I don't prune them except for cutting off what I want to use and they're just in multi purpose compost. I'm sure there's a way you should care for them but mine just seem to thrive on neglect!
I dont like pruning for the sake of pruning as it will be a huge waste , but those in the know see to do it to get it bushier plants , but I am not sure how to do it exactly , Do your plants come back year after year ?
I grew horseradish once outside, the root just kept on going down when I dug it up after a year or so. It will need to be in a big and deep pot, the plant is very big. Growing it just in topsoil will be fine for a good root, but will need some fertiliser from time to time.
I grew Vietnamese coriander a few times, it seems to like similar conditions to basil/tomatoes/chili - i.e. warmth, sunlight (but a little shade is ok) and food
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I had a horseradish in a pot on gravel and when I lifted the pot the root had gone through the hole in the pot and down through the gravel, down, down, down. Stunk when I had to break it off.
No, I'd say horseradish is like mint and NEEDS to be in a pot otherwise you'll just have a monoculture in your garden.
When I grew it my neighbour told me that when the top dies then you harvest it but the top never died on mine so I was unsuccessful growing it. I might try again one day.
Here is the RHS's take on it but someone more knowledgeable than me might be along any moment.
Pa used to just dig up a root of horseradish whenever we needed some horseradish sauce ... making sure that we'd got plenty in a jar for the winter when the horseradish leaves weren't visible to show where it was. It grew all along the banks around the veg patch on the farm. Watch out ... it's a spreader.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove Thank you I have put it in a container with topsoil by accident but I hear it needs soil that retains moisture so maybe it will be ok . Should I use fertilizer if so how much and for how often?
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I don't prune them except for cutting off what I want to use and they're just in multi purpose compost. I'm sure there's a way you should care for them but mine just seem to thrive on neglect!
I dont like pruning for the sake of pruning as it will be a huge waste , but those in the know see to do it to get it bushier plants , but I am not sure how to do it exactly , Do your plants come back year after year ?
I grew horseradish once outside, the root just kept on going down when I dug it up after a year or so. It will need to be in a big and deep pot, the plant is very big. Growing it just in topsoil will be fine for a good root, but will need some fertiliser from time to time.
I grew Vietnamese coriander a few times, it seems to like similar conditions to basil/tomatoes/chili - i.e. warmth, sunlight (but a little shade is ok) and food
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I had a horseradish in a pot on gravel and when I lifted the pot the root had gone through the hole in the pot and down through the gravel, down, down, down. Stunk when I had to break it off.
Their roots are monsters.
Should I try moving the Horse radish to soil rather than a Pot, How do you know when its ready to be harvested?
Thanks cloggie
How much plant food did you give your coriander and Basil Pete8
No, I'd say horseradish is like mint and NEEDS to be in a pot otherwise you'll just have a monoculture in your garden.
When I grew it my neighbour told me that when the top dies then you harvest it but the top never died on mine so I was unsuccessful growing it. I might try again one day.
Here is the RHS's take on it but someone more knowledgeable than me might be along any moment.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/herbs/horseradish
Cloggie thanks alot what is the easiest herbs to propogate ? and when should you take cuttings?
Pa used to just dig up a root of horseradish whenever we needed some horseradish sauce ... making sure that we'd got plenty in a jar for the winter when the horseradish leaves weren't visible to show where it was. It grew all along the banks around the veg patch on the farm. Watch out ... it's a spreader.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove Thank you I have put it in a container with topsoil by accident but I hear it needs soil that retains moisture so maybe it will be ok . Should I use fertilizer if so how much and for how often?