are 8 feet

and rising

with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top

deep joy

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On Sep 28, 1:56*pm, "Gill Smith" >
wrote:
> are 8 feet
>
> and rising
>
> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>
> deep joy
>
> --http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

deep envy..... ;-)

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
...
> On Sep 28, 1:56 pm, "Gill Smith" >
> wrote:
>> are 8 feet
>>
> and rising
>>
>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>
>> deep joy
>>
>> --http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/
>
> deep envy..... ;-)

actually, mater is quite dismissive

calls them 'weeds' if you will!

I feel quite little red hennish about it

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On 9/28/2010 4:09 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Sep 28, 1:56 pm, "Gill >
> wrote:
>> are 8 feet
>>
>> and rising
>>
>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>
>> deep joy
>>
>> --http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/
> deep envy..... ;-)

Ditto. I tried to grow them, but it was not successful. Dr. Oz
mentioned artichokes in one of the top 5 foods that starve cancer. This
article was quite informative (and short).

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-foods-starve-cancer

Becca

"Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
...
> Gill Smith wrote:
>> are 8 feet
>>
>> and rising
>>
>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>
>> deep joy
>
> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
> ones...
>
> When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.
>
> (Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
> family)

Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
American group?))))


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Gill Smith wrote:
> are 8 feet
>
> and rising
>
> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>
> deep joy

The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
ones...

When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.

(Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
family)

--
Rusty

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge
> wrote:

> Gill Smith wrote:
> > are 8 feet
> >
> > and rising
> >
> > with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
> >
> > deep joy
>
> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
> ones...
>
> 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?

Jerusalem
http://hotdogjam.wordpress.com/2009/...em-artichokes/

Globe
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...a-garden-3.jpg

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On Sep 29, 9:21 am, sf > wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge
>
>
>
> > wrote:
> > Gill Smith wrote:
> > > are 8 feet
>
> > > and rising
>
> > > with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>
> > > deep joy
>
> > The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
> > ones...
>
> > 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/
>
> Globehttp://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/how-to-design-a-garden-3.jpg
>
The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
to believe one could mistake which he's growing. -aem

On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem >
wrote:

> The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
> to believe one could mistake which he's growing.

Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
didn't. <shrug> That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
rfc.

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Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Sep 29, 10:48*am, sf > wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
> > The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. *Hard
> > to believe one could mistake which he's growing. * *
>
> Agreed. *I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
> I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
> didn't. *<shrug> *That's why I supplied pictures. *If there was
> anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
> rfc.
>
> --
>
> Never trust a dog to watch your food.

Probably by the height. I grow globe artichokes and they get 6 feet
max. Plus it's the wrong time of year if he's in the northern
hemisphere.

Susan B.

In uk.rec.gardening sf > wrote:
>> The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
>> to believe one could mistake which he's growing.
> Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
> I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
> didn't. <shrug> That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
> anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
> rfc.

It's not really the season for globe artichokes, but it is for the manky
artichoke weeds. Well, in the UK, anyhow. Not sure where the original
poster was now.

"Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
...
> Gill Smith wrote:
>> are 8 feet
>>
>> and rising
>>
>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>
>> deep joy
>
> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
> ones...
>
> When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.

can you leave them in the ground until you use them

I suppose the flowers should be removed as useless ornamentation

even though they look rather attractive

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Rusty Hinge wrote:
> Gill Smith wrote:
>> are 8 feet
>>
>> and rising
>>
>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>
>> deep joy
>
> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not
> globe ones...
>
> When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.

... and make a not untasty soup, or boil them and serve with lots of
butter, and then discover why we call them "fartichokes".

>
> (Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the
> sunflower family)

"Girasole" being the probable source of the misname "Jerusalem". Why
"artichoke", though, I don't know...Ah: the dictionary says they
"somewhat resemble the globe artichoke in flavour". I'll accept the
derivation, but deny the resemblance.

--
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"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
...
> On 9/28/2010 4:09 PM, ImStillMags wrote:
>> On Sep 28, 1:56 pm, "Gill >
>> wrote:
>>> are 8 feet
>>>
>>> and rising
>>>
>>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>>
>>> deep joy
>>>
>>> --http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/
>> deep envy..... ;-)
>
> Ditto. I tried to grow them, but it was not successful. Dr. Oz
> mentioned artichokes in one of the top 5 foods that starve cancer. This
> article was quite informative (and short).
>
> http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/5-foods-starve-cancer
>
> Becca

These will be Globes not Jerusalems.

mark

Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Gill Smith wrote:
>>> are 8 feet
>>>
>>> and rising
>>>
>>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>>
>>> deep joy
>>
>> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not
>> globe ones...
>>
>> When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.
>>
>> (Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the
>> sunflower family)
>
> Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
> American group?))))

tasting tha apple pie and grits.

--
Rusty

sf wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:24:02 +0100, Rusty Hinge
> > wrote:
>
>> Gill Smith wrote:
>>> are 8 feet
>>>
>>> and rising
>>>
>>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>>
>>> deep joy
>> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
>> ones...
>>
>> 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?

No.

> Jerusalem
> http://hotdogjam.wordpress.com/2009/...em-artichokes/
>
> Globe
> http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/...a-garden-3.jpg

I did mean to add that the little buds on the Jerusalem artichokes were
flower buds too.

I know what they look like - while I haven't got a globe a, I have
Jerusalem ones growing like weeds here.

(I even had one appear in the workshop.)

--
Rusty

sf wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
>> The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
>> to believe one could mistake which he's growing.
>
> Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
> I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
> didn't. <shrug> That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
> anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
> rfc.

I've never seen a globe artichoke reach eight feet - four to five is
about the average, before they fall over...

The size of the 'globe' was a deaad giveaway, too.

--
Rusty

Gill Smith wrote:
> "Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Gill Smith wrote:
>>> are 8 feet
>>>
>>> and rising
>>>
>>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>>
>>> deep joy
>> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
>> ones...
>>
>> When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.
>
> can you leave them in the ground until you use them

Yes, but they'll start to sprout in mid spring. he shoots though, are
perfectly edible.

> I suppose the flowers should be removed as useless ornamentation

No, just leave them. They won't weaken the crop.

> even though they look rather attractive

Having grown sunflowers as a seed crop, I think they look rather silly...

--
Rusty

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 23:32:46 +0100, Rusty Hinge
> wrote:

> I know what they look like - while I haven't got a globe a, I have
> Jerusalem ones growing like weeds here.

We haven't heard back from the OP yet. Only he knows what he's
talking about.

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"Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Gill Smith wrote:
>>>> are 8 feet
>>>>
>>>> and rising
>>>>
>>>> with a plethora of spikey marble-sized globes on top
>>>>
>>>> deep joy
>>>
>>> The globes are flower buds, and you have Jerusalem artichokes, not globe
>>> ones...
>>>
>>> When the stems die off, you dig the artichokes up.
>>>
>>> (Globe artichokes are like a big thistle, Jerusalem are in the sunflower
>>> family)
>>
>> Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
>> American group?))))
>
> tasting tha apple pie and grits.

lol I have just noticed it is crossposted
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"Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
...
> Ophelia wrote:
>> "Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Ophelia wrote:
>
>
>>>> Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
>>>> American group?))))
>>>
>>> tasting tha apple pie and grits.
>>
>> lol I have just noticed it is crossposted
>
> <innocence="wide-eyed">
> Is it?
> </innocence>

<glare>

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Ophelia wrote:
> "Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ophelia wrote:


>>> Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in an
>>> American group?))))
>>
>> tasting tha apple pie and grits.
>
> lol I have just noticed it is crossposted

<innocence="wide-eyed">
Is it?
</innocence>

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Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ophelia wrote:
>>> "Rusty Hinge" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>> Rusty Hinge as I live and breathe.... )) What are you doing in
>>>>> an American group?))))
>>>>
>>>> tasting tha apple pie and grits.
>>>
>>> lol I have just noticed it is crossposted
>>
>> <innocence="wide-eyed">
>> Is it?
>> </innocence>
>
> <glare>

<bask>

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sf wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> wrote:
>
>> The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
>> to believe one could mistake which he's growing.
>
> Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
> I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
> didn't. <shrug> That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
> anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to

Globe artichokes don't grow to eight feet.

--
Rusty

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:09:18 +0000, Rusty Hinge
> wrote:

> sf wrote:
> > On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:32:34 -0700 (PDT), aem >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The two plants are unrelated and very different in appearance. Hard
> >> to believe one could mistake which he's growing.
> >
> > Agreed. I was wondering how Rusty could be so sure by the words only.
> > I thought the OP was talking about a regular globe artichoke, Rusty
> > didn't. <shrug> That's why I supplied pictures. If there was
> > anything in there as a visual reference, it didn't make the xpost to
>
> Globe artichokes don't grow to eight feet.

Old topic and not interested anymore.

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