Artichokes--the curious plant. In this photo you can see the places I have harvested artichoke buds by the brownish color left behind. Here are two new buds growing very close to where I cut one out on Sunday. It is like the Disney film,
Sorcerer's Apprentice. Everytime you harvest one, two grow in its place. Soon I will be overrun with artichokes. Not that I am complaining.
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I love your photos! The artichoke is a most curious plant isn't it - though you give it quite spooky qualities in your story. We inherited artichokes when we bought our first house from an Italian couple and I accidentally let some go to seed and they grow the most amazing purple, thistle like flower, which I dried and stored in a dried flower display. Not that I'm recommending you let productive food plants go to waste - just saying - pretty flower as well.
Wow, so cool. I'm also Zone 23 and looking forward to growing some chokes. How late do you think they can be planted?
I usually plant the artichoke in the fall and then harvest in spring to early summer. Here is a link to a video that Pat Welsh has produced on artichokes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNtP8HTUNfQ
Enjoy!
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