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Post by oxbowfarm on Jul 29, 2013 18:58:38 GMT -5
Anybody grow it? Its supposed to be difficult.
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Post by cesarz on Jul 30, 2013 3:21:46 GMT -5
It grows like a weed in my garden. It does not need lots of water like the traditional growing technique in Japan.
My wasabi plants bolted and set some seed pods which when dry explodes all over the place, I now have hundreds of seedlings germinating in the middle of winter here in NZ.
It is a perennial and continues to grow after flowering.
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Post by raymondo on Jul 30, 2013 4:35:15 GMT -5
A friend has it growing in a pot. It's very attractive to the usual brassica pests but is otherwise robust. He hasn't tried harvesting any yet.
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Post by stevil on Jul 30, 2013 5:52:15 GMT -5
Does it produced sizeable roots though? I grew it for years here in Norway, but the roots remained small..
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Post by cesarz on Jul 31, 2013 5:16:29 GMT -5
The part that is used in Wasabi is the stem (remove the leaves) not the roots. The reason they are grown in running water is to soften the pungency by increasing the girth of the stem. I tried some grated stem of my plants (two inches thick) and they packed a punch.
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Post by cesarz on Aug 1, 2013 2:26:16 GMT -5
Oxbowfarm, are you looking for seeds?
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Post by kevin8715 on Jun 29, 2014 19:10:33 GMT -5
Wondering if anyone has seeds to trade? I want to try it as an indoor plant since the roots cost $130 per pound at a Japanese store which they were selling amounts like 0.02 of a pound
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