How productive are they? Ive got 5 tubers, how much of a crop should that give? and if i like them, can i save tubers for next year, or is that a no no like spuds?
It wasnt julia swa-wotsit that does the cooking is it, its Nadia swa-wotsit, i like her
According to the RHS you can grow them in a large container - so a large trug with holes in might be OK - but I would still sink it into the ground for stability. You can also keep the stems reduced to about 5' so you only need minimal support for the plants.
If you can do mash Bekkie, you can do soup - just use stock rather than water as the cooking liquid, cook them until very soft and then zuzz it all up (stock & artichokes together) with a stick blender or in a liquidiser until nice & smooth - yummy!!
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Good idea to make sure you get the entire harvest out of the ground, too. Any tuber left in the ground will produce its own plant and dozens more tubers. The garden can finish up overrun with the things. Replant only as many as you think you'll need.
Italiophile is right, I used to grow 'fartichokes' and tried really hard to ensure that I removed all of the tubers, but was still getting volunteers about 8 years after I 'stopped' growing them! By pulling the new shoots up whenever I saw one, they did eventually give up though. Personally I like them roasted but that didn't help at all with their 'sheet-lifting' properties!
Bekkie - you will likely get between 10 and 25 tubers from each one planted if your ground is fertile.
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Nut wow ! They are big
Think I can survive without them, Bekkie might send me some when harvested 
Joking Bekkie !
Erm very nice of you Topbird, i wouldnt know where to start with soup! I can do boiling and frying....dunno why im overweight- much!
They do not lose their power even if fully cooked.
Fesnau is a good smoothish variety.
How productive are they? Ive got 5 tubers, how much of a crop should that give? and if i like them, can i save tubers for next year, or is that a no no like spuds?
It wasnt julia swa-wotsit that does the cooking is it, its Nadia swa-wotsit, i like her
bekkie, one planted tuber will produce dozens.
According to the RHS you can grow them in a large container - so a large trug with holes in might be OK - but I would still sink it into the ground for stability. You can also keep the stems reduced to about 5' so you only need minimal support for the plants.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/vegetables/jerusalem-artichoke
If you can do mash Bekkie, you can do soup
- just use stock rather than water as the cooking liquid, cook them until very soft and then zuzz it all up (stock & artichokes together) with a stick blender or in a liquidiser until nice & smooth - yummy!!
Good idea to make sure you get the entire harvest out of the ground, too. Any tuber left in the ground will produce its own plant and dozens more tubers. The garden can finish up overrun with the things. Replant only as many as you think you'll need.
Italiophile is right, I used to grow 'fartichokes' and tried really hard to ensure that I removed all of the tubers, but was still getting volunteers about 8 years after I 'stopped' growing them! By pulling the new shoots up whenever I saw one, they did eventually give up though. Personally I like them roasted but that didn't help at all with their 'sheet-lifting' properties!
Bekkie - you will likely get between 10 and 25 tubers from each one planted if your ground is fertile.
Guys, can i stick them in now, or should i wait, sorry think ive got spuds on the brain!