Jerusalem Artichoke aka Sunchoke
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The ultimate permaculture plant, that can literally remain a permanent food source in your landscape with very little work. Price is for 5 tubers
These really shine in an area where you would like to grow wild flowers or other less managed areas with room to run. These can reach 10'+ tall with 2" thick stalks that will have beautiful yellow flowers. The real prize though is the tubers growing under the ground that can be used much like white potatoes, but much healthier. You can expect 5-8lbs of tubers from each tuber planted!!!!
These plants will come back year after year, even if you harvest the tubers. This is where some caution is advised. The tubers can run several feet from the base of the plant, and its nearly impossible to collect them all. This is what makes the such a great perennial crop, just be sure you really want them where you plant them. These also make an awesome crop to grow for animal feed! Let your hogs in with them in the fall and let them harvest them for you!
If they do start coming up where you don't want them, don't dismay!! Wait for the plant to get about 1' tall, then pull it up. This is about the height where the plant has expended its stored energy (tubers), and it wont come back. But if you try to pull them when they are smaller they will have enough energy to send up new shoots. Feed the shoots you don't want to rabbits, goats, cow's, pigs...you get the idea. Deer like the young shoots, so some people plant them where they want to keep deer away from young trees or garden spaces.
These really shine in an area where you would like to grow wild flowers or other less managed areas with room to run. These can reach 10'+ tall with 2" thick stalks that will have beautiful yellow flowers. The real prize though is the tubers growing under the ground that can be used much like white potatoes, but much healthier. You can expect 5-8lbs of tubers from each tuber planted!!!!
These plants will come back year after year, even if you harvest the tubers. This is where some caution is advised. The tubers can run several feet from the base of the plant, and its nearly impossible to collect them all. This is what makes the such a great perennial crop, just be sure you really want them where you plant them. These also make an awesome crop to grow for animal feed! Let your hogs in with them in the fall and let them harvest them for you!
If they do start coming up where you don't want them, don't dismay!! Wait for the plant to get about 1' tall, then pull it up. This is about the height where the plant has expended its stored energy (tubers), and it wont come back. But if you try to pull them when they are smaller they will have enough energy to send up new shoots. Feed the shoots you don't want to rabbits, goats, cow's, pigs...you get the idea. Deer like the young shoots, so some people plant them where they want to keep deer away from young trees or garden spaces.
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