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Re: Artichokes

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Denese,
Are your artichokes still alive in this weather?  I thought they were only
hardy to about 25F?  If so, I'll be encouraged to leave mine in the garden
next fall.  I live in Springfield, IL zone 5b, where it's snowing like crazy
now!  Did you grow Imperial Star artichokes?  That's the variety I seeded,
because it's supposed to produce within one season.  When I grew artichokes
in a tropical climate in Texas, they did terrific.  They loved full sun and
got huge.  I had so many blossoms that that let some bloom.  We couldn't eat
them all.  The flowers are an electric blue and gorgeous.  You can dry them
for arrangements, too.  Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Doreen Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: DeneseBK@aol.com <DeneseBK@aol.com>
To: sqft@listbot.com <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Artichokes


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>Hi,
>
>I'm a little behind on my mail, but just wanted to put in my 2 cents worth.
>
>I started two artichoke plants from seed last year.  Started them indoors
>about 8 weeks before I planted them out.  They took about 8-10 days to
>germinate, and then they grew indoors like crazy.  By the time I got them
>outside I had transplanted them twice.  I didn't put them into the square
foot
>garden cause I knew they would take up room, so they went into two
different
>parts of the yard.
>
>One is by the house and the other is close to the garden.  The one by the
>garden didn't do so well and I wonder if it got too much sunlight.  It sent
up
>a sigle flower early on, and the plant itself never got very big.
>
>The one by the house got a nice fern look to it by the end of the season
and
>was about 2 1/2 feet across.  It looks like an ornamental of some sort.  It
>never sent up any flower stalks though.
>
>I mulched both of them well for the winter and am anxious to see if they
made
>it through the winter.
>
>Plans are to plant a couple of more this year, probably near the house.
>
>Denese (near Cincinnati)
>
>
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