"Jill Bell" wrote in message
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On 14/06/2010 10:33, Gill Smith wrote:
planted in May, they're about 2 feet high

if present trends continue, they'll be 500 miles high by 2050


Assuming they're Jerusalem artichokes, they'll make it to 6ft or more tall
and have nice yellow flowers a bit like small sunflowers.

help

what do I do? pinch out the tips or something?

No need to do anything.

anyway, which bit of artichokes do you eat?

Again - assuming they're Jerusalems, you eat the tubers. Cook like
potatoes, or make into soup. Some folks find them fairly indigestible!
If they're the other sort of artichoke (plant looks like a large thistle)
you eat the flowers.

I have been warned that the 'f' is silent in these plants.....

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