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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2019 20:09:45 GMT -5
Never seen one in the ground before now. Neighbor gave me two plants, book says they are perennials, I put them in the ground looking like last week's garbage but danged if they did not perk up and are growing well.
My reading says they get big, need lots of space and in my climate have to be protected from freezing or grown as an annual. I am apparently on the edge of their tolerance to cold.
It appears that they do not produce normally until two years old. I can wait. Do any of you grow them?
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Post by spacecase0 on Jun 15, 2019 23:26:18 GMT -5
I watched a neighbor grow them they planted them under some oak trees, so they got about 15% sunlight this protected them from the high heat here and the cold in the winter seemed to work out ok
I have seen them grown in the california coastal region, nice cool stable weather there with no frost ever. and they get very big over there. maybe 5 foot or more across and as tall as a person.
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Post by Gianna on Jun 16, 2019 9:52:28 GMT -5
California no-frost coast here. I grew them many years ago, but was not that crazy about them. Here they do grow very large, but are also home to many snails. If I recall, the gophers finally got them. Or maybe I didnt water them that well. I did not mind them dying.
I have a local friend who grows them. She is growing a small-headed Italian type. Don't know the variety. But she was getting a lot of them and prepared a big batch for a dinner. They were grand. Basically just the trimmed up artichoke hearts, drizzled in olive oil and garlic, and long, slow roasted. Mighty good. I saw some at Trader Joe's. Might just have to give that a try.
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Post by brownrexx on Jun 16, 2019 13:11:04 GMT -5
I grew artichokes in my PA garden for 2 seasons. I purchased plants that had been chilled to think that they were 2 years old and I got beautiful and tasty artichokes but they did not overwinter well and it's just not worth the effort to me. I would grow them again, but I would just not try to overwinter them. 20171019_141938 by Brownrexx, on Flickr 20171019_135813 by Brownrexx, on Flickr DSC01966 by Brownrexx, on Flickr DSC01970 by Brownrexx, on Flickr
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Post by motdaugrnds on Jun 21, 2019 7:10:17 GMT -5
I've always wanted to start a bed of those artichokes; however, I'm in zone 7 with summers hot/humid and winters unpredictable.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 20:21:03 GMT -5
Mime are from seed and are small. I will baby them thru the Summer and Fall, then cover them with a foot of hay until Spring as I do my banana plants. We shall see what happens.
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