I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.

I have a source at www.evergreenseeds.com
Oriental vegetable seeds
I have an old catalogue but it doesn't have the wasabi root in it. Maybe you
could check with them on line or call them at 714 637 5769.
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I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.

" wrote:

I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.


Is it any different than horseradish? I thought they were the same plant,
just prepared differently.

Best regards,
Bob

zxcvbob wrote in
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" wrote:

I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.


Is it any different than horseradish? I thought they were the same
plant, just prepared differently.

Best regards,
Bob


I read an article on an airplane that said wasabi is in the same family
as horseradish. Mostly in the USA when you buy "wasabi", it's really just
horseradish dyed green.

They said up until just recently it was believed it would not grow
outside of it's native region in Japan, but someone in Washington state
is having some success. They said it needs rocky hills with flowing
water.

Bob
Zone 7

On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 21:43:42 GMT,
) wrote:

I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.

Depending on where you live, you might be able to find the
rhizomes/tubers in an Asian market catering to Japanese customers. I
have seen it in Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Austin, TX, and San Jose,
CA.

Be aware that it is relatively difficult to grow unless you have a
mild climate and plenty of very fresh cool water.

On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 10:23:25 -0600, zxcvbob
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" wrote:

I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.


Is it any different than horseradish? I thought they were the same plant,
just prepared differently.

Best regards,
Bob

Horseradish: Armoracia Rusticana (native to SE Europe)
Wasabi: Various attributions, most commonly Wasabia japonica and also
known as mountain hollyhock (whose leaves it resembles)
See photo at:
http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/pictu...a-japonica.htm

....and note that the author calls it Eutrema japonica and assigns it
to the brassicas.

In short, no, they are not the same plant. (or genus or species)

Thanks for the input. I'm in Atlanta so -relatively mild climate and
I'm going to try to grow it in a well aerated pond with running water.
Comments?

Horseradish it to wasabi what Aunt Jemima is to 100% real maple syrup. It
often gets passed off because it's cheaper and it works, but there is no
real comparison for the wasabi lover.

Yea, I heard on NPR some months back that a Japanese American went to Japan
and spent a third of his life blending in to the point where the local
Wasabi growers would trust him enough to tell him their secretes, then he
took the knowledge to WA and now cultivates American wasabi, much to the
chagrin of the traditional Japanese Wasabi growers. I am of the impression
that this type of thing is very counter to traditional Japanese values, and
thus the whole incident has left many with, shall we say, a bitter taste.

Anyhow, I know nothing about growing wasabi and will cut out here.


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" wrote:

I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.


Is it any different than horseradish? I thought they were the same plant,
just prepared differently.

Best regards,
Bob

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Thanks for the input. I'm in Atlanta so -relatively mild climate and
I'm going to try to grow it in a well aerated pond with running water.
Comments?

"Mild climate" isn't the description I'd choose to for Atlanta. G "Mild
climate" for wasabi means a *cold* mountain stream and never any *hot*
weather, and unless you are gonna put in some ice in that pond, I don't
think it's gonna be happy.

Sunflower
MS 7b

On Thu, 06 Feb 2003 21:38:25 GMT,
) wrote:

Thanks for the input. I'm in Atlanta so -relatively mild climate and
I'm going to try to grow it in a well aerated pond with running water.
Comments?

Atlanta doesn't sound much like this description of cultivation. If
you *do* grow some, be sure to let us know where to order some. :-)

http://www.wasabia.ca/cbcfrench.htm

http://www.wasabifarm.com/

Ha. Should flourish is *my* garden!

Kate
Portland, Oregon

bob wrote:

They said it needs rocky hills with flowing water.

On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 21:43:42 GMT,
) wrote:

I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.

Try
http://www.freshwasabi.com

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Thank You.
HH
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:10:59 GMT, Garrapata
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On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 21:43:42 GMT,
) wrote:

I'd like to try growing wasabi. If anyone has any experience or a
source for bulbs? I'd appreciate any feedback.

Try
http://www.freshwasabi.com