[Ag-eq] Jerusalem Artechokes

[Nella Foster]

Jewel I'm afraid I don't know anything about them.  I've seen them at the
farmer's markets, but didn't know what to do with them.

Please let us know what you find out.

Nella

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Subject: [Ag-eq] Jerusalem Artechokes

    Does anyone know anything about these vegetables?  I exclude growing as,
being a member of the thistle genus minus the thorns,  they do, very well,
without any help from me.
I have 3 self-sown bushes and I would like to get some useful return from
them.
They have some huge flowers on them, some are about 8 inches in diameter.
Two of the bushes have fallen over and the third is heading that way, but
the roots of all 3 are still in the soil.
Is this what is supposed to happen?  From the little information I have been
able to gather, the seeds from the flowers will burrow into the soil and
will become sort of potatolike things which I can treat as such:  that is:
boiling/baking/roasting.  Is this correct?  If so, Jerusalem artechokes will
be the only * thistle that I do not declare open warfare upon!
When digging out my eternal crop of weeds, should I avoid disturbing the
soil in close vicinity to these flowers?
I suppose that a little gentle investigation wouldn't do any harm because I
have been told that once you have one successful J A, you will have them
forever!

           Jewel 


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