Instead of successive planting, here we grow Jerusalem artichokes with beans running up them. The Jerusalem artichokes don't mind (they'll grow no matter what!), and the beans take advantage of the support they provide.
They probably provide nitrogen to the JA's as well. You could do the same thing with snap peas, peas and sugar snap peas, climbing up the JA's and lending nitrogen.
Slow cook for 12+ hours or ferment to convert the inulin. I highly recommend the slow cook method. The inulin turns into a digestible sugar and it tastes/smells amazing!!
I know this is an older video, but I want to comment that I just tried growing "sunchokes" this year for the first time! I'm using five gallon grow bags, and so far they have grown amazingly well! In a couple of months I hope for a bountiful harvest! Thank you, Mark!
I started this year too based off of this video, 12 pieces in a 4x3 portion of my “ invasive species” bed , thought they were done for after squirrels attacked the first young shoots but they are doing great.
@@menschmitnamen Mine did not grow very well at all. No flowers like I was expecting, and the bulbs, or tubers were very few and tiny. Big disappointment here.
Thanks Mark, last year i planted 6 small pieces and harvested a tengallon bucket full from a raised bed. It is very prolific, but I do have to protect them from deer, as they love the leaves. Lastly, I slice them in thin slices and dehydrate them at low setting and make sunchips. Excellent and they keep for long periods of time. very crunchy
Found a plant randomly growing in my backyard. I moved into this house 12 months ago, the property is subdivided, along the fence line I noticed something growing, thought it was a weed, google lensed it and whatdoyaknow!! I got me Jerusalem Artichokes!!!
There is a huge forest that goes for miles behind my house. There are millions of these things growing all around the perimeter. I should dig some up and move them to my yard.
Jerusalem artichokes make a lot of inulin - a plant fiber that we don’t readily absorb but many species of gut bacteria can digest.. Depending upon the microbial species, they can release a lot of gas during the fermentation process in the intestinal lumen. Fermentation before eating may reduce the native inulin, making them less “gassy.”
The reason the fermentation helps with the gas is because the same bacteria that produce those gases in your gut are what are doing the fermentation in a jar. So you're basically predigesting them and doing more of the gas producing part outside your body than in it. This has the added benefit of breaking down more of all that indigestible fiber into digestible sugars before it passes through your small intestines where those calories can be absorbed. Fermenting makes the chokes both more nutritious and less gassy.
Love your channel. I live in Vermont USA, it's a cold climate here ( or used to be). These plants are indigenous to here and the Native people shared this knowledge with the Europeans to help them survive. It's a great survival plant and they used to dig even in winter when needed. The Europeans called the plants a "Windy" food because of the gas. I'm a landscaper and I use this plant in many of my gardens.
I'm in a cold area much of the year. I bought some at a supermarket locally and planted. I tried a few locations and these are a beast! They grew in clay mud next to garlic and onions, thru grew well in well drained soil, they grew in Rocky soil...even after being blown over! They are admirable!! Last summer I got 3or 4 5 gallon buckets of em, and still didn't have time for one if the beds. (Non contained) A month back I planted a row behind my place to make a wall between me and my neighbor with awful taste in music. I'll let ya know how it went. Lol
Thank you so much for scripting your videos to keep them succinct and on topic. So many gardening channels fail to do this. If I had a planted sapling for every video I've watched that wasted 20 minutes of my time to get 5 minutes of good information, I'd have an orchard today.
Interesting, we call them 'topinambur' here in Germany. Never knew they were called Jerusalem artichoke in english, that's cool. They are pretty invasive so we dug some up in the wild and planted them in pots in our garden. Very hardy, will come back even if you completely ignore them, and I like the taste. Great idea to pickle them! They seem largely unknown as food source over here so there are few recipes for them as far as I've seen. I've used them like a sort of more crisp potato so far, works pretty well.
Another excellent tutorial, thanks. Elliot Coleman, whom I credit with starting the organic farming movement in the USA, used to say "You call yourself a cabbage?" to underperforming veggies, from an encounter with a small cabbage. He went nearby and cut a large cabbage and took it over to the underperformer, saying "You call yourself a cabbage. THAT'S a cabbage!" You are a good teacher.
Thank you for this video. I think you meant to say they're a good pre, not pro, biotic due to their inulin. Also, I live in a climate where the ground freezes solid in winter (Canada) and so like to harvest mine in fall. I don't wash them off at all but let the wet mud dry on them and then put them into the crisper. It's now the first of June, and I've been eating them sparingly to make them last as long as possible. They're still hard as rocks. So the key is not to wash off the dirt before storing them.
Turns out squirrels love them. They dug every one in my yard up before i realized it. If you have them in your area just keep the hottest pepper powder handy to sprinkle on the surface. Works for me at least
Best sunchoke video out there. I'll have to try your pickling suggestion. These are the easiest perennial veg to grow in my opinion...the stalks when dried are even useful for plant staking (I only dried the ones that grew huge in the ground not containers...these stalks are easily 6-8ft). I planted in 5 gallon buckets as well successfully & stored unwashed in peat soil overwinter
Thanks Mark! Fermenting Jerusalem Artichokes is a great idea. I slice them up and use them raw in salads (a better replacement for water chestnuts) or fry them in butter topped with fried eggs. Any which way you eat them they are a diabetics best friend. They contain more inulin than any known plant. Inulin helps the pancreas produce insulin which is way better than supplementing insulin. Insulin has also been used in the treatment of cancer. I believe Sunchokes are useful treatment for any degenerative disease.
I wish all my veges are self sufficient, I love that you don't have to plant them they come back by themselves. I love that they are invasive. Mine are over 10 feet. We had a storm and I had to cut mine back they are so crisp they just break right off.... If you eat them gradually you won't get gas. It never bothers me. I guess because I eat a lot of beans my body is used to it. Another nice video thanks.
Today I went to check on the "weeds" in the alley behind our house that my neighbor keeps complaining about. Turns out they are Jerusalem artichokes! Wanting to learn more about them, I did a quick search and found my favorite gardening RUclipsr made a video about these. And a great video at that! Thank you for your very informative,, always light hearted, educational video, Mark. I'm going to go out to see if I can find any tubers. I might even offer a few to the neighbors if I find any good ones.
Same here, didn't weed them because they looked too much like a a vegetable seedling, and as they got bigger I found out they are sunchokes. Just moved here in the winter, had some garden suprises already. Hope they don't take over the whole garden, we will see if we like it in the autumn, never tried it before.
Great stuff. Mark I grew those fartichokes last year and they went bananas, about 4 meters tall and lots of tubers. Well have them in again this season here in Germany and they are off and running. Interesting point is the huge stalks which I saved will be my tomato stakes this year so the indeterminate tiny toms will be secure. Thanks very much for the pickling tips as this was a point which needed clearing up for me.All the best from Anthony.
You really like your videos with all the information you give. I'm new at gardening even though I grew up on a farm. But at age 59, I just started gardening.
BTW growing ja's in containers works great. I usually get a three gallon can full from three 3-gallon cans. They do well in part sun. You just need to keep them from being knocked over by the wind since they'll get over 6' tall and be sure to water at least once a day.
Watching this again after an age and still laughed my ass of at the "... fart like a champion!" comment. Amazing, down to earth, honest to the core, top notch Australia hero. Mark you're a star, thanks for keeping your content amazing! Once a squaddie always a squaddie, great humour without any loss of the top quality content mate. 👍 😁
Garen in the adelaide hills I grew some in a wicking bed as an experiment. Wow what a harvest from one plant. I went sideways with my hand and found another 12. A gr8 surprise. Next time I will have a deeper layer of top soil. We baked them another surprise, much better than, steaming. that was good too, soft and smooth. Ideal to puree for a soup. I have noticed they dont grow so well in compacted soil. They still grow just not so well. Maybe they need music as well.
Your videos are the absolute best! I watch them endlessly. And it’s super helpful for me because I live fairly close to you (Ipswich) so your growing season is the same as mine
I have the red kind and they also grow well in pots but even they grow up to 2 -3 meters, mine have never had flowers. I eat them in Salat or cook them with potatos, or as mash, make rosted veg in the oven or creamsoup. I am going to try fermenting. Thank you, great Video. 👍🙋🏼♀️
I was motivated tonight. I planted two large pieces of Jerusalem artichokes in my raised bed, and I fermented a large jar of them in a quart jar. Can't wait to try them! It has only been a couple of weeks, but already there is lot of green growth on top. I live in San Diego.
I love artichokes. I have heard you mention Jerusalem artichokes before. But never actually considered growing it, much less how you would use it. I love this video and will DEFINITELY be growing some now. I also like reading the comments and seeing what other people use it for and how they prepare it.
Thank you Mark. I've been growing Jerusalem Artichokes (Uk) for more than a decade and in a spot that can't be used for much else , always successful as a crop. In the Uk I find they do not take over land quickly and have stayed pretty much in their 4 foot by 4 foot patch between my polytunnels. Mostly I have neglected them and only used them to make a sort of tikka masala soup, which is delicious.
Sorry I missed your question. In Feb I planted a new smooth variety in builders buckets (with drill hole). They have done pretty well. I used them as a moveble screen.
There's currently a breeding program in the US that uses crosses of jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke in attempt to yield a perennial oilseed sunflower. They're purely looking for oil seeds, but I see the potential for two crops.
Mark... I can´t stop watching your videos... you are amazing, I hope I can start a small proyect myself here in argentina! not only you give excellent info you are also the number one master of "dad jokes"... amazing videos.. thanks for sharing your knowledge
If it remember correctly, the reason they cause a lot of gas build up is because the starches are only really digested in your large intestine where a lot of your microbes are, which means more gas production. My theory as to why fermentation helps with the gas issue is because it would help start to break down those hard to digest starches before hand, so more of it is absorbed in the stomach and small intestine.
The same bacteria that ferment them are what are eating them in your large intestines, so you're essentially predigesting them, which not only reduces the amount of inulin available to your gut bacteria but also makes more of the inulin starches available to your small intestines. So fermenting them makes them both more nutritious and less gassy.
Love your channel, your sense of humour, your super helpful tips. So thorough, and thoroughly enjoyable in a really good time frame. Honestly reMarkable, Mark😁
Im in zone 4. These are a great perinial root crop. Dont dig up till after the first good freeze. Then they tastebeven better. This will also lessen the gas, also try peeling most of outer layer off, that too will lessen the gas. You can also dig as you need them all winter long.
They love my iron-heavy clay soil just fine - no amendments or fertilizers & they kick all the weedy riff raff out of their space. I love plants that take care of themselves.
Only thing is getting all that clay soil off the roots is a bugger. As my dad use to say " Got to eat a pound of soil before you die. So a bit of dirt won't hurt you, eat up son." He may have been right. I'm 62 and still have my redhair. :D
If multiple varieties are grown, you can even harvest the tiny sunflower seeds and plant them in spring. I grow 6 varieties in my Zone 9b California garden and pulled the dried seed heads off the plants after the finches had their way with them and still got several dozen seeds. If you grow a single variety, you are unlikely to have seeds develop. I'll be planting them indoors to get them started early.
3 yes later, but would you be willing to ship some seeds/tubers to me in Florida ? I've never grown JA before so would be interested in giving them a go
Lol 😂 I love the talking to the crop at the end. So I have been growing them for about 3 years now in the same container and have yet to eat one. Every spring I go out dig them up and spread them around. This year it is packed! I will probably eat some this year now that I have seen you fermenting them. I have never tried fermenting but after watching your video on pickles I am definitely intrigued. Thanks for your videos.
I bought a kilo of them this year for planting, we got 40 tubers in and i can't wait to see what we get from it. I must be one of the lucky people, i can eat them raw, cooked how ever i like and get no gas from it. They taste great 👍
I grow them in my yard. I live in US zone 4a, where -35 degrees F (-37.2 C) is not rare. They survive just fine in the ground, and if they are heavily mulched, you can dig them up in the middle of winter. There are videos of RUclips on how to prevent the side effect, plus you body gets used to them. Also recipes. In my case, I allow them to spread to an area that is beyond my fence but is part of my yard, but the city claims as theirs. Of course, they don't do anything with it. The plants look like sunflower plants and they have no problem with that. As Fred VanOlphen mentioned, I suggest people who can not find their medication for diabetes, look up "inulin". Can't say anything more due to US laws.
How do you mean? Freedom of speech means you can "say" whatever you want you just can't imply you're an authority on the subject if it's diet or medicine without opening yourself to lawsuits.
Inulin and insulin are not even remotely related. There are no laws that say you can't suggest that, but you shouldn't because it's wrong and dangerous to anyone who believes you and tries to treat their diabetes with sunchokes. The only reason you might suggest diabetics consume inulin is because inulin is indigestible, which makes foods high in inulin low on glycemic index. Eating low glycemic foods are only one element of diabetes management, not a substitute for insulin injections.
Hi I have small garden in community garden and we have there raspberries,so we clean this week there , and while we cleaning we dig some tubs , I look at and say I think it’s Jerusalem artichoke,I hid many I can find. Today I just peal one and try raw , not bad ,start looking videos about,and yours is first come up. I will replant them in woods ,so no one know what is this,and I can harvest when I like 😂👍
I'm really interested in growing these and other perennials. Also have heard of the fermenting of them which is awesome. Not only does it stop the gassiness, but they are tremendously nutritious.
I didn't know that I was supposed to dig them up. I know they are aggressive and prolific. I put some sunchoke tubers in a raised bed of concrete blocks two years ago and just let them grow. I was told they are a survival food and can be left in the ground until you need them. I was told that you don't have to harvest them like potatoes. Anyway after a couple of years of letting them grow and not harvesting them they didn't flower out like they did the year before. This spring (right now) I want to dig them all up, add some fresh potting soil to the old dirt and replant them. They are aggressive and already have 10 inches of plant on them. But if I do all of this in one day I don't think they will suffer much. I have to keep my sunchoke bed fenced because the deer love them and will eat them right down to the ground. I didn't know that I can pickle them! Wow. I didn't know that I could plant salad greens and radishes over them when the tops go dormant and die back! Thank you for a very informative video. I subscribed to your channel. ❤
I’ve had a Jerusalem artichoke in my garden for years, I don’t move it at all. It’s huge, and keeps on giving... you won’t regret it! 😊 Happy gardening!
No joke on them being prolific growers. Bought four tubers to plant four years ago, never had to buy another and never planted another. Thankfully they keep in the same spots near my fence line and haven't gotten crazy spreading. BTW thinly sliced fried in garlic and olive oil is amazing.
Great tip to ferment the Jerusalem Artichokes. I'm definitely going to try that this year. I had at least two 5 gallon buckets full of them from a 4'x8' bed last year and didn't know what to do with them all. I reduced the space this year. They are at least 12 ft tall right now and taking over again. Looking for a way to contain them for coming years.
Funny, this video was just suggested now. I made sun chokes today in my mock lasagna, instead of pasta. Different texture, obviously, but, wow delicious!
Love your plantain trees on the back, I do grow the jerus artichokes every year, they are great for many recipes, picked they are just great and they go good with beer, I make pancakes for breakfast.
Definitely one of my favorite root crops. I got my first tubers from the side of the road here in central Texas. Being from a semi arid environment, being able to plant and forget is amazing. They also make a fantastic distraction plant for deer and bovine, they can’t get enough.
Instead of successive planting, here we grow Jerusalem artichokes with beans running up them. The Jerusalem artichokes don't mind (they'll grow no matter what!), and the beans take advantage of the support they provide.
Wow that is a great suggestion! I think I'll try that myself this year thanks!
They probably provide nitrogen to the JA's as well. You could do the same thing with snap peas, peas and sugar snap peas, climbing up the JA's and lending nitrogen.
I just transplanted some of those from the wild , but I didn’t do it for the artichoke necessarily I did it to keep my bees happy
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Tks I'm gonna do this next yr.
Slow cook for 12+ hours or ferment to convert the inulin.
I highly recommend the slow cook method. The inulin turns into a digestible sugar and it tastes/smells amazing!!
I know this is an older video, but I want to comment that I just tried growing "sunchokes" this year for the first time!
I'm using five gallon grow bags, and so far they have grown amazingly well! In a couple of months I hope for a bountiful harvest! Thank you, Mark!
I started this year too based off of this video, 12 pieces in a 4x3 portion of my “ invasive species” bed , thought they were done for after squirrels attacked the first young shoots but they are doing great.
Result?
@@menschmitnamen Mine did not grow very well at all. No flowers like I was expecting, and the bulbs, or tubers were very few and tiny. Big disappointment here.
I bought some off ebay after I i saw this and I now have 7' high flowers. I can't wait to try the tubors. Thanks
I think mine are 8 or 9ft tall now. They are monsters. I don't think I will ever get rid of them, so I might as well like them, lol.
Thanks Mark, last year i planted 6 small pieces and harvested a tengallon bucket full from a raised bed. It is very prolific, but I do have to protect them from deer, as they love the leaves. Lastly, I slice them in thin slices and dehydrate them at low setting and make sunchips. Excellent and they keep for long periods of time. very crunchy
Thanks for sharing. 😊❤
Found a plant randomly growing in my backyard. I moved into this house 12 months ago, the property is subdivided, along the fence line I noticed something growing, thought it was a weed, google lensed it and whatdoyaknow!! I got me Jerusalem Artichokes!!!
I love how honest you were. You showed us that your crop was not as good as you'd hoped.
There is a huge forest that goes for miles behind my house. There are millions of these things growing all around the perimeter. I should dig some up and move them to my yard.
Just harvest what you need when you need it. &lo
Be careful they are invasive and last 20 years!
Jerusalem artichokes make a lot of inulin - a plant fiber that we don’t readily absorb but many species of gut bacteria can digest.. Depending upon the microbial species, they can release a lot of gas during the fermentation process in the intestinal lumen. Fermentation before eating may reduce the native inulin, making them less “gassy.”
The reason the fermentation helps with the gas is because the same bacteria that produce those gases in your gut are what are doing the fermentation in a jar. So you're basically predigesting them and doing more of the gas producing part outside your body than in it. This has the added benefit of breaking down more of all that indigestible fiber into digestible sugars before it passes through your small intestines where those calories can be absorbed. Fermenting makes the chokes both more nutritious and less gassy.
Love your channel. I live in Vermont USA, it's a cold climate here ( or used to be). These plants are indigenous to here and the Native people shared this knowledge with the Europeans to help them survive. It's a great survival plant and they used to dig even in winter when needed. The Europeans called the plants a "Windy" food because of the gas. I'm a landscaper and I use this plant in many of my gardens.
Many people refer to it as the "anti famine" food
I'm in a cold area much of the year. I bought some at a supermarket locally and planted. I tried a few locations and these are a beast! They grew in clay mud next to garlic and onions, thru grew well in well drained soil, they grew in Rocky soil...even after being blown over! They are admirable!! Last summer I got 3or 4 5 gallon buckets of em, and still didn't have time for one if the beds. (Non contained) A month back I planted a row behind my place to make a wall between me and my neighbor with awful taste in music. I'll let ya know how it went. Lol
Thank you so much for scripting your videos to keep them succinct and on topic. So many gardening channels fail to do this. If I had a planted sapling for every video I've watched that wasted 20 minutes of my time to get 5 minutes of good information, I'd have an orchard today.
So. Much. Truth. It drives me batty!
I subscribed because you talk to your tubers. 😂
Interesting, we call them 'topinambur' here in Germany. Never knew they were called Jerusalem artichoke in english, that's cool. They are pretty invasive so we dug some up in the wild and planted them in pots in our garden. Very hardy, will come back even if you completely ignore them, and I like the taste. Great idea to pickle them! They seem largely unknown as food source over here so there are few recipes for them as far as I've seen. I've used them like a sort of more crisp potato so far, works pretty well.
I read that you can cook sunchoke any way you would cook a potato, except they don't bake like a baked potato. They are too crispy for that.
Was thinking 60cm wide 30 depth pots. What works for you? (Australia)
In France they are called topinabour too!!!
@@chantaltulliez8066they were brought back to Europe by Samuel de Champlain
Love to make creamy soup out of them with crispy bacon topping 😋
And even better... oven baked chips 😱😋
Another excellent tutorial, thanks. Elliot Coleman, whom I credit with starting the organic farming movement in the USA, used to say "You call yourself a cabbage?" to underperforming veggies, from an encounter with a small cabbage. He went nearby and cut a large cabbage and took it over to the underperformer, saying "You call yourself a cabbage. THAT'S a cabbage!" You are a good teacher.
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Thank you for this video. I think you meant to say they're a good pre, not pro, biotic due to their inulin. Also, I live in a climate where the ground freezes solid in winter (Canada) and so like to harvest mine in fall. I don't wash them off at all but let the wet mud dry on them and then put them into the crisper. It's now the first of June, and I've been eating them sparingly to make them last as long as possible. They're still hard as rocks. So the key is not to wash off the dirt before storing them.
Whispers: I think he did actually mean probiotic. If they are fermented, this would create amazing probiotics. 😀
I add a bit of kefir whey as starter.....all i know is that it de-gassifies the fart factor
💚This guy is like crocodile hunter of gardening. I love this guy. Gardening became so exciting after these YT videos.
Turns out squirrels love them. They dug every one in my yard up before i realized it. If you have them in your area just keep the hottest pepper powder handy to sprinkle on the surface. Works for me at least
I harvest mine in the spring during March and April. In the Spring they taste sweeter like a crisp apple.
Best sunchoke video out there. I'll have to try your pickling suggestion. These are the easiest perennial veg to grow in my opinion...the stalks when dried are even useful for plant staking (I only dried the ones that grew huge in the ground not containers...these stalks are easily 6-8ft). I planted in 5 gallon buckets as well successfully & stored unwashed in peat soil overwinter
Thanks Mark! Fermenting Jerusalem Artichokes is a great idea. I slice them up and use them raw in salads (a better replacement for water chestnuts) or fry them in butter topped with fried eggs.
Any which way you eat them they are a diabetics best friend. They contain more inulin than any known plant. Inulin helps the pancreas produce insulin which is way better than supplementing insulin. Insulin has also been used in the treatment of cancer. I believe Sunchokes are useful treatment for any degenerative disease.
Fred VanOlphen very helpful, I will look further into this, thank you 😊
Thanks for the information
Great info!!
@Fred… thank you for sharing this information. 👏
I wish all my veges are self sufficient, I love that you don't have to plant them they come back by themselves. I love that they are invasive. Mine are over 10 feet. We had a storm and I had to cut mine back they are so crisp they just break right off.... If you eat them gradually you won't get gas. It never bothers me. I guess because I eat a lot of beans my body is used to it. Another nice video thanks.
Son of an Artichoke! Some of the high end chefs are starting to use sunchoke in specialty recipes, so more recipes are becoming available.
Their customers will be in for a surprise once the flatulent starts.
In 2002, France voted it “best vegetable for soup”!
Today I went to check on the "weeds" in the alley behind our house that my neighbor keeps complaining about. Turns out they are Jerusalem artichokes! Wanting to learn more about them, I did a quick search and found my favorite gardening RUclipsr made a video about these. And a great video at that! Thank you for your very informative,, always light hearted, educational video, Mark. I'm going to go out to see if I can find any tubers. I might even offer a few to the neighbors if I find any good ones.
Same here, didn't weed them because they looked too much like a a vegetable seedling, and as they got bigger I found out they are sunchokes. Just moved here in the winter, had some garden suprises already. Hope they don't take over the whole garden, we will see if we like it in the autumn, never tried it before.
Just bought our first Sun Choke. Thanks for the awesome tips
Fart good for the heart 🌞
Excellent harvest, thanks for sharing
I get such "favorite uncle" vibes 😄Saving this to my gardening playlist
Great stuff. Mark I grew those fartichokes last year and they went bananas, about 4 meters tall and lots of tubers. Well have them in again this season here in Germany and they are off and running. Interesting point is the huge stalks which I saved will be my tomato stakes this year so the indeterminate tiny toms will be secure. Thanks very much for the pickling tips as this was a point which needed clearing up for me.All the best from Anthony.
Lol@ "Fartichokes" 🤣 😂
Artichokes ha! 😂
You really like your videos with all the information you give. I'm new at gardening even though I grew up on a farm. But at age 59, I just started gardening.
BTW growing ja's in containers works great. I usually get a three gallon can full from three 3-gallon cans. They do well in part sun. You just need to keep them from being knocked over by the wind since they'll get over 6' tall and be sure to water at least once a day.
Watching this again after an age and still laughed my ass of at the "... fart like a champion!" comment. Amazing, down to earth, honest to the core, top notch Australia hero. Mark you're a star, thanks for keeping your content amazing! Once a squaddie always a squaddie, great humour without any loss of the top quality content mate. 👍 😁
😂,cute video. After watching this video, I planted a huge raised bed of these. I love the taste of an artichoke. Hopefully, I don't blow myself up.
Garen in the adelaide hills I grew some in a wicking bed as an experiment. Wow what a harvest from one plant. I went sideways with my hand and found another 12. A gr8 surprise. Next time I will have a deeper layer of top soil. We baked them another surprise, much better than, steaming. that was good too, soft and smooth. Ideal to puree for a soup. I have noticed they dont grow so well in compacted soil. They still grow just not so well. Maybe they need music as well.
Your videos are the absolute best! I watch them endlessly. And it’s super helpful for me because I live fairly close to you (Ipswich) so your growing season is the same as mine
I have the red kind and they also grow well in pots but even they grow up to 2 -3 meters, mine have never had flowers. I eat them in Salat or cook them with potatos, or as mash, make rosted veg in the oven or creamsoup. I am going to try fermenting. Thank you, great Video. 👍🙋🏼♀️
I was motivated tonight. I planted two large pieces of Jerusalem artichokes in my raised bed, and I fermented a large jar of them in a quart jar. Can't wait to try them! It has only been a couple of weeks, but already there is lot of green growth on top. I live in San Diego.
Started mine from seed, they’re about 3 ft tall and starting to flower. I hope they make it through the winter ❤
I love artichokes. I have heard you mention Jerusalem artichokes before. But never actually considered growing it, much less how you would use it. I love this video and will DEFINITELY be growing some now. I also like reading the comments and seeing what other people use it for and how they prepare it.
I watch your videos just to hear you say... GOOOOOOODAAAY .. with that wave.. lol. Thanks again for another amazing upload!
Looking thru Jerusalem Artichoke vids I saw you and had to click. Thanks again !!!!
Thank you Mark. I've been growing Jerusalem Artichokes (Uk) for more than a decade and in a spot that can't be used for much else , always successful as a crop. In the Uk I find they do not take over land quickly and have stayed pretty much in their 4 foot by 4 foot patch between my polytunnels.
Mostly I have neglected them and only used them to make a sort of tikka masala soup, which is delicious.
Hi Lynn, I am in UK too and was wondering if I can grow these in containers from store bought (organic) tubers. . Will be giving it a try
Sorry I missed your question.
In Feb I planted a new smooth variety in builders buckets (with drill hole). They have done pretty well. I used them as a moveble screen.
I aso did yacon and oca the same way. I think the yacon will need a much bigger container next spring.
Never planted these before but I’m about to tomorrow. Thanks for the info👍 and subbed to your channel
There's currently a breeding program in the US that uses crosses of jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke in attempt to yield a perennial oilseed sunflower. They're purely looking for oil seeds, but I see the potential for two crops.
I finally found some to grow this year at a grocery store. They've sprouted and are doing well. Can't wait to harvest.
I put the tubes in a pot from a grocery store and they sprouted very rapidly within two weeks. They grow fast and aggressively
Mark... I can´t stop watching your videos... you are amazing, I hope I can start a small proyect myself here in argentina! not only you give excellent info you are also the number one master of "dad jokes"... amazing videos.. thanks for sharing your knowledge
Really loving the harvesting club mix music. Might be a new business opportunity - Garden rave nights.
Thanks so much for the timely video! I planted some sunchokes recently and they've been growing like mad out here in the East Bay Area, California!
If it remember correctly, the reason they cause a lot of gas build up is because the starches are only really digested in your large intestine where a lot of your microbes are, which means more gas production.
My theory as to why fermentation helps with the gas issue is because it would help start to break down those hard to digest starches before hand, so more of it is absorbed in the stomach and small intestine.
The same bacteria that ferment them are what are eating them in your large intestines, so you're essentially predigesting them, which not only reduces the amount of inulin available to your gut bacteria but also makes more of the inulin starches available to your small intestines. So fermenting them makes them both more nutritious and less gassy.
Very helpful information on a plant I’m trying to grow. Love the humor bits. All the best~ 😊💚
Love your channel, your sense of humour, your super helpful tips. So thorough, and thoroughly enjoyable in a really good time frame. Honestly reMarkable, Mark😁
Thank you, great information
"...fart like a champion" Dude you are a legend.
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Now I'm wondering what would happen if you ate jerusalem artichokes, brussel sprouts and baked beans together
So true
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I heard that and busted out laughing. I thought this is why i like watching this man’s videos!
Im in zone 4. These are a great perinial root crop. Dont dig up till after the first good freeze. Then they tastebeven better.
This will also lessen the gas, also try peeling most of outer layer off, that too will lessen the gas.
You can also dig as you need them all winter long.
They love my iron-heavy clay soil just fine - no amendments or fertilizers & they kick all the weedy riff raff out of their space.
I love plants that take care of themselves.
That's good to know. I've looking into what grows well in my crappy, clay Melbourne soil.
i will try in "my" clay soil too, because of this post and the mercy of The Lord, if God wills, in Jesus Name because of this post
Only thing is getting all that clay soil off the roots is a bugger. As my dad use to say " Got to eat a pound of soil before you die. So a bit of dirt won't hurt you, eat up son." He may have been right. I'm 62 and still have my redhair. :D
Stoked to try some!!!
What a cool little spider!
Love that washing / drying screen table!
Your channel is so good!! All the great info and humor 💕🤣😅
If multiple varieties are grown, you can even harvest the tiny sunflower seeds and plant them in spring. I grow 6 varieties in my Zone 9b California garden and pulled the dried seed heads off the plants after the finches had their way with them and still got several dozen seeds. If you grow a single variety, you are unlikely to have seeds develop. I'll be planting them indoors to get them started early.
Smart! 😀👍
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3 yes later, but would you be willing to ship some seeds/tubers to me in Florida ? I've never grown JA before so would be interested in giving them a go
Lol 😂 I love the talking to the crop at the end. So I have been growing them for about 3 years now in the same container and have yet to eat one. Every spring I go out dig them up and spread them around. This year it is packed! I will probably eat some this year now that I have seen you fermenting them. I have never tried fermenting but after watching your video on pickles I am definitely intrigued. Thanks for your videos.
I bought a kilo of them this year for planting, we got 40 tubers in and i can't wait to see what we get from it.
I must be one of the lucky people, i can eat them raw, cooked how ever i like and get no gas from it. They taste great 👍
I grow them in my yard. I live in US zone 4a, where -35 degrees F (-37.2 C) is not rare. They survive just fine in the ground, and if they are heavily mulched, you can dig them up in the middle of winter. There are videos of RUclips on how to prevent the side effect, plus you body gets used to them. Also recipes. In my case, I allow them to spread to an area that is beyond my fence but is part of my yard, but the city claims as theirs. Of course, they don't do anything with it. The plants look like sunflower plants and they have no problem with that. As Fred VanOlphen mentioned, I suggest people who can not find their medication for diabetes, look up "inulin". Can't say anything more due to US laws.
How do you mean?
Freedom of speech means you can "say" whatever you want you just can't imply you're an authority on the subject if it's diet or medicine without opening yourself to lawsuits.
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Look up the word inulin, and what it can do for you.👀
Just G👁👁gle it.
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Inulin and insulin are not even remotely related. There are no laws that say you can't suggest that, but you shouldn't because it's wrong and dangerous to anyone who believes you and tries to treat their diabetes with sunchokes. The only reason you might suggest diabetics consume inulin is because inulin is indigestible, which makes foods high in inulin low on glycemic index. Eating low glycemic foods are only one element of diabetes management, not a substitute for insulin injections.
WOW!! I’ve never seen artichokes growing - that purple flower!!
Hi I have small garden in community garden and we have there raspberries,so we clean this week there , and while we cleaning we dig some tubs , I look at and say I think it’s Jerusalem artichoke,I hid many I can find. Today I just peal one and try raw , not bad ,start looking videos about,and yours is first come up. I will replant them in woods ,so no one know what is this,and I can harvest when I like 😂👍
I'm really interested in growing these and other perennials. Also have heard of the fermenting of them which is awesome. Not only does it stop the gassiness, but they are tremendously nutritious.
They don’t call them fartichokes for nothing!
Good crop and video Mark.
I didn't know that I was supposed to dig them up. I know they are aggressive and prolific. I put some sunchoke tubers in a raised bed of concrete blocks two years ago and just let them grow. I was told they are a survival food and can be left in the ground until you need them. I was told that you don't have to harvest them like potatoes. Anyway after a couple of years of letting them grow and not harvesting them they didn't flower out like they did the year before. This spring (right now) I want to dig them all up, add some fresh potting soil to the old dirt and replant them. They are aggressive and already have 10 inches of plant on them. But if I do all of this in one day I don't think they will suffer much. I have to keep my sunchoke bed fenced because the deer love them and will eat them right down to the ground. I didn't know that I can pickle them! Wow. I didn't know that I could plant salad greens and radishes over them when the tops go dormant and die back! Thank you for a very informative video. I subscribed to your channel. ❤
Brilliant job, I'm growing Jerusalem artichokes for the first time this year
I’ve had a Jerusalem artichoke in my garden for years, I don’t move it at all. It’s huge, and keeps on giving... you won’t regret it!
😊 Happy gardening!
Love your videos. Your garden is gorgeous, I hope mine is like yours in a few years. Lol, "blame it on the dog"
Thank you for your RUclips-channel! Watching your videos is a study of Fun Gardening and Australian English at the same time :)
So after watching this video I realised the "sunflowers" being my shed were actually Jerusalem Artichokes and we got SOOOO MANY! Thanks Mate! 👍
Great video - I've got to try growing these! And you are HILARIOUS!!
I roast mine drizzled with olive oil and herbs!
Sounds delicious I'm looking for ways to cook them all now. Thank you
@@Odette321 Me too, when I can get them.
No joke on them being prolific growers. Bought four tubers to plant four years ago, never had to buy another and never planted another. Thankfully they keep in the same spots near my fence line and haven't gotten crazy spreading. BTW thinly sliced fried in garlic and olive oil is amazing.
Like your humor.
Here's one dirty thumbs-up! Great tips!
Jerusalem Artichokes grow in my area of the central USA along the borders of plowed fields and creek beds, and on the uphill sides of road ditches.
That’s because they’re native to that area
Great tip to ferment the Jerusalem Artichokes. I'm definitely going to try that this year. I had at least two 5 gallon buckets full of them from a 4'x8' bed last year and didn't know what to do with them all. I reduced the space this year. They are at least 12 ft tall right now and taking over again. Looking for a way to contain them for coming years.
👍One big dirty thumbs up! Been growing sunchokes for several years now, they're nice and easy. Great video!
Hi, this is the first of your videos I’ve seen and already I am a fan! You are great to watch. Thank you for your video :)
What a fantastic video, the advice i was looking for. Will be planting mine this morning! 🙌👍
Funny, this video was just suggested now. I made sun chokes today in my mock lasagna, instead of pasta. Different texture, obviously, but, wow delicious!
Sounds really good!
Thanks for sharing best information. I want to grow Sunchoke. Aww..! I love Tips No. 4 and 5. Your way of talking, so Lovely.
those fermented ones look delicious
So happy when I do a search and one of my favorites has a video on the topic. Thanks
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The stalk is one of the better hand drills for fire starting!
A delicious vegetable! Maybe like beans, when/if your internal probiotic environment gets used to these artichokes, your gassiness will abate?
Love your plantain trees on the back, I do grow the jerus artichokes every year, they are great for many recipes, picked they are just great and they go good with beer, I make pancakes for breakfast.
I'm moving to a house soon with garden, very excited to start planting that's going to be my part time job thanks for all informations so helpful
Thankyou! I got given a bunch today and really appreciate the advice, especially for an Australian climate. Entertaining video too, new sub here!
My wife just put in 50 seed & 10 mature sun chokes in a 12X3 raised bed. They have hit 6" in a week's time.
Thank for the info, I’m interested in planting it next time.
I read if you harvest in late winter they are sweeter and less gasy
Thanks for sharing this, just heard about the sun chokes a few days ago.
SGM, I love watching your videos... Just lernt about these n got some in the ground....
Definitely one of my favorite root crops. I got my first tubers from the side of the road here in central Texas. Being from a semi arid environment, being able to plant and forget is amazing. They also make a fantastic distraction plant for deer and bovine, they can’t get enough.
I always enjoy your videos.
I make a beautiful soup with it, and use it the same way you use potatoes, It's delicious!
My sunchokes /JAs are 10ft tall already. They'll be 14 ft tall by late autumn.