If you want, I could send you a fact sheet about Sunchokes which I send out with requested tubers by SoD members. Friends are the flowers in the Garden of LIfe Bill Loke USDA 4b RR#1 Kars Ont K0A 2E0 -----Original Message----- From: Rob Loach <deloges@Juno.com> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com <gardeners@globalgarden.com> Date: Sunday, June 06, 1999 9:59 PM Subject: [gardeners] Jerusalem artichokes >Today I was at Harry's, a farmers' market in Atlanta, and I saw some >Jerusalem artichokes. I bought a couple for 19 cents. Can I just stick >them in the ground as I bought them, do I need to let them sit in the >light till they sprout, or are they not even plantable? I remember >reading about these as a forgotten, easy, perennial crop, but I've never >eaten them and have no idea what to do with them. > >Thanks in advance for any helpful advice. > >Rob > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >Rob Loach in Greenville SC >mailto:deloges@juno.com >Do some gardeners turn their lights on in the evening so they can watch >their phlox by night? ><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] >