horseradish growing advise please

[Vladibab]

I bought some small horseradish plants from Victoriana nursery earlier this year and they are still quite small. That is the leaves. Do the leaves have to be massive and plentiful before you dig the roots up. I'm just wondering whether I should leave them another year or not? The leaves are not jaggy edged like the horseradish I saw in Romania. I suppose there must be loads of different varieties!

[Protea]

I would be interested to know when i can did mine up too! I planted thongs in spring in deep buckets (to keep them contained) and they grew well but the leaves were badly eaten by catterpillars i think.

Should i leave the plants another year or dig one up to see how they're doing?

i can re-plant a bit of it can't I to keep it going???

[lettucegrow!]

I think you probably need to leave them a couple of years at least. I dug mine up the same year of planting and there was nothing to make sauce from. Much too enthusiastic-- was trying to get OH interested!!!

[Two_Sheds]

Horseradish is ready to harvest in autumn (from a spring planting), but its taste is more intense if you wait until after the first frost before eating.
To harvest: simply dig up the root which should be similar in size & shape to a parsnip. Leave a small section of root in the ground to grow into a new plant the following year.