Our Gift to You - 20% Off Discount Code

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Our Gift to You - 20% Off Discount Code GFT2017

We are very grateful for the customers who have helped us get this far, and we are offering you a 20% discount code that you can use this holiday season!
 
Use code GFT2017 when you check out, and you will receive this special 20% discount!
 
This special code will expire Midnight Dec 31, 2017.

 
Remember - we now offer both:

Garden Gift Certificates -  www.thewasabistore.com/shop/garden-gift-certificate and

Culinary Gift Certificates - www.thewasabistore.com/shop/garden-gift-certificate
 
Thank you again for the support you have given us these past 7 years!
 
Happy Holidays,
 
Jennifer Bloeser

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Jennifer Bloeser.

Recommendations for Local Food Gifts By Women Featuring Oregon Coast Wasabi!

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Recommendations for Local Food Gifts By Women Featuring Oregon Coast Wasabi! 


Portland Food Writer Pechluck Suwatanapongched Laskey Founder of Pechluck's Food Adventures has included Oregon Coast Wasabi in her article - Recommendations for Local Food Gifts By Women! 

Here is a link -

www.pechluck.com/recommendations-local-food-gifts/#more-24091 
 

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If you would like to order either Wasabi Plant Starts or culinary Wasabi for a loved for the holidays, we now offer Gift Certificates for both!

See this link here for more information - www.thewasabistore.com/shop

Finally We are honored to be included with these other businesses also run by women including - Marshall’s Haute Sauce, Only Child Chocolate Co., Hot Mama Salsa, and Et Fille Wines!

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Posted on November 21, 2017 by Jennifer Bloeser.

Garden Wasabi Success Stories

Someone once exclaimed to me that: "....wasabi is nearly impossible to grow...".  

"Nonsense!" I replied.  And so have thousands of others each year.  The following are some of our customers' plants and gardens.  All of these customers have provided permission to use their communication and photos and used the below offer.

If you're an existing, past or future customer, remember this offer: 50% your next purchase from The Wasabi Store: Submit your photo(s) of your wasabi plant growing (or harvested), and information you think would be helpful to other wasabi growers.  For example, provide the date planted (approximate), growing environment (soil and amendments), nutrients added, potted or not, watering cycle etc.  Post this on Instagram with #wasabiplants #growingwasabi #exoticplant #FreshHotReal #homegrown #freshwasabiroot #womenofwasabi #freshwasabi #wasabi #FrogEyesWasabi   OR on Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/FrogEyesWasabi/) Send the photo(s) and information to Info@TheWasabiStore.com and your approval to use it and we may put it on the blog.  If it's posted at any of the above, we will contact you to ask you if we may use the photo on the blog.  For any future order, provide your name and email info@theWasabiStore.com for your discount code.

" I finally did it! My first "big" harvest after two years:) Thank you so much for your dedication and education for this plant. It has been a great gardening experience! 
Best wishes Robbie (from eureka ca;)"  

That looks a very healthy and tasty wasabi there Mr. Olson!

@rottenkoala grew a rhizome in Portland Oregon.  And I love the nail polish color.  That's enough for at least a few sushi rolls.

Mr. Chang in Utah is growing these in a pond in a gravel substrate.  "

"I've received the order yesterday and planted them already. By the end of the summer we shall see the result. I've already use the leaves to make Ozuke with pickled plums and shiso leaves. I'm planning to make some pesto sauce and salsa verde out of some. I'm going to incorporate them in my ramen somehow.   Thank you for making wasabi possible in the States."

Growing in the corner of the house in a shady spot and a wine barrel. 

The above photos and below information is from a customer John:  

"Jennifer, here are some better pictures of the 4 plants I got from you about 3-4 months ago. They are all planted in Black Gold choir potting soil.  All get a sprinkling of bat guano that is infused with good soil "bugs".  I water with a mix of about 1/2 tablespoon of Epsom Salt mixed into a gallon of water and a tiny pinch of Miricle grow.

The plants from you have been living in the garage since the cold and snow started that last week of December.  Temperature in there has held between 45-50 degrees. I do take all of them outside on days when it is over 45 and let them soak up some of our liquid sunshine.

I found your site and bought 4 roots which cost about 1/2 what my first root cost. I cant tell you how impressed I was after receiving your shipment. The packaging was exceptional, a bubble wrap box with cold pack inside. And unlike the tiny plant with 2 leaves on it like my first root, the roots you sent were huge and very healthy looking. Easily 4 times the size of my original. Very sure these will be good starts.  Just wanted to thank you for an exceptional product. I will be buying many more from you once I get these started and create a small space to properly care for them!  Thanks! John  (Sent via The Wasabi Store)

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Oregon Coast Wasabi.

Cold Tolerance: Garden Plants; Apparently 16 Degrees F is OK

A frequent question we receive is about cold tolerance.  In this post, I'll document two freezing episodes in Portland Oregon in Dec. 2016 with garden plants. 

Potted Plants: Dec. 8 2016.  Temp. +28dF with light snow approximately 0.25 inches.  Note the drooping stems and wilted leaves.  These two were potted in the early summer of 2016 at Frog Eyes Wasabi Farm and then brought to Frog Eyes HQ in Portland Oregon in about late September 2016.

 

Potted Plants: Dec. 12 2016.  Temp. +45dF.  Snow melted within 24 hours.  Note the erect stems and flat leaves.  Some of the slug work / damage was present prior to the snow.  It's unknown how much was existing.  But, I'd imagine the slugs were hungry after one day of snow.  These plants are brassicas; slugs and aphids are common pests. 

Barrel Plants (barrel #2) Dec. 8 2016.  Temp. +28dF with light snow approximately 0.25 inches.  Plants covered by snow and all stems are low and nearly flat.  

Barrel Plants (barrel #2) Dec. 12 2016.  Same time as above potted plants. Note the erect stems and flat leaves.  Note the lesser about of slug work / damage.  Elevating the plants off the ground helps reduce pest damage (from slugs at least).

Potted Plants Jan. 2 2017.  This photo taken during a period of low temperatures at 16-20 degrees Fahrenheit (-9 to -6C).  The duration was approximately 5 days, with the high temperatures below 32dF (0dC).  The center plant was wrapped / covered in typical bubble wrap to determine if any difference is noted between the uncovered and covered plants. 

 

Potted Plants Jan 11 2017.  During a rare Portland snowstorm approximately 5 inches of snow.  Temperatures won't reach above freezing for about 48 hours with a low temperature to the low 20's Fahrenheit.  I haven't unwrapped the center plant yet.  It will warm up tomorrow and I'll do so.

Jan. 25 2017: They seem to have all survived!  The small one on the left was turned over and fell out of the pot.  I was at the farm and didn't re-plant it for a few days, at least one of which had a night that dropped below freezing with exposed roots.  They may not be totally happy, but they seem to have survived and are making a go at it.  Go little wasabi plants go!  The one that was wrapped, the middle one seems to be the happiest with greener leaves.  But, both the larger potent plants are, just this week, producing flower buds!  This plant amazes me at every turn.

New flower buds on the right.  I'm sorry they are blurry. 

Feb. 25 2017: All three potted plants survived.  They are all flowering.

Barrel #2 plants on Jan. 2 2016.  These were left uncovered as an experiment to determine if any difference is observed between the potted and barrel plants and the uncovered and covered potted plants. 

These temperatures, and particularly the duration are quite outside the typical wasabi preference (and frankly outside of mine as well).  It will be interesting to observe the recovery process.

Barrel #2 with a snow blanket.  Jan. 11 2017.

 

Jan. 25 2017.  Barrel #2.  All of the plants seem to have survived.  They even are producing small shoots already, just one week after the freezing temperatures stopped.   

Jan. 25 2017.  Barrel #2.  All of the plants seem to have survived.  They even are producing small shoots already, just one week after the freezing temperatures stopped.  

 

 

Showing new shoots from the apical meristem on Jan. 25 2016 from a Barrel #2 plant.

 

Barrel #2 also survived.  The perimiter plants at the 1 and 2:00 position sustained some cold damage, but they are returning. 

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Oregon Coast Wasabi.