are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy

--
http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

On Sep 28, 1:56*pm, "Gill Smith"
wrote:
are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy

--http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

deep envy..... ;-)

"ImStillMags" wrote in message
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On Sep 28, 1:56 pm, "Gill Smith"
wrote:
are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy

--http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

deep envy..... ;-)

actually, mater is quite dismissive

calls them 'weeds' if you will!

I feel quite little red hennish about it

--
http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

On 9/28/2010 4:09 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
On Sep 28, 1:56 pm, "Gill
wrote:
are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy

--http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/
deep envy..... ;-)

Ditto. I tried to grow them, but it was not successful. Dr. Oz
mentioned artichokes in one of the top 5 foods that starve cancer. This
article was quite informative (and short).

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-foods-starve-cancer

Becca

"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?))))


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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

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

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

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.

--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

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.

--

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.

"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.

can you leave them in the ground until you use them

I suppose the flowers should be removed as useless ornamentation

even though they look rather attractive

--
http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

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.

... and make a not untasty soup, or boil them and serve with lots of
butter, and then discover why we call them "fartichokes".


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

"Girasole" being the probable source of the misname "Jerusalem". Why
"artichoke", though, I don't know...Ah: the dictionary says they
"somewhat resemble the globe artichoke in flavour". I'll accept the
derivation, but deny the resemblance.

--
Mike.

You can leave them in the ground until you use them. They are not so much troubles by slugs as potatoes are.

They don't flower well in this country, and they'll probably be frosted before hey try to set seed. There's so much leaf mass compared with the flower that it won't affect tuber formation noticeably. (Or, to put it another way, given their digestive properties,, you probably won't feel you have a shortage of them).

"Ema Nymton" wrote in message
...
On 9/28/2010 4:09 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
On Sep 28, 1:56 pm, "Gill
wrote:
are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy

--http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/
deep envy..... ;-)

Ditto. I tried to grow them, but it was not successful. Dr. Oz
mentioned artichokes in one of the top 5 foods that starve cancer. This
article was quite informative (and short).

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-foods-starve-cancer

Becca

These will be Globes not Jerusalems.

mark