I have a wasabi plant
Posted on 06. Jan, 2008 @ 2:08 pm by harvey in Food
I’m growing wasabi in my apartment!
I went to a sushi shop that my wifes family frequents, and the master gave me a wasabi plant to take home. he has them growing in the shop, and gave us some of the leaves to eat that night.
This is the plant in the shop. (Haha, it’s sitting on top of our finished Sushi dish. I didn’t set it there, the master did.)
This isn’t the first time I have seen a wasabi plant, you might remember this Wasabi post from a while back.
This is my plant.
The sushi master gave me specific instructions on how to care for it. It doesn’t take much really, except that the water must be changed once per day. The wasabi plant requires an extremely clean water source to strive, so to create this type of environment in the home, all you have to do is be sure that the water gets changed daily.
Well, here’s hoping it’s as easy as it sounds. What am I supposed to do if I go somewhere overnight? Take it with me? Hrm…
When I was living in Yokohama 3 or 4 years ago, I managed to kill a potted cactus plant I had bought.
This is going to be tough.
- Harvey
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yarvin
Jan 6th, 2008
at 18:22
Would it be possible to make some sort of self-cycling filtration system just in case you had to be away for an extended amount of time? I recall reading that Wasabi grows mainly by streams, so maybe gently flowing water is an option?
Kitty
Jan 6th, 2008
at 23:29
How about a small hydroponics thing? I have one up in the shed in the backyard but haven’t used it in a few years since the tragic tomato experiment. I’m jealous of your wasabi!!
Grace
Jan 8th, 2008
at 02:45
How did you kill the cactus? You kind of…don’t do anything to a cactus, right? Doesn’t it just sit there in your bathroom or wherever?
Blake
Jan 8th, 2008
at 05:52
You could take it back to the sushi shop and ask the master to take care of it for you…though he’d probably hate you for not having the heart and dedication to take care of it yourself :o)
lina
Jan 8th, 2008
at 21:39
good luck on your wasabi planting!
Joe
Jan 9th, 2008
at 20:55
Is it dead yet?
Tori
Jan 10th, 2008
at 11:41
Cool! I want one…
Harvey
Jan 10th, 2008
at 12:39
It’s still alive and well! It’s huge actually! I’ll post a new pic this weekend!
I gotta look into some hydroponics as well…
Tori
Jan 11th, 2008
at 02:09
I did a science project on hydroponics once. It’s a lot of fun.
Lars
Jun 16th, 2008
at 02:10
So how is your wasabi doing? and How did the hydroponics thing work out?!! im really interrested in getting into wasabi and hydroponics so… pictures pictures pictures please :)
Tadashi
Jun 21st, 2008
at 08:59
@Lars
You are mean :(
http://www.japannewbie.com/2008/01/12/i-have-a-wasabi-plant-2/
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http://www.japannewbie.com/2008/01/30/i-have-a-wasabi-plant-5-no-more/
Harippriya
Oct 10th, 2009
at 10:33
I am interested very much to grow wasabi plants , some one please help me giving me rots or small plants to grow.My postal address is 117/1,Samagi Mawatha Magmmana Homagama Sri Lanka.Tp;0726143181,0112743119.THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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Mar 31st, 2010
at 12:47
Hello!
I wonder how your wasabi plant is doing? I would like to know where to get some rhizomes, too — for home use. It is out of stock in the websites I checked out. I found some being offered on Japanese websites, but I am afraid one may not import them.
Thank you so very much.
Familie Herzig