As requested in an earlier post, let me introduce myself by saying that I am
in North Wales. My Jerusalem artichokes have arrived by mail order, in a
net bag in a cardboard box. Trouble is, I am laid up at the moment so I
cannot put them in the (would have been) prepared border I had planned for
them.
Advice needed: how long can I leave them in the box (or otherwise stored)?
can I just bury them in a handy pile of compost till I'm fit again? Thanks,
Sue C

In article , Sue Chamberlain
writes
As requested in an earlier post, let me introduce myself by saying that I am
in North Wales. My Jerusalem artichokes have arrived by mail order, in a
net bag in a cardboard box. Trouble is, I am laid up at the moment so I
cannot put them in the (would have been) prepared border I had planned for
them.
Advice needed: how long can I leave them in the box (or otherwise stored)?
can I just bury them in a handy pile of compost till I'm fit again? Thanks,

Jerusalem artichoke tubers are toughies, they will wait for several
weeks until you can deal with them - but plant them by late April/mid-
May at latest. Keep them in the box, but make sure that they are dry and
frost-free with some access to air but no light. They may develop some
shoots a bit like potato chits. Once they are in soil they will grow on
very quickly and later on you will need to keep them in control.
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

In article , Sue Chamberlain
writes
As requested in an earlier post, let me introduce myself by saying that I am
in North Wales. My Jerusalem artichokes have arrived by mail order, in a
net bag in a cardboard box. Trouble is, I am laid up at the moment so I
cannot put them in the (would have been) prepared border I had planned for
them.
Advice needed: how long can I leave them in the box (or otherwise stored)?
can I just bury them in a handy pile of compost till I'm fit again? Thanks,

Jerusalem artichokes are *tough*. John Seymour used to recommend
breaking up rough ground by sowing jerusalem artichokes, then setting
the pigs on the harvest (pigs apparently love them. Hope they don't have
the same effect on pigs' digestion as they do on ours!)

I'd probably bury them in a handy pile of compost.
--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/garden/

In article , Kay Easton
writes
Hope they don't have
the same effect on pigs' digestion as they do on ours!)

I wonder if that's how the Pub name 'Pig and Whistle' came about?
--
Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs.

Alan Gould wrote:

I wonder if that's how the Pub name 'Pig and Whistle' came about?

Thanks; I needed that... just when the cabin fever was subsiding, another
snowstorm started working up the eastern coast of the former American
colonies. I'm out of the main swath, but there's still plenty of fine
exercise to be had clearing the rest.

In defense of JAs: They don't really "spread," in the way horseradish
does, so aren't likely to become a major nuisance as long as you keep them
in the same place. I dig all I can find, add compost, and let what I
missed make the next year's crop. They're quite good pickled "on the
cheap" by just dumping in the fridge in a jar of leftover pickle brine and
left for a few weeks.

As for the side effects, who ever said that was a _bad_ thing? One of the
great underrated pleasures in life, I say!

And it's a fine day for digging through the seed catalogs, although just as
dangerous as grocery shopping when you're hungry.

Cheers!


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1200' elevation. NY WO G

Mine are still in the bag they came back from Malta in. 40 nice size, hand
picked cost me, equivalent of £1.10p
They will be planted April


--
David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

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Mine are still in the bag they came back from Malta in. 40 nice size, hand
picked cost me, equivalent of £1.10p
They will be planted April

I bought one from a greengrocer cost me 20p!

I expect it to yield 50 or 60!

Alan
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