How to Harvest Horseradish

Who is growing horseradish?

What if, you've grown it in a large pot, and you want to harvest some, but you want to keep it too ?

Hi from northwest Florida! Those leaves are also edible. I bet they would make a good wrap for veggies or meat and veggie mixture, you know like stuffed cabbage but instead those leaves. I love horseradish but I couldn't find any last year, hopefully I can find some root stock this year.

Do you have a follow-up on this video on what you do next with the horseradish once you've harvested it from the ground? How do you clean and store it? I've had a problem with the deer eating the leaves of my horseradish... I think this is why it didn't get as big as it should've..??? Thank you.... P.S. Great video!

How much of the root would I need to transplant 1 or 2 horseradsish plants into container pots? Do i need to remove the leaves also?

Folks particularly in America need a drastic change ro their diet. A lifestyle change involving working in a garden and eating the works of their labour would do thwm so well.

I planted my horseradish (2023, spring) in a container.. because I am DONE with things going crazy that I can not control... but now.. that it is harvest time.. I am worrying that it may not "overwinter" well in containers in Zone 4?? Do you know if that will work, so I can keep increasing my crop?

You have definitely gotten good at harvesting from the first time you ever planted horseradish.

The horseradish leaves are edible

You didn't say what this video is about! LOL

What if the plant was put in back in 2012 ? I’ve given a friend part of a root but I still have 2 plants in a 3ft raised bed

Use those leaves for your pickles. They have been a game changer for my dill pickles. About an inch or so of a horseradish leaf added to my jar before pickling has made my pickles nice and crispy! Highly recommend. The only reason I grow horseradish is for the leaves.

My house had one when I bought it and I didn’t know what it was, soon found out and have been giving away good root for about 16 years now.

@migardener @everyone I'm having difficulty finding any videos addressing horseradish that is bolting or flowering. This is the second year of my horseradish adventure. I noticed that it's all starting to flower. I was going to harvest the first time at the end of this season, but now I'm not sure if this flowering will affect the harvest? Should I wait another year? How often does it flower? Any info is really appreciated!

if i grow them in a container will they survive the winter i m from quebec which weathers is slightly colder than MI

Are the leaves edible too?

Quit Horsing around and dig🤪

Love horseradish club, please like if you love horseradish. Cheers guys.

Luckily I had heard that they're are hard to kill off & invasive so I planted my in 55g totes.. Next I'll watch how to make horseradish sauce

do you grow nettle? nettle soup cream ,garlic ,potato etc.

Nice video and thanks for the tips but a loooooong preamble - way too long, 6 minutes before you started digging was a bit much….

Use the leaves in pickling and canning

Awesome

I wish I watched this video first. Mistakes were made. I planted three roots in my waist-high garden, and they've grown so ridiculously big.

Thank you for doing this video. I want to grow it but was leary of it because of the cost of buying the bare roots. I wasnt sure if after you harvest it if it kept growing.

What's a firesider?

So what you're saying is... you can't kill it!? LOL

When to harvest?

Horseradish is a beast! I wish u were my neighbor. Thank you for this

Haha, I thought I was smart and planted horseradish in a double-layer, huge plastic pot. The roots laughed at that feeble attempt and broke out anyway and now I'm trying to get rid of it in the ground. I've wondered if it is allelopathic because some of those wayward roots got into an own-root rose and this year the rose barely survived. Now that I know about the chop and drop benefits maybe next year I can at least weaken it and get some use out of it. Thanks, Luke!

I add the leaves (not the stem part) to stir fry dishes through the summer.

Dig a deep hole in front of the plant and work back loosening the roots without chopping/damaging. Lift the whole root system and then replant with selected roots.

Yah, doing field work some 60 years ago, we used to plow over, disc, harrow, cultivate over a small area where horse radish would pop up. Never seemed to discourage it. Thanks for the "How To" on digging up. I have two giant specimens that I planted only two and 1/2 years ago. They did not seem to mind that I planted them in a mostly shaded area! Fool proof plant! Yes they grow quickly and take up a good deal of space. They grow very quickly once established.

I planted 5 roots in 1981 and have been making my ground in vinegar horseradish as Christmas gifts for the last 40 years ...stronger than storebought

When I feel hoarse these days I take Ivermectin asap.

I mix my horse radish with sour cream. I use it on Pork and steaks yummy 😋

i dreamed i was a pony, and when i woke up, i was a little horse! cough, cough.

The leaves are also edible.

Is this really a tutorial on how to dig up something? What's next? How to turn on a sprinkler???

My grandfather always harvested his horseradish in the spring as soon as the snow had melted and there was bare ground, usually in March but sooner if the frost went out of the ground. He called it his spring tonic. Some people confuse the leaves with burdock. We would find it wild in wet damp areas. Before food processors, we would grind it outdoors using a hand crank meat grinder. The juice would go all over unless you put a bowl under it. If we did it inside, all the windows were open. It freezes well if you have more than you can use. Small jars work the best. We would replant the tops and scrapings. The old roots can get quite woody and strong. If you have a damp area near a stream or wetland, it is a good place to plant. Stake the area if you are unfamiliar with what it looks like when the leaves first come up. It's best to have several areas so it has several years to grow and number the stakes and keep records of harvest. I find it easier to buy it in the grocery store these days. I have some 1854 maps of the township showing a couple houses were on my property in a hayfield. I find horseradish there in the spring where the houses used to be.

Ah, this brings back memories. I remember commenting on your first planting / harvesting year :)

I planted in a pot....but it has cracked wide open and also split the bottom, so new plants are popping up here and there in my lawn!! Going to harvest and get rid of the ruined large pot. Hmmmm...... maybe wood would work better than plastic? Any suggestions, Luke & others? I'll keep a root for next spring (it's how I started mine from a neighbours a couple years ago - kept a piece of root and stuck it in the soil in the pot in spring....

If you've never tried it, you can eat the greens from the horseradish. They're a bit like spicy mustard greens if you cut them young. The older they get the stronger they get.

There should be only ONE JAR of horseradish, and it should be in a glass case at the Smithsosian Library.......ewwww

More than half the video is just talking. Grrrrr

The only way i know that works to get rid of Horseradish is by mowing it.
My parents had this HUGE patch in the back of our garden during he 80's, leftover from my great-grand-parents time. Mom wanted to get rid of it (today she buys horseradish... figures) And my job as a kid was to mow the lawn. New directive: Mow the horseradish too. I dont remember how long it took, probably about 2-3 years of mowing over all and any new Horseradish every week or every second week. It got smaller and smaller and a few years later not even one piece of it regrew.

I planted mine in pots 3 years ago because of the evasiveness... a few roots made it through the bottom of the pots and now they are everywhere in the ground under where the pots were. The leaves are pretty spicy and good in salads and on sandwiches!

Here in Connecticut it hard to find some fresh horseradish and nothIng beats fresh horseradish !! Thanks for the video and it was very informative.