:00This was in a pot but a root escaped! Never again ...This was in a pot but a root escaped! Never again - I'll keep on top it next time - only took a few months for the tap root to find it's way down! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-30122995861110618752022-01-29T22:40:28.361+00:002022-01-29T22:40:28.361+00:00Yeah, I think sinking a box would be a good idea! ...Yeah, I think sinking a box would be a good idea! A bit like growing a fig tree. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-32995454947834578102022-01-29T22:38:21.786+00:002022-01-29T22:38:21.786+00:00I think he might have been right. I think he might have been right. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-7826038359575398422022-01-29T22:37:50.885+00:002022-01-29T22:37:50.885+00:00I'd take a look and see if it's spread or ...I'd take a look and see if it's spread or not, sounds like some are more prone to it - this one had some shoots coming up a good 4ft away. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-69872537863421629112022-01-29T22:36:21.622+00:002022-01-29T22:36:21.622+00:00Oh no! Not a great companion plant! It's sprea...Oh no! Not a great companion plant! It's spreads so quickly! I think this might get put in the orchard where I can mow it. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-8791954258976385172022-01-29T22:34:47.751+00:002022-01-29T22:34:47.751+00:00I use buckets as well for big pots, this plant esc...I use buckets as well for big pots, this plant escaped though. Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-82847180869895051442022-01-28T14:03:17.599+00:002022-01-28T14:03:17.599+00:00Kev, maybe grow it as a stand alone in a separate ...Kev, maybe grow it as a stand alone in a separate pot or planter?<br /><br />I do like the heat and (someday) would like to have a go at it (suitably controlled, of course).Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-43240202540345423942022-01-28T13:31:32.947+00:002022-01-28T13:31:32.947+00:00I have three large clumps. The only one that trie...I have three large clumps. The only one that tries to spread is the one next to an area where I plant something different each year. It keeps invading the freshly disturbed soil because I continually break the outer end of the roots and it sends up new shoots at those points. The clumps with undisturbed soil around them do not spread much even though I dig into the heart of them regularly. Find a place where its surroundings are not disturbed and make sure to break off flower heads before they go to seed. You could also sink a box of boards around it to box it in.SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-36052032315553453992022-01-28T13:14:25.200+00:002022-01-28T13:14:25.200+00:00I had a friend at secondary school whose family we...I had a friend at secondary school whose family were trying to eliminate it from their garden. My father's comment was along the lines of "they shouldn't have tried to grow it".<br />HelenChurn Dashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13060909536864106475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-40901147228494835982022-01-28T12:35:10.775+00:002022-01-28T12:35:10.775+00:00We love horseradish but have never grown our own ....We love horseradish but have never grown our own . . . until I planted it in one of our raised beds last spring. Was told not to harvest any root the first year so this coming gardening season will give us our first taste. Now after reading this post of yours, I'm hoping it doesn't take over the whole raised bed I planted it in! ;o)Mama Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649357184167949247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-90522955179610740422022-01-28T09:42:40.697+00:002022-01-28T09:42:40.697+00:00PS she says if you try to dig it out you will find...PS she says if you try to dig it out you will find that it 'goes all the way to China'.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-81010812667761030362022-01-28T09:41:46.517+00:002022-01-28T09:41:46.517+00:00F loves horseradish. She read somewhere that for c...F loves horseradish. She read somewhere that for companion planting she should grow it with potatoes. She only did that once. It was an annual return companion for every crop rotated i to that bed.... After that she simply grew it in a corner of the allotment that wasn't used for anything else, where the lawnmower would deal with any attempt to escape.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-54206559122761890682022-01-28T09:26:54.096+00:002022-01-28T09:26:54.096+00:00Sounds like mint which I grow in a big plastic buc...Sounds like mint which I grow in a big plastic bucket without holes at the bottom, I have the bucket in a nice pot, to look good. I use a bucket as I find them stronger than plastic pots. Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.com