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Horseradish planting & growing

 
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I just purchased a horseradish crown to plant. I'm curious if anyone here has any tips or suggestions on planting and growing horseradish?
 
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Give it a spot with well-drained soil and it will flourish.  I have some growing in sun and some in partial shade.  I like to take root cuttings when I can to increase my plants but I find that even when I think I've removed the entire plant from an area that it regrows from root fragments left in the soil.  As a matter of fact there's a clump still growing on my great-grandparent's farm that my grandma said had been there as long as she could remember.  She'd have been 98 this year.
 
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Plant it far, far away from your regular garden growing areas. Once established, it is essentially impossible to eradicate. And it spreads!
 
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I'm getting the itch to grow horseradish but I have heard stories about it's persistence and spreading habit.

Would it be best practice to plant it in a far away corner of the property where it could be isolated from other edible growies or is it safe enough to plant adjacent to some growing beds?

Does it do well in most soils?
 
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It doesn't seem like it spreads problematically here, but it also just grows with no fuss or care. (I've only been here six years and inherited a patch behind the garage, but it seems to be staying put over the timespan that I've been observing.)
 
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It's pretty annoying. I've got it in the beds and started using it as a chop and drop plant and still it's spreading in my poor soil. I'd test it out of the way if i could chose again.
 
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Mine has stayed pretty contained in a raised bed for three years now, but I've heard enough horror stories to think I just got lucky. If I was starting again I'd probably sink a root barrier or just grow it in a large pot sunk into the ground. Easier to harvest that way too.
 
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I have a hard clay soil, and for years it hardly grew at all. Then I started noticing a few young sprouts here and there a few meters away from the main bunch.
I transplanted the main plant into a corner of a raised bed several years ago and it has very gradually gotten larger, but so far no distant sprouts. It has not been really obnoxious, but I suspect hard to get rid of once established.
I planted it 20 years ago just for fun, and so far have never even harvested any. May dig some roots this fall.
 
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