Re: [gardeners] Artichokes
Margaret Lauterbach (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 17 Jan 1998 14:08:12 -0700
At 09:42 AM 1/17/98 +0000, you wrote:
>asidv@ktc.com <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
>
>> Either that, or I am trying to talk myself into thinking
>> that a soil pH of 7.8 is really not so horrible if I end up moving
>> here to live year round!
>>
>> Suggestions, admonitions, warnings, and advice appreciated.
>
>Don't move there.
>
>I'd give them a whirl. They grow artichokes in Arizona (see Deborah
>Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone) so they should have some
>heat tolerant varieties. I know there is one that is grown in S.
>Louisiana called "Creole". My guess is that her problem is going to
>be winter temperatures. Below 20F and they begin to die off.
>
>Also, artichokes from seed are like doing mint or lavender from seed
>-- they don't come true. That's the reason most folks start with
>root divisions. And if artichokes turn out to be an annual for her
>she's got a better chance of getting something edible if she starts
>with roots.
>
>I've been thinking about trying them as a plant in an edible
>ornamental garden.
>
>Liz
>
Well, where do you get roots then? I've never seen them available.
If ou're going to do an edible ornamental garden, you've got to do okra.
Beautiful blossoms. Margaret