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Artichokes

_Keith

By _Keith
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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I have planted Artichokes here in the past, but this is the first time one made it through our wet winters. I am really enjoying eating the frest Artichokes, so I might have to get more serious about this next year.

BTW - If you haven't tried these boiled with Crawfish or Crab Boil you are really missing something. I put those 2 displayed on the side of the bbq in with the crawfish at our last crawfish boil. Talk about good.

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Keith,

I couldn't agree more about these things in a crawfish boil. I also love mushrooms in the boil...Something about how the gills of the shroom and the deep heart of the 'chokes hold that seasoning. I've even been known to sneak some sausage in at the end of the boil. Lookin' good buddy!

Michael

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I've never tried artichokes. Did you plant the seeds or seedlings? Will they live in south Florida? I love artichokes! One of the most sensual foods to eat. Always reminds me of that scene in "Tom Jones"...

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West Palm Beach, FL

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We just dug up the only three of these in our garden. The base of the leaves got infested with a really tiny pink bug, but we'll plant more because they are a real delicacy. They cultivate further north in Spain.

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Watsonville,Ca. and that other town up the road they grow all the way to the Ocean and are Gigantic.

What you look for is what is looking

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Artichokes = :drool: for me.

We grow them here in Temecula (artichokes are one of my favorite foods). My problem is they end up so small before they start to open and need to be picked. I think it might have to do with my dry heat. The chokes you get at the supermarket here are huge in comparison.

Also, my plant usually defoliated completely in the winter due to frost, but returns with a vigor every spring.

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Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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Watsonville,Ca. and that other town up the road they grow all the way to the Ocean and are Gigantic.

...Castroville. I put in a vegetable garden this year, including artichokes. I can't wait for the cantelopes...and the white corn on the cob. I didn't plant corn...last year we could pick it up a few blocks away at the outdoor stands 6 for $1. This year its doubled in price. With the price of food being what it is, organic gardening may take over my palm garden! :drool:

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Artichokes = :drool: for me.

We grow them here in Temecula (artichokes are one of my favorite foods). My problem is they end up so small before they start to open and need to be picked. I think it might have to do with my dry heat. The chokes you get at the supermarket here are huge in comparison.

Also, my plant usually defoliated completely in the winter due to frost, but returns with a vigor every spring.

Matt

So, this may be a dumb question, but is this artichoke a perennial or do I have to replant a new one every year, every few years????

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So, this may be a dumb question, but is this artichoke a perennial or do I have to replant a new one every year, every few years????

Keith,

They are perennial, but in our case, the bugs got to them and they only made it through two seasons. Not sure how long they are good for long-term.

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So, this may be a dumb question, but is this artichoke a perennial or do I have to replant a new one every year, every few years????

Keith,

They are perennial, but in our case, the bugs got to them and they only made it through two seasons. Not sure how long they are good for long-term.

My plants are on their third season, and get more robust each year. Bugs definitely like them, but I knock them down with some bug juice.

Matt in Temecula, CA

Hot and dry in the summer, cold with light frost in the winter. Halfway between the desert and ocean

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The wild artichoke is a weed here, and a tough [expletive]. It's good, though not as fat as the cultivated kind.

The center of the artichoke world here is up in Salinas, in Monterrey County, south of Sam Frank's Disco.

They are definitely a Mediterranean plant.

So, Kieth, how'd you get them to survive?

BRAVO . . . .

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They're spiny little things. I'm gonna grow them for the flowers. There's a field of them here in Spring Valley and it's an amazing site with the vivid blue/purple flowers. Theyr'e tough and drought tolerant too.

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9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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:drool: This is one for the Purple Garden

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The wild artichoke is a weed here, and a tough [expletive]. It's good, though not as fat as the cultivated kind.

The center of the artichoke world here is up in Salinas, in Monterrey County, south of Sam Frank's Disco.

They are definitely a Mediterranean plant.

So, Kieth, how'd you get them to survive?

BRAVO . . . .

Quite by accident. I got a few bags of so-called Top Soil at the big box. The stuff was horrible, impossible to wet, and even when I did it dried to dust like consistency in a day. I filled a 4x8 raised bed with 6 inches of rough compost and then poured that 3 inches of that cr@p on top and tilled it all up. It still drains way to fast, but this single Artichoke seems to have found its heaven. It literally fills up the 4x8 frame all by itself.

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You artichokes folks forgot to tell me about the cool flowers. Electric blue.

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I told you dude!

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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I told you dude!

Well, just call me senile in front of the whole group. Talk about embarrassing.

But its OK, I'll forget by tomorrow. :unsure:

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