Eutrema japonicum
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- How to Plant Wasabi in Shade, Cool Soil or Running Water
- Where to Grow Wasabi: Shade, Cool Water and Temperature
- Wasabi Care Through the Season: Water, Feeding and Leaves
- The Two-Year Wasabi Growing Schedule From Planting to Harvest
- Wasabi Pests, Rot and Heat Damage: What to Look For
- When and How to Harvest Wasabi Rhizomes, Leaves and Stems
Pests and diseases (3)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Root Rot
MajorDisease
Fine roots rot brown to blackish brown, growth stops and the lower leaves yellow. The plant wilts easily in the daytime and eventually dies outright.
Cabbage White Caterpillar
CommonPest
Irregular holes appear in the leaves and eventually only the veins remain. Dark green pellets of frass are conspicuous at the crown and on leaf undersides.
Aphids
CommonPest
Small green or black insects cluster on shoot tips and leaf undersides, crinkling the leaves and stopping growth. The honeydew they excrete supports sooty mold that blackens the foliage.