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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 18:33:28 GMT
A couple of years ago, we started Jerusalem Artichokes (sunchokes) in the garden. They've been slowly spreading, but we've not yet really harvested them. (Oh, well, Trub did get out there and start nibbling on the tops. She LURVS them!)
I'd like to establish a REALLY big permanent bed of them for animal feed, but while I can google, there's not a lot of posts about folks' personal experience with them.
Has anyone here grown them? Any tips
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Post by merks on Mar 29, 2015 18:48:06 GMT
I was researching them awhile back, I wanted to buy some but couldn't find a place to get them. May I ask where you got yours from?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 21:01:01 GMT
I picked them up @ a local farmer's market a couple years ago.
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Post by claytonpiano on Mar 29, 2015 21:02:03 GMT
We just ordered ours from Johnny's seeds
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Post by merks on Mar 29, 2015 21:17:32 GMT
Thanks I will look
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Post by 1shotwade on Mar 30, 2015 13:09:09 GMT
I watched a video clip of a homesteader digging them and he stated that you never get them all and they will come back every year.I'd dig them,break them in small pieces and widely distribute them where you wanted then.I think they would grow and replant themselves yearly.
Wade
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Post by snoozy on Mar 30, 2015 15:26:01 GMT
Just a nutrition note: sunchokes are extremely high in iron, which is great if you are anaemic, bad if you have a weak liver or hepatitis.
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Post by Muller's Lane Farm on Mar 31, 2015 15:50:30 GMT
DH tried to eradicate them a few years ago .... he didn't know I took some and replanted them else where (hehehehehe)
Wade nailed it ... once you start digging the patch @pony, you'll see they are probably one tuber on top of the other. Prepare a place for them, dig up what you have and replant. As long as you don't dig up all the tubers (really hard to do!!), they'll keep coming back.
They are quite tasty!
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Post by Skandi on Mar 31, 2015 15:53:39 GMT
My mother planted them once, it took nearly 10 years to get rid of them after she discovered that no one liked them other than her. We had them growing in partial shade on chalk, probably not the best spot for them, but they didn't seem to mind at all.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 16:08:50 GMT
I'm a bit on the fence about them. My dad grew some as a food plot for boar when I was little (like wade said, just pop the pieces in the ground, they are really hard to kill). They are very tasty, but will give you OUTRAGEOUS and COMICAL gas. DO NOT eat them raw if you are planning to be among other people. The best way is to bake them, somehow that converts the Inulin to another sugar and makes it a little better. I think this guy must have made the grievous mistake of having some JA before the parade: metro.co.uk/2015/03/17/did-someone-just-fart-in-front-of-the-duchess-of-cambridge-5108034/
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