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When to plant horseradish

Tough perennial root that makes fiery sauce; plant it where you can contain it. In Melbourne it goes in Sep–Mar.

Start as
Crown
Ready in
1+ years to the first crop
Spacing
40 cm
Depth
5 cm
Sun
Full sun (6+ hours)
Water
Regular
Effort
Easy
Frost-tender
No

When it goes in

● means horseradish can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
TownJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Sydney●●●○○○○○●●●●
Melbourne●●●○○○○○●●●●
Brisbane○○○●○○○●●●○○
Perth●●●○○○○○●●●●
Adelaide●●●○○○○○●●●●
Gold Coast●●●○○○○○●●●●
Newcastle●●●○○○○○●●●●
Sunshine Coast○○○●○○○●●●○○
Canberra●●●○○○○○●●●●
Central Coast●●●○○○○○●●●●
Geelong●●●○○○○○●●●●
Wollongong●●●○○○○○●●●●
Hobart●●●○○○○○●●●●
Townsville○○○●○○○●●●○○
Cairns○○○○●●○○○○○○
Toowoomba●●●○○○○○●●●●
Darwin○○○○●●○○○○○○
Ballarat●●●○○○○○●●●●
Mandurah●●●○○○○○●●●●
Bendigo●●●○○○○○●●●●
Launceston●●●○○○○○●●●●
Mackay○○○●○○○●●●○○
Rockhampton○○○●○○○●●●○○
Coffs Harbour●●●○○○○○●●●●
Blue Mountains●●●○○○○○●●●●
Bunbury●●●○○○○○●●●●
Bundaberg○○○●○○○●●●○○
Alice Springs●●●○○○○○●●●●
Mildura●●●○○○○○●●●●
Port Macquarie●●●○○○○○●●●●
Around the world
TownJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Auckland●●●○○○○○●●●●
Wellington●●●○○○○○●●●●
Christchurch●●●○○○○○●●●●
London○○●●●●●●●○○○
Manchester○○●●●●●●●○○○
Edinburgh○○●●○○○○○○○○
Dublin○○●●●●●●●○○○
New York City○○●●○○○○○○○○
Los Angeles○○●●●●●●●○○○
Chicago○○●●○○○○○○○○
Seattle○○●●●●●●●○○○
Austin○○●●●●●●●○○○
Toronto○○●●○○○○○○○○
Vancouver○○●●○○○○○○○○
Cape Town●●●○○○○○●●●●
Johannesburg●●●○○○○○●●●●
Singapore○○○○○○○○○○●●
Mumbai○○○○○○○○○○●●
Paris○○●●●●●●●○○○
Berlin○○●●○○○○○○○○

How to plant horseradish

  1. Plant root cuttings 5 cm deep, thin end down.
  2. Give it its own bed or deep pot; it spreads.
  3. Water in dry spells.
  4. Dig roots in cool months and grate fresh.

Horseradish varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

  • Bohemian Classichot · 26–43 wksThe common strong horseradish
  • Maliner Kren Classichot · 26–43 wksCzech type for sauce

Shops shown are for Australia. The chooser picks shops for your country.

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Horseradish by month

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