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| dirt dibbler 2006-11-23, 9:25 am |
| I've started harvesting my first crop of jerusalem artichokes, a couple
of questions...
Now the foliage has died down I've cut the plants back, do I leave the
tubers in the ground all winter & just dig some up when I want to use
them?
What is the best way to store / grow some of the tubers for next year?
I understand they are difficult to get rid of, but I'd like to try to
maintain a neat row of them again.
Any advise for cooking them? roast seem to be very good so far, apart
from the side effects, and I've a 6 metre row to get through!
DD
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| cliff_the_gardener 2006-11-23, 1:25 pm |
| DD
dig them up as you need them - they dry out very quickly. THough I
have never done it I guess you could store them in damp sand as per
carrot clamp
They do start to grow very early spring - so be sure to get them up by
then
Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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| Bob Hobden 2006-11-23, 1:25 pm |
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"dirt dibbler" wrote
> I've started harvesting my first crop of jerusalem artichokes, a couple
> of questions...
>
> Now the foliage has died down I've cut the plants back, do I leave the
> tubers in the ground all winter & just dig some up when I want to use
> them?
>
> What is the best way to store / grow some of the tubers for next year?
> I understand they are difficult to get rid of, but I'd like to try to
> maintain a neat row of them again.
>
> Any advise for cooking them? roast seem to be very good so far, apart
> from the side effects, and I've a 6 metre row to get through!
>
Yes, leave the fartychokes in the ground until you want to use them but get
them all up before the spring, store some in damp sand and replant these in
a neat row come warmer weather. You will then need to weed all the ones that
come up from those you missed.
Make a nice soup, good roasted.
A 6 metre row to eat? Hope nobody strikes a match in your house. :-)
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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK
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| dirt dibbler <dirt.dibbler@gmail.com> writes
>I've started harvesting my first crop of jerusalem artichokes, a couple
>of questions...
>
>Now the foliage has died down I've cut the plants back, do I leave the
>tubers in the ground all winter & just dig some up when I want to use
>them?
>
That has always worked for me.
>What is the best way to store / grow some of the tubers for next year?
Leave them in the ground.
>I understand they are difficult to get rid of, but I'd like to try to
>maintain a neat row of them again.
>
>Any advise for cooking them? roast seem to be very good so far, apart
>from the side effects, and I've a 6 metre row to get through!
>
Boiling works - they just pop out of their skins when boiled, much
easier than trying to peel them raw. Soup is good, too.
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Kay
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| Gill Matthews 2006-11-23, 1:25 pm |
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"Bob Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> "dirt dibbler" wrote
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> Yes, leave the fartychokes in the ground until you want to use them but
> get them all up before the spring, store some in damp sand and replant
> these in a neat row come warmer weather. You will then need to weed all
> the ones that come up from those you missed.
> Make a nice soup, good roasted.
> A 6 metre row to eat? Hope nobody strikes a match in your house. :-)
>
I leave mine in the ground like everyone else. Extra recipes sliced into
chunks and used instead of water chestnuts in stir fry, cut fine and added
to salad, peeled boiled and mashed with potato on shepherd pie. These may be
a bit obscure but a 6M row will take some eating.
Gill M
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| dirt dibbler 2006-11-23, 5:25 pm |
| thanks for all the comments, I definately have a good supply for the
winter, starting with 20 odd tubers at about a foot apart has given a
productive 6m row!
I'm handing them out at work, of course 'forgetting' to mention the
side effects & not to anyone near my office!!
parp...
any other recipes or ideas are most welcome.
DD
Gill Matthews wrote:
> "Bob Hobden" <bobh@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:4sm6c9F10fafmU1@mid.individual.net...
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> I leave mine in the ground like everyone else. Extra recipes sliced into
> chunks and used instead of water chestnuts in stir fry, cut fine and added
> to salad, peeled boiled and mashed with potato on shepherd pie. These may be
> a bit obscure but a 6M row will take some eating.
>
> Gill M
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| Cat(h) 2006-11-24, 9:25 am |
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dirt dibbler wrote:
> thanks for all the comments, I definately have a good supply for the
> winter, starting with 20 odd tubers at about a foot apart has given a
> productive 6m row!
> I'm handing them out at work, of course 'forgetting' to mention the
> side effects & not to anyone near my office!!
> parp...
>
> any other recipes or ideas are most welcome.
Parboil them in their skin, skin them, sliced them, salt and pepper
them and saute them in clarified butter.
You can do the same from raw, but you need to put a bit of olive oil
first with the butter to avoid burning the butter.
You can do the same again but replace the clarified butter with a
greater quantity of single cream, and simmer them for 10 mins in the
cream.
You can also just boil and pure them like mashed pots (or indeed with
mashed pots).
All the above are yummy, and remind me that I really should plant a few
next Spring.
Cat(h)
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| Alan Holmes 2006-11-24, 1:25 pm |
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"Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> dirt dibbler wrote:
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> Parboil them in their skin, skin them, sliced them, salt and pepper
> them and saute them in clarified butter.
>
> You can do the same from raw, but you need to put a bit of olive oil
> first with the butter to avoid burning the butter.
>
> You can do the same again but replace the clarified butter with a
> greater quantity of single cream, and simmer them for 10 mins in the
> cream.
>
> You can also just boil and pure them like mashed pots (or indeed with
> mashed pots).
>
> All the above are yummy, and remind me that I really should plant a few
> next Spring.
I couldn't find any as seed in any garden centre, so I bought one, yes a
whole one, from a greengrocer and it was quite successful.
Alan
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> Cat(h)
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| Cat(h) 2006-11-24, 1:25 pm |
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Alan Holmes wrote:
> "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I couldn't find any as seed in any garden centre, so I bought one, yes a
> whole one, from a greengrocer and it was quite successful.
>
> Alan
That's the only way I have ever heard of them being grown. I assume if
planted from seed, it would take at least a couple of years to get a
crop?
Cat(h)
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| On 24/11/06 17:49, in article CgG9h.54027$TH3.41753@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net,
"Alan Holmes" <alan.holmes@nowhere.com> wrote:
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> "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I couldn't find any as seed in any garden centre, so I bought one, yes a
> whole one, from a greengrocer and it was quite successful.
>
They make the most wonderful and delicious soup.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
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| Pat Gardiner 2006-11-24, 5:25 pm |
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"Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>snip<
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> That's the only way I have ever heard of them being grown. I assume if
> planted from seed, it would take at least a couple of years to get a
> crop?
I doubt it. From experience, the house would probably be collapsing
They really are a major thug
....and their eating qualities are not as bad as suggested.
A few are nice. It is getting a few that is the problem.
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Regards
Pat Gardiner
www.go-self-sufficient.com
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> Cat(h)
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| Pat Gardiner <patgardiner@btinternet.com> writes
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>"Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I doubt it. From experience, the house would probably be collapsing
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>They really are a major thug
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>...and their eating qualities are not as bad as suggested.
They are. I once pigged out on them, and it was a painful experience.
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Kay
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| Alan Holmes 2006-11-24, 8:25 pm |
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"K" <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Pat Gardiner <patgardiner@btinternet.com> writes
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> They are. I once pigged out on them, and it was a painful experience.
Well if you eat that many I'm not surprised you got into difficulties, were
you excluded from the house for a while?
Alan
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> --
> Kay
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