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Globe artichoke question
Several years ago I grew one from a seed and it cropped beautifully for
about four years. It stopped when it became short of light - I don't think it's co-incidence. There's now a large fuchsia two feet away to the east, a caravan two feet away to the south, a neighbour's tall hedge about eight feet away to the west and the house about four feet away to the north. I'd like to move it to an open position on a south-facing bank in the back garden but don't know when to do it. By the way, an Italian neighbour suggested splitting it one year, it didn't work. Advice will be appreciated. I love artichokes! Mary |
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On Aug 20, 8:01*pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
Several years ago I grew one from a seed and it cropped beautifully for about four years. It stopped when it became short of light - I don't think it's co-incidence. There's now a large fuchsia two feet away to the east, a caravan two feet away to the south, a neighbour's tall hedge about eight feet away to the west and the house about four feet away to the north. I'd like to move it to an open position on a south-facing bank in the back garden but don't know when to do it. By the way, an Italian neighbour suggested splitting it one year, it didn't work. Advice will be appreciated. I love artichokes! Mary They should split easily in Spring; soon after the shoots first appear (if it has died down) so you can see what to split from what. They certainly do like full sun. You can probably try splitting now but it may not like it much unless it gets a chance to recover a bit before Winter (shivver). We have one 4 year old plant that could be split about every 2 years to give at least 3 or 4 splits. So far we have just split it once. Des |
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Globe artichoke question
"M" wrote in message ... Following up to Mary Fisher I'd like to move it to an open position on a south-facing bank in the back garden but don't know when to do it. mine do well on a south facing open slope so i reckon you may be right Thanks. At least the chickens won't eat that! But when to move it is the big question. Mary |
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Globe artichoke question
On Aug 21, 3:31*pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"M" wrote in message ... Following up to Mary Fisher I'd like to move it to an open position on a south-facing bank in the back garden but don't know when to do it. mine do well on a south facing open slope so i reckon you may be right Thanks. At least the chickens won't eat that! But when to move it is the big question. Mary Spring. |
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