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.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

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Rusty

"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.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
American group?))))


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Ophelia wrote:


"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
...
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.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the
sunflower family)

Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
American group?))))

tasting tha apple pie and grits.

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Rusty

"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:


"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
...
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.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
American group?))))

tasting tha apple pie and grits.

lol I have just noticed it is crossposted
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Ophelia wrote:
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:


Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
American group?))))

tasting tha apple pie and grits.

lol I have just noticed it is crossposted

innocence="wide-eyed"
Is it?
/innocence

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Rusty

"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:


Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
American group?))))

tasting tha apple pie and grits.

lol I have just noticed it is crossposted

innocence="wide-eyed"
Is it?
/innocence

glare

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Ophelia wrote:


"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:
"Rusty Hinge" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:


Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in
an American group?))))

tasting tha apple pie and grits.

lol I have just noticed it is crossposted

innocence="wide-eyed"
Is it?
/innocence

glare

bask

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Rusty

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

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.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

Did you see a picture of it over in uk.rec.gardening?

Jerusalem
http://hotdogjam.wordpress.com/2009/...em-artichokes/

Globe
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...a-garden-3.jpg

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On Sep 29, 9:21 am, sf wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge



wrote:
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.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

Did you see a picture of it over in uk.rec.gardening?

Jerusalemhttp://hotdogjam.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/jerusalem-artichokes/

Globehttp://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/how-to-design-a-garden-3.jpg

The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing. -aem

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem
wrote:

The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing.

Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
didn't. shrug That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
rfc.

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On Sep 29, 10:48*am, sf wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem
wrote:

The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. *Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing. * *

Agreed. *I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
didn't. *shrug *That's why I supplied pictures. *If there was
anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
rfc.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.

Probably by the height. I grow globe artichokes and they get 6 feet
max. Plus it's the wrong time of year if he's in the northern
hemisphere.

Susan B.

In uk.rec.gardening sf wrote:
The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing.
Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
didn't. shrug That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
rfc.

It's not really the season for globe artichokes, but it is for the manky
artichoke weeds. Well, in the UK, anyhow. Not sure where the original
poster was now.

sf wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem
wrote:

The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing.

Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
didn't. shrug That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
rfc.

I've never seen a globe artichoke reach eight feet - four to five is
about the average, before they fall over...

The size of the 'globe' was a deaad giveaway, too.

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Rusty

sf wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem
wrote:

The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing.

Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
didn't. shrug That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to

Globe artichokes don't grow to eight feet.

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Rusty

sf wrote:
On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge
wrote:

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.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

Did you see a picture of it over in uk.rec.gardening?

No.

Jerusalem
http://hotdogjam.wordpress.com/2009/...em-artichokes/

Globe
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...a-garden-3.jpg

I did mean to add that the little buds on the Jerusalem artichokes were
flower buds too.

I know what they look like - while I haven't got a globe a, I have
Jerusalem ones growing like weeds here.

(I even had one appear in the workshop.)

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Rusty