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One of my globe artichokes is producing small purple heads instead of
the usual. Also one of the normal plants suddenly collapsed and
foliage now wilting.
Any ideas, comments on these two events?

Purple _can_ indicate water stress (although there are artichoke
varieties that are naturally purple).

cheers,

Marj

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