Growing Artichokes

[smallblueplanet]

Thanks Manda, will save him ( used to be 2 now seems to be only 1)...Momol

Killer!

You should be able to 'split' the main plant by taking off off-shoots and growing them on? This bit we haven't done yet, but we've some off-shoots showing this year.

[momol]

I know I could split them but they have been ( Oop again getting my ass***in attemp for twice ) better not giving more pain this year, next year !
I promise to be his angel this year...... sorry Manda for being so cruel to your beloved globe kind... .

Momol

[veg4681]

Or in the fridge for more safety about temp.

Why not just put germinated seedlings outdoors during the day? According to the bit I highlighted above you get faster but less buds from the fridge vernalising, but more buds from outside/natural vernalising.

Doh??? Sorry misread they were referring to seedlings, not seeds! I guess I have to read slowly & carefully, like reading an insurance policy. BTW I want more buds per plant as opposed to faster growing buds.

[smallblueplanet]

Okay I've been looking for when to plant the I.S. seeds and came across these Youtube videos, they are really good...

Guy from Riverford Organics talks growing artichokes - he's crazy for 'em!

Riverford artichoke recipe - the choke is removed before cooking and here they're cooked with broad beans - yummy!

Cooking whole artichokes - interesting, he doesn't say how to eat them, must be on another video. (But don't eat the choke! They're normally eaten like this leaf by leaf with a dipping sauce)

[momol]

Thanks for the links Manda will eat my own Arti' ( just don't have the heart to eat such beauty) and it reminds me to the pizza we made with arti' topping some 2 weeks ago, taste nice ( not too sour) but it was a ready bottled Arti' (organic product)...

Momol

[veg4681]

I know it's a bit early but has anybody started chilling their Imperial Star seeds? I mean seeds chilling alone is for 2 weeks even before sowing. I want to give my seedlings a good dose of chilling...god knows how long it takes for the seeds to germinate. I'm soaking mine today.

[smallblueplanet]

Sorry veg4681 I will be chilling my seedlings, not my seed so not started yet.

Oh and I think I'm probably going to try some violetta di chiogga artichokes too!

[veg4681]

Doh...I'm doing both ! Fridge chilling seeds AND greenhouse chilling seedlings for bigger aritichoke bud yields & higher number of chokes per plant AND faster forming chokes...if I've read it correctly. I hope this can't hurt. Or perhaps chilling the seeds first overrides the second action, maybe this written in its gene .

[smallblueplanet]

Well my 'globes' have been thru for a few days now.....got two Imp Star and four (well three, as one has 'differently-abled' seed leaves, but I think may make it!) Gros de Laon. Violette planted later not thru yet and Concerto F1 still in the post!!!

So when should I pot them on from their modules do you think?

[Seahorse]

Well my 'globes' have been thru for a few days now.....got two Imp Star and four (well three, as one has 'differently-abled' seed leaves, but I think may make it!) Gros de Laon. Violette planted later not thru yet and Concerto F1 still in the post!!!

So when should I pot them on from their modules do you think?

I planted Green Globe on New Year's Day and have transplanted them from cells into bigger pots today. That was simply because they're about 3 or 4 inches high now and were starting to look a bit floppy. I'm not convinced they'll make it really (too much, too soon?) but I have plenty of seeds in reserve

[smallblueplanet]

They'll make it....they've gotta make it....

[veg4681]

What are you folks talking about, haven't even sowed mine yet ! I had my 3 seeds chilled in the fridge for 2 weeks but I was supposed to sow them yesterday .

[smallblueplanet]

What are you folks talking about, haven't even sowed mine yet !

Get on with it!

[CarolineSonning]

Hiya
In Autumn time you can get yourself some more plants by carefully scraping back the soil and separating baby plantlets from the mummy plant.

wormlady I just covered mine over last winter but I was hoping to move or at least divide mine up some time soon, do you know when it would be safe to do that and how (sorry for such a basic question but I'm still very new to gardening!).

Thanks Caroline

[pigletwillie]

We had some old ones on our new half plot that were about 5 years old and sent up new growth each year.

They will be accompanied by these which I sowed last autumn and promptly forgot about. They survived in small pots all winter but are now repotted and will be planted out in April.

They are quality tucker.