Data sheet

Armoracia rusticana

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology	single stem
Habit	erect, acaulescent (or rosette plants)	Category	vegetables
Life span	annual, perennial	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	14	20	6	28	Soil texture	medium, light	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	600	900	390	1700	Soil fertility	high	low
Latitude	20	10	60	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	-	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6	7	4.5	8.7	Soil drainage	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells)	poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells), excessive (dry/moderately dry)
Light intensity	very bright	very bright	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	-1
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.