Artichokes
The feel of these vegetables are acquired preference and are not every gardener ’s selection . Jerusalem and Formosan artichokes are gentle enough to grow and yield a good crop , taking up little distance , but the globe artichoke is rather uneconomical of space and it does involve a small superfluous skill to grow it well .
Chinese artichokes(Stachys affinis)
The tuberous theme , which are knobbly , are feed as a root vegetable during the winter . The genus Tuber should be plant 10 cm ( 4 in ) deep in any ordinary soil , that has been well prepared , in spring , spacing them 25 cm ( 9 in ) apart in rows 45 cm ( 18 in ) apart . No further cultivation is required except occasional hoeing . The genus Tuber are lift as they are necessitate but in severe weather condition cover the solid ground to prevent it from freeze too severely . Plants acquire 30 - 45 cm ( 1 - 1.5 ft ) tall .
Globe artichokes(Cynara scolymus)
These plants are very ornamental , they maturate to about 1.5 m ( 5 ft ) and bring forth bombastic bloom - heads which are gathered just as the scales are start to open . The efflorescence - heads are seethe and the sarcoid portion at the base of each scale is feed , together with the nucleotide of the bloom .
To grow these flora well the ground must be deeply dug and manured . embed the off - set in the spring at least 1 m ( 3 ft ) apart from each elbow room and choose a cheery spot . Keep the plants well irrigate during dry conditions and mulch the beds in the spring . The beds should be regenerate about every three age , so it is a good plan to detach off - set from the parent flora every saltation and make a new woodlet , discarding any beds that are over three years old . It is important to protect the plants in the winter by placing some bracken or other protective material over them in October . If the soil is too expectant or wet they are liable to molder in the wintertime ; the nonsuch is a sandlike loam .
Seed is another method of propagation but a slower one . seeded player should be sown in an unheated greenhouse or frame in March or outdoors in April . As soon as the seedlings can be handled , transfer them and reassign them to their final quarters in the following spring .
Jerusalem artichokes(Helianthus tuberosus).
The genus Tuber of Jerusalemartichokesare very similar to Formosan artichokes but they are larger and more irregular in form ( those of the French variety ` Fusean ’ are large and less irregular as well as being more palatable ) . The genus Tuber are plant in February , or in the first place if the undercoat is workable . blank space the genus Tuber about 45 cm ( 18 in ) apart in rows lm ( 3 ft ) apart , in priming that has been well dug and muck . They will raise in any odd , rough corner of the garden , but they appreciate awell - cultivated site .
These Cynara scolymus grow to about 1.6 m ( 5 foot ) in height and look very like the helianthus to which they are related ; they make an excellent screen for an old shed , manure stack , compost heap or other unsightly part of the garden . The top ontogeny should be cut down in the fall , leaving the tubers in the ground . These are then plagiarize as they are want or they may be lifted and stored in some dry soil or peat in a shed . If they are left out of the ground for long they will shrink .
During the summer the flat coat between them should be hoed once in a while but they do not need any further attention .
Tubers for plant the follow class can be pick out from those lifted in the late winter and replant almost immediately .
