How to get rid of horseradish - we clear the garden of an overgrown plant
Horseradish is not the kind of culture they say "planted and forgotten." If you follow this rule, in a couple of years you will be faced with a completely different question: how to get rid of the horseradish. On the one hand, this is a necessary plant that is useful for conservation, preparation of savory snacks and even medicinal potions. But don't forget that horseradish has a very powerful root system. The central root-rod deepens to 2 m.If the bush grows for a long time in one place, it acquires many lateral roots. They are located horizontally, thus moving around the site and taking up more and more space every year.
It is quite difficult to dig a deep-seated horseradish root, not only because of its deepening. In the process, you will inevitably hook the side roots with a shovel. If they remain in the ground, then instead of one bush you will get many new ones, since the delenki will quickly take root.
How to get rid of horseradish folk remedies
If the thickets of horseradish have not yet reached a sad scale, you can simply try to dig out the bushes. It is better to do this with a pitchfork, in the spring, when the ground is still loose, carefully choosing all the roots. The procedure will need to be repeated several times, depleting the plant's root system.
The following methods also work well:
- Water the bush with boiling water several times a month.
- Excavate the bush to the roots, cut off the leaves. Cover the roots with salt and cover with earth again.
- Also dig out the horseradish and remove the foliage. Pierce each root with a sharp knitting needle, making a deep hole in it. Pour a strong saline solution into it.
- In early spring, before the horseradish had time to grow a deciduous cap, tightly cover its habitat with roofing material. You can use other material that does not transmit light. In this form, horseradish should be the whole season. As a result, without the sun, it will fade.
So that horseradish does not grow in the garden, it must be planted in a container (bucket or barrel). You can also fence garden bed from all sides, digging in slate or metal.
Chemistry in the fight against horseradish
It will be a little easier to remove horseradish growing not among cultural plantings, but somewhere in the corner of the garden. In this case, you can safely apply chemicals without fear that they will harm the plants that grow nearby.
The following remedies will help get rid of horseradish thickets:
- Urea. Dissolve 100 g of the drug in 1 liter of water and spray the bush over the leaf.
- Dig in the horseradish bush so that the roots appear. Make holes in them and pour a concentrated solution of ammonium nitrate.
In conclusion, I would like to add: in order not to think about how to get rid of horseradish later, you need to dig it out every year, maximum - in two years. Then this life-loving plant simply will not have a chance to reproduce on its own.