Gill Smith wrote:
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Gill Smith wrote:
are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy
The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
ones...

When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.

can you leave them in the ground until you use them

Yes, but they'll start to sprout in mid spring. he shoots though, are
perfectly edible.

I suppose the flowers should be removed as useless ornamentation

No, just leave them. They won't weaken the crop.

even though they look rather attractive

Having grown sunflowers as a seed crop, I think they look rather silly...

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Rusty