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gypsy
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« on: November 06, 2009, 05:10 PM »
I was given some globe artichokes today just as I was leaving my plot and going home. Time was short and it had started to rain so I just tucked them into the soil in a corner. Has anyone any advice as to what I should do with them, one is just leaves about 18 inches high, the other is about 3 feet high and has 3 artichokes on it about the size of a tennis ball.
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DavidT
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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2009, 07:55 PM »
I`d harvest the tennis balls if I were you and find a good recipe. biggrin If you`ve nowhere ready for the plants just yet they can stay "heeled in " for a while. They should be quite alright. biggrin
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gypsy
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 08:28 PM »
thanks David, I was hoping someone would say that. I have a spot for them but there are some leeks there at the moment, I hope they do not mind following leeks. CC
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tode
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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2009, 08:38 PM »
Make sure you plant where they've got plenty of room: they get quite big.   smile
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DavidT
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2009, 08:46 PM »
There`ii be no problem them following leeks, but as Tode says, they grow quite big.  biggrin
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tonybloke
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2009, 09:03 PM »
they make a fantastic wind-break!! Wink
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DavidT
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« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2009, 09:04 PM »
Wind, being the operative word, tony? laugh laugh laugh
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tonybloke
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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2009, 09:08 PM »
definately the word if you're speaking of the jerusalem variety!! smile smile smile
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tode
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« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2009, 09:11 PM »
PS Gypsy: no good trying to cook em if they're not ready: the 'leaves have to be just starting to open, otherwise they're hard.
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Chuffy
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« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2009, 11:53 AM »
...and make sure they are artichokes. I bought a brace of plants from the local garden centre, spent a year and a bit nurturing them and ended up with some magnificent thistles.  Angry
They look virtually identical to artichokes, until the heads form.
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tode
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« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2009, 12:06 PM »
If you let the artichokes open, they make quite spectacular flowers:
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Elcie
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« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2009, 01:08 PM »
lucky you to get given some!  I am thinking of growing these, mostly because they look lovely, and partly as a screen between plots.  Can I buy them in garden centres does anyone know?
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gypsy
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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2009, 06:37 PM »
I have a Dobies catalogue and they sell 5 plants for £9.95, they also sell seeds so I have been lucky to get some given, I could have taken quite a lot of plants but I thought that 2 was enough for me. Thanks for your replies everyone CC
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SusieB
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« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2009, 02:55 PM »
I have heard it is better to plant the suckers, but I have only ever seen seedlings on sale.  So lucky you, to all the people who have been given them.
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Babstreefern
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« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2009, 03:15 PM »
I had some globes already in my plot.  They grow a couple of 2/3 feet high, the heads slightly higher.  They are a very light pale green.  The only problem is that you only get a 3 year harvest out of them, after that, you need to dig them up and plant some more.  I let mine grow and gave the heads to a friend who absolutely loves them.  Me, I hate the taste of them.
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