When to plant horseradish

Horseradish (perennial vegetable) is classed perennial in the cited extension guidance. The timing rules below are relative to your local freeze dates — enter a location to turn them into calendar dates.

The rules this site applies
MethodFrost-relative windowRule & reconciliation
Transplant outdoors6–4 weeks before the median last spring freezePurdue Extension HO-186-W Table 1 places horseradish in the group headed "Hardy (tolerates hard frost) plant 4-6 weeks before last spring frost," and footnotes it as typically vegetatively propagated, so the six-to-four-week pre-frost window is applied to setting out root cuttings rather than to seed; no other extension source located gives a frost-anchored horseradish planting date, so there was nothing to reconcile against.

Variety assumption: Assumes planting purchased root cuttings or sets of a standard variety such as Common or Bohemian, lifted the following fall after frost.

Crop rule sources (1)
Reviewed city pages for horseradish
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