Friday, October 13, 2006
Artichoke Update
For those of you just tuning in, of the dozen seeds I started in February, three of them made it into the garden this year. This is my fourth year fiddling with artichokes and the first year I have harvested any chokes. Two of the three plants produced, and once I cut the stalk back to the ground, the whole plant sort of withered and died back.
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Well, I was able to overwinter both cardoon and artichokes, but I confess that only 2 chokes of 3 made it, and only one cardoon. I hilled them up with lots of compost/dirt, then put a bed of shredded leaves (6") then straw and then tied the whole thing down with burlap. We had some weird weather in Feb., and they started growing, but I left the covers on until April. I got a smaller harvest of artichokes than the first year. (Green globes, incidentally. And we're 6B.)
I also hacked all three plants down to the ground after their harvest to help them build up their roots. So that bodes well for your new re-sprout...
No ideas for you, but that's some wicked cool foliage there. :)
El,
Thanks for the suggestions. I will follow your advice.
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