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Gardening

ian cameron dromore

(29 posts) Sun Feb 28, 2016, 03:41 PM Feb 2016

Has anyone tried growing Jerusalem Artichokes [View all]

I like the idea of have a temporary 6ft to 10ft windbreak that gives me something back at the end of season.

Are they easy to grow?
What soil conditions is best?
What do they taste like?
How can I propagate them?
and any other ideas and tips...

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Has anyone tried growing Jerusalem Artichokes [View all] ian cameron dromore Feb 2016 OP

The flowers are beautiful (IMHO). They look similar to native sunflowers. japple Feb 2016 #1

My neighbor has some TuxedoKat Mar 2016 #2

Mine grow like weeds NickB79 Mar 2016 #3

don't know where you are but I've done them in a couple of places wiggs May 2016 #4

Super invasive libodem May 2016 #5