Does anyone grow horseradish?

It has been years since we raised horseradish and I cannot remember all the rules of raising it. Sorry to be of no help.

My Mother used to grow it and prepare it. She would pull it up and wash the outside root, peel it with a potato peeler and run it through a grinder. We saw a special on a horseradish factory once, people wear gasmasks. Why? Burns the inner lining of your nose down through to your lungs, esp. at factory levels. So she always picked a windy day, opened every window in the house, wore plastic gloves over her hands,and a scarf over her nose and mouth to try to protect herself. She also tried to line up all her equipment and go as fast as humanly possible. After grinding, She would add a little vinegar and put it into the fridge. We mixed the tiniest bit of the just ground stuff into catsup(ketchup) and we had it on fish or any seafood that has been deep fried or fried. That's still our favorite way to have fresh cleaned shrimp. Most people know it as cocktail sauce and spend a lot more money for it than if they just bought or grew horseradish and added bought or homemade ketchup(catsup). Great topic Peavey! Brings back memories. I've tried to grow horseradish on my property, but we've had a few years in a row of really really wet soil and all my root crops, except the toughest onions and this year I did like 5 different plantings of garlic so a few of them finally took. Hard to grow root crops in a swamp Peavey, now jewel weed, and other weeds, no problem! Swamp weeds are my specialty.

hi peavey we used to grow horseradish on the farm when I was a child back In S.D. mymom would peel it then cut it in chunks, put it in a grinder, and mix a little vinegar with the ground horseradish. I dont remember her ever having to wear a mask or anything. she just ground it and mixed vinegar with it. then refrigerated the same. we used it a lot on roast beef.