"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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"dirt dibbler" wrote
I've started harvesting my first crop of jerusalem artichokes, a couple
of questions...

Now the foliage has died down I've cut the plants back, do I leave the
tubers in the ground all winter & just dig some up when I want to use
them?

What is the best way to store / grow some of the tubers for next year?
I understand they are difficult to get rid of, but I'd like to try to
maintain a neat row of them again.

Any advise for cooking them? roast seem to be very good so far, apart
from the side effects, and I've a 6 metre row to get through!


Yes, leave the fartychokes in the ground until you want to use them but
get them all up before the spring, store some in damp sand and replant
these in a neat row come warmer weather. You will then need to weed all
the ones that come up from those you missed.
Make a nice soup, good roasted.
A 6 metre row to eat? Hope nobody strikes a match in your house. :-)


I leave mine in the ground like everyone else. Extra recipes sliced into
chunks and used instead of water chestnuts in stir fry, cut fine and added
to salad, peeled boiled and mashed with potato on shepherd pie. These may be
a bit obscure but a 6M row will take some eating.

Gill M