An interesting way to grow horseradish
To not have to get rid of horseradish - we grow with the mind
I want to tell you how to grow a horse-radish so that it does not fill the kitchen garden, but I will make a reservation that this is not my idea.
Probably, many had to roll out a new roll of roofing material: you roll it, and it tends to fold again, you get a "pipe" two to three layers thick. So, we make from a roofing felt such a "pipe" at least two layers and a diameter from the bottom of the bucket.
We band this "pipe" in three places (in the middle and at the ends, retreating 20-30 cm from the edges) with twine or wire. We put the "pipe" vertically and tie it to the fence post or to the picket fence.
From under it we put an old cover from a pan or a sheet of iron, necessarily more diameter of "pipe", so that the horse-radish does not go to the ground.
Pour fertile soil into this “pipe” and plant horseradish root, water it. All care is in watering. If the earth settles, you can sprinkle. Neighbors ask what kind of pipes I tied to poles, and I laugh it all off.
In the autumn I untie them, tap them and roll them out. The root of the horse-radish occupies the entire length of the "pipe"! I clean it over a slate sheet, so that the roots do not fall on the beds. And I keep the roots of horse-radish in the following way.
I cut into pieces in length of 20 cm and tie into a bundle of several pieces, depending on the diameter of the root.
I dig a hole in the garden with a spade bayonet, put the bundles in packages, wrap it in film and lay it in a hole. I put a piece of board on top and fall asleep. I make a hump and in the middle I insert a stick to know where the horseradish is laid. In winter I pour more snow on top.
When you need to cook horseradish under a cold, I take a shovel, rake the snow and dig out the package. That's where the piece of board served the service: I take as many as necessary, bundles of horse-radish, and the rest I dig in again. It's simple!
See also: Variegated horseradish - cultivation
I also collect old buckets without a bottom and cover cabbage seedlings for them when planting (I remove the handle-arch so they do not interfere). When the seedlings take root and begin to stretch upwards, I remove the buckets until the next spring, inserting one into the other.
Buckets perfectly protect seedlings from cruciferous fleas and from the sun. This method has been successfully used for a long time.
© Author: Ivan Parshikov Kaluga Region.
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In addition to the fact that horseradish grows in secluded corners of the dacha, I also plant it in barrels. I pour loose soil mixed with peat into two small barrels and ... I plant pieces of horseradish root. When it's time to harvest, you don't need to dig out horseradish, just put the barrel on its side and freely extract the whole plant from it safe and sound.
Even for the winter, I do not want to part with my charming plant, and I plant a piece of root in a large pot. And in the cold, a pretty bush of horseradish makes me happy!
This unpretentious plant is able to cope with a variety of diseases. People praise foreign fruits, but meanwhile horseradish contains more vitamin C than lemons and oranges.
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Horseradish can be stored as sugar beets
He is not afraid of frosts, and so as not to dry up, cover the bottom and walls of the box with a pallet of leaves, sprinkle horseradish with leaves and snow on top. The roots will remain fresh until spring.
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With great difficulty, the garden was spared from spontaneously grown horseradish. But
because for marinades I need horseradish leaves, I can not do without this plant. Has adapted to grow horseradish in old leaky buckets.
I fill them with garden soil, flavored with organic matter, and plant 1-2 rhizomes. I water the plantings abundantly - excess moisture leaves through the holes in the buckets. I can’t say that horseradish rhizomes grow very large, but enough leaves are formed.
Having measured horseradish in a bucket, I do not allow it to spread over the site. In addition, in the container it can be moved from place to place - in August I rearrange it closer to the summer kitchen, where I am preparing homemade pickles. Very comfortably!
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Horseradish is, of course, an unpretentious plant, but the most succulent rhizomes grow on fertile soil.
There are different opinions about whether to put a horse in the shade in the sun. In general, he is good both there and there, only on solar patches often holes appear on the leaves, and in the shade the leaves are more powerful.
I have horseradish planted on the border of the garden and the garden - here it does not interfere with garden plants or trees. First I prepared a bed - I dug up the soil and filled it with rotted manure and ash. Then he dug up the rhizomes from the mother bush and planted on the prepared site. In order to prevent the roots from growing outside the garden, I dug around the perimeter the sheets of old slate to a depth of 50-70 cm. If you plant individual plants, you can protect them with old buckets of the abyss.