Having survived the hot summer when they go dormant my globe artichokes are re-growing now the weather is cooling. And guess what....
I am going to have autumn flowers as well as the usual spring ones. I could get used to two crops a year.
Hallelujah brothers and sisters! Hallelujah!
David
Gotta get around to growing some globe artichokes one of these days...
Even though totally unrelated: Looks like my Jersualem Artichokes are close to flowering now, at long last. Frost permitting... Also have Chinese Artichokes established - but have not yet tried them, no idea what they taste like.
Gotta get around to growing some globe artichokes one of these days...
Even though totally unrelated: Looks like my Jersualem Artichokes are close to flowering now, at long last. Frost permitting... Also have Chinese Artichokes established - but have not yet tried them, no idea what they taste like.
Ha....I know all about you GlobeHeads from the Church of the Holy Artichoke, standing around on street corners and in airports, beggin' for butter and lemons, talking about the Second Coming of The Holy Artichoke...nonsense.
Isn't it?
Charlie
You live in a fridge, mine have been flowering for months.
I don't know them.
David
Quite similar to JAs, though smaller and more fiddley to prepare.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Apostasy! The only True Church is that of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
Bright blessings,
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Is that NY WOG or New York Western Oriental Gentleman?????
And that would make you white trash?
Well that leaves them out as far as I am concerned as I already find Jerulsalem artichokes fiddly enough.
David
See also Seed Saver's Exchange sooper sekrit code.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
The pics I've seen, they look like little white grubs :) The plant itself is growing/spreading like crazy right now... I'm starting to wonder if I chose a suitable spot or not to plant it - in amongst what are mostly herbs. If it keeps growing at this rate, it's going to take over.
My JAs are very close to flowering now. In typical unpredictable fashion, February here was pretty cool and we even had frost. March has been much warmer... quite a few days close to 30°, so a lot of things are still powering on. Even my tomatoes, most of which lost all foliage in the first frost are still alive, with the fruit ripening nicely. Oh but it *will* get cold here, no doubt about that... typical mid-winter temp minimum is around -6°.
Geez sounds like Alice Springs in winter.
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