How do I harvest these? Mine throw out stems, leaves and beautiful
sunflower like flower. I had to saw down one area as it was too close to
the house, replanted some in better areas. Mind you these grow to over 10
feet!

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harvest them with a pitchfork, try to get every tuber and all of the
roots. They will probably grow back anyway. I haven't been able to
get rid of them.

glenon wrote:
> How do I harvest these? Mine throw out stems, leaves and beautiful
> sunflower like flower. I had to saw down one area as it was too close to
> the house, replanted some in better areas. Mind you these grow to over 10
> feet!
>

Not sure what sunchokes are. Do you eat them? Any drawbacks to
planting them?

They are also called Jerusalum Artichokes, cause the root tastes like an
artichoke. By the way, I worried and worried all winter if my Thai ginger
was going to sprout. Well, they have sprouted in full glory! Can't wait to
taste this tuber!

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"tenplay" <tenplay [at] mail.com> wrote in message
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> glenon wrote:
>> How do I harvest these? Mine throw out stems, leaves and beautiful
>> sunflower like flower. I had to saw down one area as it was too close to
>> the house, replanted some in better areas. Mind you these grow to over
>> 10 feet!
>>
>
> Not sure what sunchokes are. Do you eat them?

Yes.

> Any drawbacks to planting them?

They can be terribly invasive. J.R. in MI suggested that every last tuber
and root be removed. From what I hear, that's very difficult, as they can go
6 to 8 feet down. You only need to plant them once to have them for life.


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glenon wrote:
> They are also called Jerusalum Artichokes, cause the root tastes like an
> artichoke. By the way, I worried and worried all winter if my Thai ginger
> was going to sprout. Well, they have sprouted in full glory! Can't wait to
> taste this tuber!
>

So if I like to eat artichokes, would I enjoy sunchokes? I haven't seen
them in my local super. How do you prepare them? I'd like to try one
before planting them. I wonder if they are grown here in Western
Washington.

IIRC, sunchokes (the edible parts) are more on the order of a water
chestnut. You don't eat the undeveloped flower, but the root.

they were a staple food of the early Pilgrims.

HTH,

Deb

"tenplay" <tenplay [at] mail.com> wrote in message
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> glenon wrote:
>> They are also called Jerusalum Artichokes, cause the root tastes like an
>> artichoke. By the way, I worried and worried all winter if my Thai
>> ginger was going to sprout. Well, they have sprouted in full glory!
>> Can't wait to taste this tuber!
>>
>
> So if I like to eat artichokes, would I enjoy sunchokes? I haven't seen
> them in my local super. How do you prepare them? I'd like to try one
> before planting them. I wonder if they are grown here in Western
> Washington.

In article <leSdncjtubJPGOHZnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d [at] comcast.com>,
tenplay <tenplay [at] mail.com> wrote:

> glenon wrote:
> > They are also called Jerusalum Artichokes, cause the root tastes like an
> > artichoke. By the way, I worried and worried all winter if my Thai ginger
> > was going to sprout. Well, they have sprouted in full glory! Can't wait
> > to
> > taste this tuber!
> >
>
> So if I like to eat artichokes, would I enjoy sunchokes? I haven't seen
> them in my local super. How do you prepare them? I'd like to try one
> before planting them. I wonder if they are grown here in Western
> Washington.

We peel and slice and add to our salads raw. Think of small easy to
grow tuber similar to Hicama that has small sunfowers on eight foot
plant.

Bill

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> We peel and slice and add to our salads raw. Think of small easy to
> grow tuber similar to Hicama that has small sunfowers on eight foot
> plant.
>
Don't they give you incredible gas?

As far as eating them, boil them and eat like potatos, eat fresh, thinly
sliced in a salad. And yes, they do taste like artichoke hearts!

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