Wasabi farms

[Tab]

A friend of mine, now passed, regrettably, told me about a wasabi farm he visited up here (northern New England). Apparently this isn't the greatest climate for it, but they did it.

Anyone here try to grow their own Wasabi? (I think it's technically Horseradish Japonica, but that's not an absolute).

[eridani]

1. I'm putting that further down my list

I want to get the square foot thing down first.

[Tesha]

2. I had some notes on wasabi growing

if you have any damp, shady areas within your vegetable patch then you've found the ideal tenant.

Don't plan on harvesting this tuber any time soon, either. It takes between 18-24 months before the root is of a size worthy to be dug up. Which explains why it's so expensive in the marketplace fetching more than $100 per kg.


Are you going to try it? Here's an interesting site http://www.freshwasabi.com/growing.aspx

[Warpy]

3. Well, sod that

I live in the desert.

[Tesha]

4. do you have a basement?

you could corner the market on wasabi and mushrooms!

[Warpy]

5. Damned few basements here, too

Flooding is a real problem during monsoon season.