Karl der Grosse

Season Overview

Description

In traditional horseradish cultivation, thin, pencil-thick side roots of the horseradish are collected, cut into pieces of approx. 30 cm, bundled and stored in the sand in a cool, shady place over the winter. In spring, the so-called Fechser (this is the name of the thin, pencil-thick roots) are planted out at a distance of 20 cm in the row and 50-60 cm between the rows, at an angle of approx. 45°. When planting out (which usually takes place in early spring, but can generally be done from November to March after the mother plants have been uprooted), a small piece of the root still peeks out of the soil. If the fennel is planted too shallowly, the increase in size of the root (it should become much thicker and reach sales size) remains modest; if the root is planted vertically, too much of the plant's strength goes into the haulm, into leaf growth. When the finished, two-year-old horseradish is harvested, the thin, pencil-thick lateral roots are cut off and collected, and so on and so forth.

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Details

Seeding distance

20 cm

Row spacing

55 cm

Seeding depth

Not specified