How to Harvest & Plant Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes) 5 Varieties

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The humble Jerusalem artichoke, once known as the poor mans potato during the second world war, is now being served as part of gourmet dishes in top restaurants in the world. But there is more! There's no vegetable that is easier, lower maintenance and more satisfying to both grow and harvest. It's a super reliable and sustainable food source. During the dark winter months digging up tubers really brightens the mood.
It's like going out into the garden looking for Easter eggs, you never know what you might find just beneath the surface but they're usually plentiful. Jerusalem artichokes are a tuberous sunflower originally known as Giro Sol, to turn with the sun. Extend your harvest beyond the conventional growing season with perennial tuberous vegetables!
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[@GardensforLife]

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[@Hobbit_libertaire]

During WWII in France, food was scarce, and this plant, called "Topinambour" in French, is what fed the French people during winter thanks to its huge productivity. We need to learn back to use it, it is such a great nourishing plant !

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for your comment! Indeed it was known as the poor mans potato and now it's being served in top restaurants in the world.

[@loriraz3947]

They actually will last all winter in the ground. You can harvest as needed. There is another benefit with keeping them in the ground, once they have gone through a freeze, they loose their ability to causes gastric upset.

[@GardensforLife]

Yes indeed, that's what we've been doing. You can also cure them for 1-2 weeks in sunlight. This brakes down the inulin.

[@fouroakfarm]

I have not found this to be true

[@tonysullivan9552]

I planted 6 last year. I harvested over 80lbs. I have since given 6 to 10 friends and neighbors and planted 60 myself this year! Amazing!

[@GardensforLife]

That's a lot of artichokes! Hah We haven't been able to keep up with harvesting, but that's grand because they will just again next year, every year. :D

[@___.51]

This plant could grow on the surface of the moon I swear. I consider it an insurance policy to maintain the patch of sunchokes in my back yard.

[@GardensforLife]

Haha absolutely, it does well even in regular soil. 3 years ago i had the audacity of planting them into a no dig bed with 8inches of 7 months old mushroom compost. After the first growing season i had more tubers than compost. lol This video was the result.

[@mrsme33-cy7lf]

Would they grow and not rot in the wet deep south of the U.S ?

[@Infinite_Curiosity00]

​@@mrsme33-cy7lfthey are native to the US. If you are planting them in a swamp, probably not. Otherwise they grow like a weed basically anywhere else.

[@mrsme33-cy7lf]

@@Infinite_Curiosity00 probably counts me out then. I'm in south Louisiana.

[@Infinite_Curiosity00]

@@mrsme33-cy7lf I grow mine in pots to keep them from being invasive. Maybe that could work in your area, but for different reasons?

[@garywatson9519]

If you like finding treasure, you'll love Jerusalem artichokes.

[@GardensforLife]

Tubers make every trip to the garden a treasure hunt! :D

[@GardensforLife]

Do they grow well down in Portugal?

[@humbllbug]

Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

[@medicgator2111]

Go away

[@cboy5oc]

I originally got mine by digging up some wild ones growing at the edge of the woods in Connecticut, USA. They were only about 3 feet tall. Over the years, they spread and got taller each year. Now they grow about 7-8 ft. tall and produce loads of tubers and flowers every year. They ARE invasive and can grow from even a small broken piece of the root.

[@GardensforLife]

Well they're not an invasive, they're actually native to the US :D

[@GardensforLife]

Free food for hard times to come

[@reneedevry4361]

​@@GardensforLifeI prefer the word oppertunistic.😅

[@Peppersfirst]

I'm going to grow these for the first time this year. Great video!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks and good luck! :D

[@Peppersfirst]

@@GardensforLife Thanks! Do you have Jerusalem Artichokes for sale at the moment?

[@GardensforLife]

@@Peppersfirst Sure, check out our online shop: gardensforlife.ie/shop

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

Don’t underestimate how bad the effects of inulin can be. I don’t think it causes any serious health concerns, but the gastrointestinal distress can be very unpleasant and it effects everyone different. Good idea to try a small amount your first time.

[@GardensforLife]

Indeed, you must cure the tubers for 2 weeks in a place with some sunlight. This breaks down the inlulin into digestible sugars.

[@-whackd]

Boil them soft and then smash them down with a fork and some garlic butter as a kind of hash brown, in a frying pan or skillet. Most of the inulin will be broken down into fructose by then. also, you could do a long ferment by slicing them and adding kimchi spices, or lacto fermenting them.

[@redstone1999]

The first time we ate Sunroots I grew, I cooked average sized potato servings ( did not know about how gastrointestinal bioflora needs Bifidobacterium to process inulin without ill effect ). Our teenage daughters had no ill effect. My wife spent the night in washroom pooping. I was sent to screened porch to sleep as I was a foul smelling farting machine. Afterwards, I served less volume servings. No problems as gastrointestinal bioflora was now balanced. I do two harvest periods ( late fall and early spring before new growth begins ).

[@TOMTOM-nh3nl]

@@GardensforLife How do you cure them? Cut them in 1/2 or leave them whole in an open area? Thank You

[@patriciatinkey2677]

@@-whackd Your skillet method sounds delicious! I wrote it down. Thanks for sharing!

[@shellyboggs9093]

I can’t wait to plant these next growing season!

[@GardensforLife]

Great crop, you'll have it forever! :D

[@mosesmerlin8882]

Thank you so much for teaching us about curing them!!! I almost didn’t grow them again; because, last year I made a soup out of my first batch; and, I got so sick that I threw the rest of the harvest in the garbage. But, I’ve loved the ones I’ve bought in the past so much that I tried another variety (thinking that was the problem). So grateful to you for giving us the solution!!

[@GardensforLife]

You're very welcome! Thanks leaving a comment

[@reneedevry4361]

​@@GardensforLifeDo you have any idea if the ones in the grocery stores are standardly pre-cured? I am in Canada but I thought if farmers in the UK cure them before sale then maybe it would be the same here.??🤫

[@paulmartinez2480]

They are delicious fried! My hens love them too!

[@GardensforLife]

Didn't know chickens will eat them. Cooking or raw?

[@AnneluvsKatz]

Do you give them to the chicks raw or fried?

[@proteinman1981]

Wow, bumper crop. Your soil must be awesome. Thanks for going to the effort of making the video. You have yourself a subscriber

[@GardensforLife]

Thank and welcome! We do no dig gardening, simply smother the grass and add a 6 inch / 15cm layer of compost on top. Very productive and less work.

[@wj7495]

@@GardensforLife What is your method for smothering the grass? Cardboard?

[@virginiamccartney7518]

Their only drawback is they don't keep. Better to cover w/ straw & dig as needed in colder climates.

[@GardensforLife]

We just leave them in the ground throughout the winter, we haven't lost any yet in 8 years of growing them. We've had -10 Celsius

[@victoriajackson5965]

Wow! I am watching your harvest from Northeast Oklahoma USA. I am trying to grow sunchoke here. Yours are doing great!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for your watching. They do great in full sun and in plenty of compost, but sunchokes also do well in not so ideal conditions. :D

[@hunterthelord]

I GROW THEM AS A PRIVACY FENCE. REALLY LOVE THIS PLANT!

[@GardensforLife]

Great pop up fence!

[@redstone1999]

I grow them for crop and windbreak for other crops on southside. I mow a 2 ft wide path on both sides of wide bed row to contain spread.

[@dizzious]

Thanks for showing the different varieties! I had suspected there were different types of Jerusalem artichoke but there is surprisingly little info out there about them. I've always preferred the pink ones, they seem to taste better.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for leaving a comment! Not a huge difference in flavour, but some are easier to harvest and wash.

[@lrg613]

I’ve heard they taste like standard artichokes. Is that true?

[@blaineclark]

Worldwide there may be up to 400 varieties. I had three. One was a white-tan smooth skinned carrot sized and shaped tuber with over a 4' spread! Hard to keep contained. They also had an obnoxiously strong turnipy-herbal flavor. One tuber chunked into a whole pot of soup or stew nearly overpowered it. They also stunk up the whole kitchen. I got rid of them. Another one is a white-tan skinned very knobby tuber with a great nutty taste that reminds me of sunflower seeds. The third one is a red skinned smooth tuber that resembles small sweet potatoes. They have a nuttier taste than the knobby ones, so, I agree.

[@AnneluvsKatz]

⁠@@blaineclarkdo uou know the name of the white knobby variety that tasted like sunflower seeds? Or the smooth red tuber that was even nuttier?

[@sabinekatsavrias4422]

Sooooo productive! I finally planted a good robust few clumps last summer and at end of winter here in South Australia now harvesing washing and preparing for salt fermentation. I am very very impressed! such a bounty!

[@GardensforLife]

The tuberous sunflower has been said to perhaps save the world some day :D

[@alexanderbielski9327]

I am looking to this as a fodder for my chickens. Not completely feeding them this but it will cushion the organic diet a bit. Definitely looks like a good addition with the three sisters.

[@AnneluvsKatz]

Would you feed it raw? Or feed the leaves??

[@sunniewright3335]

I've been growing sunflowers for years! But I've never tried my hand at sunchokes, so I'll be giving it a go. There are three spots in our back (shared) area that would be perfect, and I'll be suggesting growing these beauties in the allotment at our university (Cal State Bakersfield), if they haven't already...I'm new this semester.

[@GardensforLife]

Fantastic vegetable, you'll have it and be able to share with others for a life-time. It's simply a tuberous sunflower that creates food security and living capital reliably year after year! And it's native to the US :D

[@Jimmywuu636]

Chickens love the stocks and leaves.

[@GardensforLife]

Yeah i didn't think they would eat the leaves, but only just threw them a stalks that were on the path and they ate them no bother :D

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

Though I love to eat them, I'd gladly grow them just for their happy, beautiful, wonderful smelling flowers! Many of them smell like chocolate raspberry tea! What a bonus these flowers are, in addition to the great food you can get from these once you get them going. Thanks for covering all these varieties! I did not know!

[@GardensforLife]

You're very welcome! I'm always glad to encourage others

[@demaupin]

Their flowers have an aroma too? That makes me extra excited for the summer to come. I'm finally planting them this year, after years of wanting to. My sense of smell is my most acute sense, and I experience things more through smell than most people, so this detail makes me so happy! Thanks!

[@GardensforLife]

@@demaupin Sorry late reply. I don't know, i guess i've never smelt them for long enough, but i will try it this October/Nov. You've got to smell great mullein and valerian. As good if not better than roses. :D

[@michellewordhollis2593]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! I was uncertain about trying to plant these because of the potential discomfort from the inlulin; however your video is the only one (of the many I have watched thus far) that has mentioned you must let them cure on a windowsill or greenhouse for 1-2 weeks, so the inulin will convert to starch. 😊

[@user-ii1iy8fz1d]

5!? You lucky bastard. Best I've done is three lines. Fave perennial vege! Real survival food. ❤

[@GardensforLife]

Great food for hard times to come, would also make for a good gorilla gardening crop ;)

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

Great harvest. I might have to put some of these in my garden for next season.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! Awesome low maintenance tuber crop, harvest any time of winter or leave them in the ground to grow on year after year. :D

[@Mechy2003]

Thanks for the video.. I planted some tubers last year.. I forgot where they were.. Lol found them this summer.. I just didn't know how to harvest them.. So I really appreciate all the info.. Thank you.. Watching you from Boston.. God bless you

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for your comment! Sunchokes as they're called in the US where they're native can be harvested any time of winter or left to grow for years. Completely hardy and perennial, food on standby :D

[@krodkrod8132]

I bought 5 different types and planted them all through the forest by my house. They are spreading nicely. I just dug some up and am going to add them to some stir fry.

[@GardensforLife]

Very good! Giving me ideas, we've got a little forest here too. Cure them in sunlight for 1-2 weeks before eating them .

[@octoberride]

This is the only video that says when to plant and harvest. Great video!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for leaving a comment!

[@onewhostudies6856]

I got the flowers growing 10 feet tall! Sept. 21st.. can wait to dig some up..

[@GardensforLife]

Not yet if you live in our climate. USDA 8b ish. Tubers are fattening up until the leaves have gone completely brown by mid/end of november.

[@nicholaswillcox]

WOW! holy crap. food for months. Well done!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! Great standby food crop indeed. During the 1940's they were known as the poor mans potato. :D

[@trashbandies4905]

Wow i have been trying to figure out how to deal with the inulin for like 2 years. Thank you!

[@themoorlandsallotment7159]

What a great video. The first I've watched that shows the plant through all the seasons. A plot neighbour just gave me a few tubers and I didn't really know what they were. It's a great plant isn't it pretty and edible.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks a mill for your comment! Yupp they're also great for an instant summer hedge for wind braking and privacy. :D

[@Lioness_of_Gaia]

I planted these near the corner of my yard, they're beautiful! It's nice having them if you need them, too. Thanks!! (:

[@GardensforLife]

Indeed, could come in handy :D

[@michaelbagley9116]

Like all things. In moderation and with awareness of the results.

[@GardensforLife]

Indeed

[@79PoisonBreaker]

Hopefully more here in Canada offer varieties like i see you have, the ones i grew are not named varieties . Thanks for sharing 👍

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for being here with us and watching!

[@gardentours]

Wow, that's a great harvest 🌼👍

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks!

[@BigMama2022]

This is my first season planting sunchokes, I'm so excited to see if they'll grow. Fingers crossed!!

[@GardensforLife]

Pretty much the most reliable vegetable you can grow and extremely low maintenance! Thanks for your comment :D

[@e.miller8943]

From past garden experiences, it seems to me that a spading fork would be useful in harvesting. It has four flat tines and can also be used to loosen compacted clay soil.

[@GardensforLife]

I use a hey fork sometimes, you could also use a turf fork.

[@kazzya1281]

I love your garden ! The view is fantastic!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for your comment and for watching! :D

[@hisroyalblueness]

Very informative, very thorough and much appreciated, thank you 👍

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for watching! :D

[@abcstardust]

Thank you for posting this great Video! It’s a good idea to have these around in case of a food shortage!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! Indeed

[@ActiveArtisan]

I subscribed for your voice alone.

[@maryoshea933]

I definitely got something out of the video as per usual. You reminded me to cure them. First time growing them, the round red ones, can't remember the name. Hopefully we will like them and that they agree with us 🤣

[@GardensforLife]

Indeed curing them is important, hard to know for how long exactly though. :D The red round ones are red Fuseau.

[@jgale9023]

Can you share a video and recipe on how you guys cook them up?

[@lawrencewilliams1477]

MAGNIFICENT

[@vmitchinson]

Amazing crop! I tried growing them and barely got back more then I planted.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! We usually get about 20+ tubers per plant

[@carolschedler3832]

Hi there! When did you plant them? I put some in late November 2022. Got really nice stalks and flowers and hoping to harvest some soon (Feb 2024). They are on property where we are building a house. Hoping to find time during a break i. The weather to dig some. I bet yours will improve over the next year! I’ve seen folks be disappointed first year and then they take off!

[@colmangreen6029]

Brilliant, thank you, especially the inulin info.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for leaving a comment! :D

[@thetawave2473]

I really like this video, and I dig that music

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! Much appreciate your comment :D

[@johnkelly9451]

New subscriber here. Your soil is so rich. I guess I'll have to catch up on your videos? I heard if you wait to harvest after the first hard frost, they will make you less gassey. Amazing harvest!

[@GardensforLife]

Welcome and thanks for leaving a comment! We do no dig gardening, which means you smother the weeds and grass, then put a 4-6 inch thick layer of ages mushroom compost on top and grow in it. There are some video showing this coming up shortly, but for now you can check out the pizza garden videos on our channel.

[@eileens4136]

My neighbor is from Korea and she uses them like a potato, like mixed into a salad and she said they are better for blood sugar (she has diabetes). Don't eat too many at a time, you might get diarrhea if you are prone to that. Anyway - we share a fence so I have some too and I love to look at those flowers still bright and yellow in October in Minnesota! Must be about 20 feet high!

[@GardensforLife]

Wow! The tallest ours ever got was probably 12 feet :D

[@ramonajolley1966]

This is so interesting. I planted some last year, but they didn't flower, so i left them in. Maybe this year, they will do better. I'm excited to try them. I'm glad to know to let them cure a bit before eating. Thank you and take care!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! If you ate them straight out of the ground, you would've known all about it! haha :D Great backup crop to have. Thanks for watching

[@79PoisonBreaker]

Those red look wonderful and easy to clean.

[@GardensforLife]

Red Fuseau are nice

[@ourfamilyoutdoors7331]

I have some that are purple and smooth that grow wild in my area

[@GardensforLife]

Nice! Are you in the US? They are native to there. We have never seem to wild in europe.

[@lennylink8772]

The Sunchoke is in the 3 top producing plant in terms of calories, and it grows in extremely poor soil as well. Extremely important plant for hard times!

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks! What are the other 2 do you know ?

[@badxradxandy]

I think corn and potatoes

[@GardensforLife]

Cure them before eating and watch PLANTING VIDEO HERE: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoGUi6pqbJqKh7M

[@kanhdahar2]

have you grown the gerard variety? is it the same as the red fuseau?

[@pecker556]

Those red fasau are absoluetly lovely! I will be trying growing jerusalem artichoke this year (2024) for the first time. I dont know what variety, as I ordered them online, and have yet to recieve them. Im very excited. Thank you for the great video!

[@AL62yt]

Brilliant video, bigger harvest than mine, although mine are planted in the soil rather than compost. What is the best way you have found to store yours once dug? I’m also trying Yacons this year as well.🤞

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for leaving a comment! J. Artichokes are hardy and still provide a reliable harvest if planted in poor soil, but smaller tubers. In compost tubers are bigger and easier to dig up. Compost is also less sticky than soil / clay, so need to wash them. You can store them in a crate in a dry and cool place, for example a shed or greenhouse. We harvest ours as we need them throughout the winter, so storing them in the ground.

[@blaineclark]

They can be dehydrated or frozen. They're wetter than potatoes, so take more time to dry. Chips and small chunks dry better. I've made flour by putting well dried chips through a food processor. It keeps very well. I'm going to boil and mash and dehydrate a batch this fall to see if I can make instant mashed 'choke flakes. They can be frozen in your freezer except for shredded stock for hash browns or latkes. Since they're wetter than potatoes, it's best to press a lot of their moisture out first or they'll thaw out making a lot of water. Larger chunks or whole 'chokes thaw much better. A tid-bit; 'chokes can survive zone 3 winters, so they can be stored in the freezer and planted in the spring! We can most of our fall harvest as pickles and relishes. Our zone 5 winters freeze our soil so digging through the winter is out of the question. However, we have a sizable spring harvest when we have more time than in the fall.

[@Amoreholisticlife]

Nice video! I didn’t know how to harvest mind, so thank you. Now I’m ready. Weird question. Where did you get your crates you used to put them in during harvest? I need some of those.😊

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for your comment! Those are super market crates. These often get discarded and you can buy them for 1-2 euro / USD on second hand websites. Just search for plastic crates.

[@smithpianoservicing3421]

This is incredible! I’m going to have to try them out.

[@GardensforLife]

Easy to grow! :D

[@user-qk1cx6gs2z]

Great video, awesome ....thank you for sharing

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for leaving your comment! :D

[@NWTejas]

Good information and well shared. Thank you.

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks for leaving a comment!

[@kristeetrisler4942]

Red fuscea my first year was last year. I will sadly admit my plants were eaten by deer. Never had a flower. So after making them trying to figure it out. Made one last batch for the property owner and my husband ate them after work. SO our friend will be the first to have a batch

[@yeschefeastmidlands5503]

Great video mate

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks a mill

[@patiencekates5975]

Fascinating! Thank you

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks!

[@patiencekates5975]

How long will the tubers last after harvest? @@GardensforLife

[@Nimbleful]

what do you put into your soil mix for JAs? it looks lovely, healthy and dark :)

[@GardensforLife]

Just mushroom compost and sometimes we spoil our plants by adding seaweed dust and volcanic rock dust. :D

[@ruobingleung1016]

i like your work 👍🏻👍🏻

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks a mill! Appreciate that

[@TransdermalCelebrate]

Thank you Mate 👍

[@EyesWideOpen1969]

Keep it coming

[@GardensforLife]

Another tuber harvest coming in the next few days! :D

[@johnbaxter189]

Double boil. Boil once and leave to stand then boil again then u wont fart.

[@GardensforLife]

Good to know in case you ever don't have time to cure them. How long would you leave them to stand?

[@winkfinkerstien1957]

Thank you! 😎👍🏻🌱

[@kdh3777]

God is good! Mark 4:20 “ And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. ”

[@GardensforLife]

Nature is perfect! :D

[@SgtSnausages]

I grow them primarily for the tops as a 100% hands-off, zero maintenance (no pest, no disease, no watering) fodder/feed crop for my Rabbitry. The Chokes make up about15-20% of their annual diet. Not a bad tuber underneath either. I eat those. Rabbits eat the tops. Meat and Potatoes (carb-loaded tubers, anyway (close to Potatoes)l in a single, easy-as-can-be, prolific crop. Win/win/win all around.

[@catur82]

Sir, How long to grow up artichokes, from begining until harvest? How to get the tubers of them I want to plants in indonesia Thank you for your respond 🙏

[@GardensforLife]

In our climate they will grow for the full growing season from March to November. Harvest any time during Winter. I'm sorry i don't know where you can get them in your country.

[@catur82]

@@GardensforLife thank you for your kindly information. Have a nice day

[@stacyw3250]

I havent found where you mention they are invasive and will spread.

[@GardensforLife]

These are clumping. They have not been 'invasive' in our gardens, but I always recommend planting them in a permanent spot.

[@mixedgraffiti62]

to convert the inulin on the window for a week wouldn't that make the tubers go mushy? is there a way to prevent that?

[@GardensforLife]

Where we are we've always kept them on tables in a greenhouse in winter and they would be fine for weeks.

[@mixedgraffiti62]

@GardensforLife awesome thanks for the quick response I guess I'll have to get a greenhouse haha 😄 I planted over 100 of these the other day

[@pamparrish753]

Where did you find them to start

[@GardensforLife]

ebay and at a rare plants market

[@christopherlee7834]

I would like to know if each variety has a different flavor? If so I will definitely buy some different varieties.

[@GardensforLife]

There's very little difference between varieties, similar to other types of tuberous veg such as mashua, oca or yacon.

[@ladyheiress9933]

How do you eat the sunchokes? Will they grow anywhere? I live in the desert. If I had to decide on one variety which is the best of all the varieties?

[@GardensforLife]

Cured, then baked. They grow almost anywhere. I found this: Origin It is believed that the Jerusalem artichoke originated in the eastern United States. It was an important food crop cultivated by Native American tribes and can now be found in every state except Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Alaska, and Hawaii. Its range also extends north into eastern and central Canada. White Truffle and red fuseau are my personal favorites for harvesting.

[@yoop177]

Dont eat till after first freeze. You can leave in the ground and dig up when u need them.

[@GardensforLife]

Indeed, good advise. Also do cure in sunlight for 2 weeks before eating

[@anthonymitchell6831]

NOW HOW DO YOU STORE THEM AND HOW DO YOU COOK THEM?

[@GardensforLife]

We store them in situ in the ground, harvesting whenever we need them in between dec and april. Cure them for 2 weeks in sunlight in a dry place before cooking. Cook like a potato

[@JacobAnawalt]

That soil is like black gold. What is the zone? The rainfall? Watering? I suspect that all contributes to the impressive harvest. I have heard they don't produce a lot in drier regions.

[@GardensforLife]

It's 10 inches of 6-12 month old compost from a mushroom farm. We are about 8b maritime cold temperate in Ireland. We don't water our gardens. Actually the native americans spread the sunchoke to desert states, they are believed to be native to eastern US.

[@kqdwills]

Hi, I put about 6 tubers in 10 gal bag. They are growing about 2-3 ft now after 3 months. How do you think if I pull them up and replant them, so they can have more space? Do they response well to replanting, or they'll shock. Do they have tubers now and the tubers will get damaged by transplanting? You have 5 varieties. Which one tastes best and which one has biggest tubers? What variety was the one you harvesting in this clip? Thank you.

[@thomasjcorson7502]

Just from that one area you got more tubers than potatoes!

[@GardensforLife]

J. Artichokes are probably 3 times as productive as potatoes, but they're not as starchy.

[@redstone1999]

Bonus is, no pest pressure like potatoes are subject to. No matter where I plant potatoes, the Potato Bugs find them and wipe out the top growth. I have given up on growing potatoes as I have many crops to tend to. Weekly weeding of garden is plenty of work by itself without daily bug picking potatoes. I grow organic and sunchokes/sunroots makes for easy crop to grow and harvest after main harvesting is done.

[@CoolStuff..]

cool

[@danielsullivan8496]

Where does one find jerusalem artichokes?

[@GardensforLife]

It depends on where you are based. They are available on our website: gardensforlife.ie/shop

[@steveberry6745]

Nice !!! Harvest …

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks!

[@troyheald77]

AAA+++Bedford, Texas=======Thanks=======

[@GardensforLife]

Thanks, love texas. Check out jack spirko in fortworth dallas, great podcast :D

[@dbmail545]

I hadn't realized how many tubers each plant produces.

[@GardensforLife]

It depends on how much compost you're planting them into. :D

[@wsearp]

I love Jerusalem Artichokes.... the only problem is they will take over your garden

[@GardensforLife]

We just harvest them back around the edges of the patch, use clumping varieties and we plant them on the edges of the garden.

[@PALOMNYK]

Do the flowers all look the same?

[@GardensforLife]

All 6 varieties we've got all look the same.

[@wasfalsehood9295]

What if you leave them in ground for let’s say two years

[@jackbquick123]

Stupid question but what do they taste like and do the different varieties taste the same? Thank you for such an informative video

[@leoniebelcher1680]

They are kind of nutty and the texture is similar to water chestnut, a little crunchy. I love them sliced and fried in butter

[@jackbquick123]

@@leoniebelcher1680 thank you I will have to try them

[@GardensforLife]

+1 on that! Thanks! :D

[@GardensforLife]

Not much of a difference in flavour. The main difference is they're appears, texture and the way they grow.

[@jackbquick123]

@@GardensforLife thank you for responding, this was the first I heard about these things and I'm old lol I will definitely have to try growing and eating some Lord willing

[@twistertruecrime]

Do you sell tubers ? I would like the Aurora Rubin

[@GardensforLife]

Indeed we do, the link is in the video description above.

[@allenchase3987]

If you grow your own seed stock do you just leave them in the ground until you want to relocate?

[@GardensforLife]

Correct! Harvest any time of winter or just let them grow again next year.

[@bipbip6626]

Can i buy the tubers NOW [ebay for example] And plant them in Nov For spring display And Autumn food, next year? I m in North Wales. Can they cope with loads if rain? Also: Are white tubers going to give white flowers?

[@DoubleVisionHomestead]

Do you know how to get rid of them?

[@GardensforLife]

Dig up as many tubers as you can and as the ones you missed grow in Spring, just pull them up. We always recommend to plant these in a permanent location or somewhere in the corner of the garden.

[@annaharris9826]

How do eat or prepare them?

[@GardensforLife]

Cure them for 2 weeks in light, can mashed or roasted

[@Mrs.Chaos1982]

If you don't have a greenhouse, where would you suggest a good place to cure? Maybe your car? Should you scrub them clean first? I will be growing them for the first time this year so any info no matter how little is very much appreciated.

[@GardensforLife]

You can cure them anywhere in light, especially sunlight is good. Car is fine or outside, even in the rain should be no harm. It brakes down the inulin. I would wash them before curing. When growing them in pure compost aka a no dig garden they are really easy to clean.

[@Mrs.Chaos1982]

@@GardensforLife thank you

[@oriraykai3610]

This root is the best source for Inulin, a natural cure for diabetes, which most everyone would benefit from given the excess sugar in most westerners diets.Cook them like you'd cook potatoes or put them in soup without curing if you want to benefit from the diabetes curing properties of inulin.

[@GardensforLife]

Great info, thanks! You can start with smaller amount to get your digestive system used to it :D