Re: artichokes

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From: Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 1:40 PM
To: GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
Subject: [GWL] artichokes

>Anyone who has grown artichokes (the real ones, not sunchokes) in USDA Zone 
>5 (Indiana), please tell me your experiences.

I have, with some success. I can tell you the the standard Green Globe 
doesn't work well in zone 5 (PA) -- either growing season too short or 
mid-summer too hot. Imperial Star is much better for my clime. Emerald may 
be better still, but it is hard to find seed. They are a little touchy in 
the seedling stage; I generally lose several. And one little quirk: after 
the seedlings have a few leaves they like a period of quite cool nights 
before planting out, not hard to come by here. The great thing about 
artichokes is that even if you get little food, they are very decorative 
plants.

Duane Campbell
Syndicated garden columnist
Author: Best of Green Space; 30 Years of Composted Columns

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