On Sep 29, 9:21 am, sf > wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge
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> > wrote:
> > Gill Smith wrote:
> > > are 8 feet
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> > > and rising
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> > > with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
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> > > deep joy
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> > The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
> > ones...
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> > When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.
>
> > (Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
> > family)
>
> Did you see a picture of it over in uk.rec.gardening?
>
> Jerusalemhttp://hotdogjam.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/jerusalem-artichokes/
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> Globehttp://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/how-to-design-a-garden-3.jpg
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The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing. -aem