The leaves (pedals) of the artichoke are the best part! If you only eat the heart, you don't know what you're missing. With love from California artichoke country
You sound like you peal off the leaves to get to the heart. No, no, no. The leaves are great. You steam the artichoke. Then only discard the toughest outer leaves. The tender inner leaves are dipped in mayo and the flesh at the base scraped off with the teeth. That's some good eating.
Exactly! I was like, what do you mean you don't want the leaves?! The heart is the best part, for sure, but the leaves are amazing. I've had them with a number of creamy sauces (yes, mayo, too). I grew up eating them so I never even knew people only ate the heart until I went grocery shopping for myself as a teen. So many people are missing out!
Love the channel! A tip I use for growing artichokes: since they are a perennial I grow my plants in a tall border flower bed along with a nitrogen fixing wisteria plant. The artichokes use some of the nitrogen provided by the wisteria, and the wisteria isn't overloaded with nitrogen so it blooms more readily. The idea came to me to help the wisteria produce more blooms vs leaves...the artichokes are an added bonus!
I live in Southern California and I grew artichokes for the first time this year and they were absolutely gorgeous and beautiful I must’ve got around 20 artichokes and the ones that I let flower the flower was absolutely gorgeous
My artichokes grow in beds of dutch clover. Living mulch that literally chokes out everything except artichokes and keeps the ground sooo moist + nitrogen fixing = happy artichokes.
I've grown them in Alaska. they do great. and taste 100% better than any store bought.. you can actually eat the whole petal as its tender not tough like store bought.
I was given one and I just shoved it in a 7-gallon pot! The first year I got 3 large ones the second year I got 11 but the last 5 were really small! Now I know why...thank you!
Thank you so much for all the info. I did experiment this year with seed I bought from you. I grew them inside early.. not difficult at all. I spread the plants around in different places to see where they would do best. One thing I discovered, was I had to protect the young plants from deer that occasionally get in my yard as they ripped a few out. I replaced them. Since I am in zone 5, it will be very interesting to see what happens following your advice for overwintering. You did a great job on this video. Now I feel like I stand a chance at success.
Thank you so much. I've just ordered 3 plants from a supplier and didn't know how to start with them. This is so helpful, now I know where to place them and care for them in the sometimes cold winters we get in the UK. Invaluable information.
I never thought it was that simple to grow artichokes! I'm from California and now live in Florida, so the artichokes at the store are just as expensive but not as large. I am definitely going to start 3-4 plants.
I used to live in California and drool over artichokes in the store but I just can't justify that much money for such a small amount of vegetable. So I grew green globe artichokes for the first time this year. I started the seeds indoors and then into the hot house because of their long growing season (I'm zone 6b - eastern WA) and put them outside when it was warm enough. I use all purpose organic fertilizer and compost but didn't know they need low pH. They are in full sun. They grew fine, 3-4 feet high, and have been putting out several globes per plant which I've been eating. I didn't know that I should cut off 4 or 5 (I don' t know if I can do that) or that I may be able to save them for next year. I will mulch them and try and save them through the winter (-5 degrees). Thanks for the info.
This is old, but still good. I have grown Green Globe from seed and flowered the first year. The key is to give that young start a cold shock before transplanting. On the other hand you could plant in the early fall. I have had the misfortune of tasting an over plant ripened blossom. It is less tender and the creamy texture turned grainy and had a strong sunflower sprout taste. It obviously had a more mature choke with firm bristles. On my plant I harvest them as they grow. The first are the biggest followed by smaller ones. Although in my experience the petals are often not worth the effort because there has been so little tasty bits. I also don't mess around with soil pH, because tomato's and other plants grow just fine.
Harvested my first artichoke yesterday I am really happy. It is a bigger than a tennis ball. I bought 1 (small) plant early june 2016 from my University Agriculture department. People were really curious about this plant in my community garden... Zone 4b and I think it could survive winter... I saw a documentary in my region, they have put temperature sensor near the crown of strawberries and mulched. We receive 2-4 meters of snow per year. Even with temperature going sometime to minus 25-30celcius the temperature near the crown never went below minus 5. Like your channel!
I grew 2 of them successfully in an Earthbox! Covered with hoops and doubled up row cover in the winter and put thick layer of pine shavings around the soil surrounding the plant.
Today is artichoke day! I have 4 starts that I ordered and have been hardening off, they are going in the ground today. My MIgardener seed order is also arriving today! One of the packets is for your artichokes! I'm getting a head start on some artichokes for next year! My order is full of awesome delicious veggies as well as some everbearing day neutral bare roots strawberries. I'm really excited about my atomic red carrots and beautiful lettuce for all of my succession planting
In central Texas, we have to grow them where we can provide shade in the hottest part of the day. I am growing my first one this year. It's off to a good start. Just have to keep the bugs under control. Outside leaves and immature buds nd even the leaves of the plant make tea. Supposed to help heart, cholesterol, and a lot of other conditions.
Grew up 15 miles from Castroville Ca Artichoke capital of the world! Love Artichokes. Moved to Oregon, live just outside of Portland and decided to grow my own Artichoke plant. Bought a starter at the farmers market, came home and planted it in a bed prepared for that purpose. 6 weeks in that hardy little plant has produced two flower spikes! I can hardly wait for approximately 4 to 6 more weeks to enjoy the bounty of this plant. I was wondering about multiple chokes, you answered my question. Thank you!
I just stumbled onto this oldie but goodie! I have tried for several years to grow these. It gets -40° where I live, so I keep trying to bring them back in for the winter but the aphids kill them every time, & I won't use chemicals, besides neem, which wasn't good enough. With what you have taught me I will try again. I will plant them on the South wall of my house to give more heat and try tarping and mulching in the fall, as well as feeding twice a year as opposed to once. I'll let you know how it goes!
Here in englnd, I have done an experiment. I have grown two in pots ; one with ericaceous soil and manure and one with homemade compost with perlite in. And I am having success on each plant I have three small artichoke growing. In the part with ericaceous soil I have bigger artichokes growing and the plant looks a lot more healthier than the other one. I have not give them any fertiliser at all I have just been feeding them reverse osmosis water or rainwater. Thank you for this video I've watched this 3 times now and I'm learning something different every time
Awesome tips! I’ve never grown Artichokes until this year. I have 3 babies growing in my basement. Had no idea it takes 2 years to get one! I guess I better get some patience! 😂
As a CA. gal, who lives in the "Salad Bowl...", Central CA., I must teach you how to eat an Artichoke ;-) Thanks for the video, learned a lot! I'll be planting mine in a container, wine barrel, let's see how it works. :-)
12 hours in. Michigan is like 4 or 5 hours in Florida. It’s crazy when people talk about full sun, except in Florida, the full sun here is so much different.
Thanks for posting this! We live in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, so we have heavy alluvial clay soil. We planted our artichokes in raised beds that are about eight inches deep so they would be in better soil, but it sounds like the roots go down much deeper into the clay soil. I did not know to remove all but four chokes on each crown so I will try that for the later bloom this season. I have been growing artichokes for about four or five years. This year one plant has developed into about six crowns with about three averaging 5 to 7 chokes. The three other crowns will likely bloom near late summer or early fall as it has done every year. The crowns are very large, averaging 2 1/2 to three inches at the base. The artichokes though are only about 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The leaves on the artichoke buds though are small, I'd like to see them a bit larger. The flavor though is as you say way better than store bought chokes. We have been adding aged steer manure every year in spring or early summer and I supplement two to three times a summer with fish emulsion. I have in the past added composted oak leaf mulch which is acidic with the steer manure on top. Sounds like that is okay, I was concerned about the acidic conditions.
I *love* artichokes. But lawdy those things are so expensive and when I find em in the store, they look horrible. Either they're not ripe, or they're over ripe. =( Great information Luke. 🌾 Merry met 🌿
You can split the crowns like rhubarb, or harvest new plants from offsets around the base in autumn ... sort of like strawberries... other interesting food stuff.... always harvest while the petals of the artichoke are facing inwards... and if the artichoke is very young, you can eat the stalk and even the choke... I have also eaten deep fried baby ones in an Italian restaurant in NYC... they were so delicious with lemon and salt and black pepper. I grow them in pots or, in beds... I live in South Africa, in Cape Town and find that they need a lot of watering... our climate is mediterranean.
small correction: Any organic acidifiers will not change the PH of your soil. Coffee grounds and pine needles both are completely ineffective, as the acid breaks down and neutralizes when it decomposes, and are very short lived in the soil. Only inorganic acidifiers, such as sulfer, work for the purpose of changing your Ph.
This was fabulous. Thank you. We must have been super blessed. I bought a plant for my son and we put it in a garden box. We have a bunch growing the first year. The heads seem really open. Do they get tighter? We also seem to have a colony of hornets that love it. I'm grateful they don't need water so much. It sends the hornets after me.
I live in Farther NorCali and I get them from my backyard. :D Zone 9a (but never bothered to do my homework to optimize them, so here I am) I learned how to enjoy small artichokes, you can eat the entire center bristles, petals and all, in some ways they are better than large.
Thanks! I have one growing in a pot from seed. I will find a place in the garden and hopefully have blooms and artichokes next year (or the year after!).
wow great info and great comments. I have been a gardener for a long time but this year is the first time I planted an artichoke. the plant is beautiful and I have not seen any flowers so I was wondering what was wrong. I am glad I found your info as now I will wait for it. I have mine planted not to far from the blueberries so making the soil a little more acidic will work well. I live in zone 7 in PA and will mulch heavily this winter and see if it makes it through the winter.
Thanks for all that information! I live in St Louis, MO and have tried for 3 years. Finally, I have plants! One that is producing, one that looks like it will, and one, well, maybe not. This was the best video I'e seen on how to keep them over until next year for my climate, which is, admittedly a little warmer than MI, but not in the south. I'm relatively new to St Louis, and what they say about this city is true: we are the northern most southern city, and the southern most northern city. This makes for very interesting gardening challenges.
Julie, I'm 50 miles north of you. Just wondering how your artichokes grew. I tried last year, didn't make it through winter, even though I mulched properly. I have some growing now.
I never ate an artichoke before and I just bought one at the store... and now I have no idea where it went! It disappeared! "The Missing Artichoke". Great video. I love how in all of your videos you get into so much depth about each plant and vegetable. I was curious how you learned all of these things? It's amazing how knowledgeable you are and I'd like to be the same way some day. Peace!
As we know artichoke flowers don’t grow at the same time. Shall I cut off the central spike when it’s ready or it will stop the plant’s growth? Once I did that and side flowers dry up after that.
We’re in zone 7. Now I’m wondering if it was worth trying them in my garden this year. They will take up a lot of space but hey why not? I have some good sunny space that I can fill in. I just have to remember the extra steps. Thanks for the information
Again great guide can really see that you know what your talking about. I started my artichokes from seed this spring and have had good success, even had a few of the plants attempt to flower this year. I nipped those off early to try to focus the plant on root development. Other than pruning and mulching them in the winter do you to anything else to protect them?
I love these video oldies, Luke! I subscribed to your channel years ago and your content still amazed me! So, I'm here because I'm ordering artichoke seeds from you, (and more new-to-me veggies to grow this year). I know to get the best garden tips, tricks & knowledge, I search fir MiGardener videos!! I love artichokes, seemed & dipping the peddles in melted butter, scraping the peddles with my teeth then eating the center. Soooo yummy! And of course spinach & artichoke dip is awesome too!! Thanks for being a reliable resource & professional with your expertise!! I always enjoy your videos.
That's some great information, thank you, however, it would also be helpful to show a photograph of the best stage at which to harvest the flowers please 🤔🤔😁🌱☀️
I live in the UK wales it's always cold here but I've been growing them 3 years now they survive the cold damp winter and I do not mulch . Plants have an ability to climatise also don't buy fertiliser instead Use this fruit qnd veg peals like oranges limes ect that Citric Peel powder has higher Nitrogen content(9.1 mg/g), whereas Alkaline Peel powder has higher quantity of Phosphorous(4.2 mg/g) and Potassium(2.1 mg/g) Yes. Vegetable peels such as green leftovers, citrus rind, broccoli stalks and potato peels have nutrients that, when added to the soil of your garden, can provide vitamin A and C to your plants. Simply dig a hole and dump all your vegetable peels in it and cover it with soil. Just be aware that sometimes putting potatoe peelings on your crop may unintentionally chit and grow potatoes . But hey free extra spuds are always a bonus . Also eat the Artichoke leaf the base of it it has lots of meat on it do not waist .
I want to plant 2 of them in a 10 gallon black fiber grow bag , they will get all afternoon sun . Can I bring them into cold 40degree temp for Winter , can they be brought out in early spring or late spring for rot issues or stunting them . So can I use low org all around feet with a nitrogen supplement a few times a season seaweed ,.
If you know what you’re doing, you can eat the leaves too. Basically scrape off the “meat” with your teeth and discard the tough leaf. Until you get inside to the tender leaves right before the heart.
thank you for this vid. ..I have been eager to plant but I didn't know if I could here. I'm on the lake in Rochester ny. now I just need to pick the perfect spot and away I go..can't wait
In this video you mention that in order to flower, artichoke needs a ph level of 5-5.5 which is VERY acidic for a home garden with other veggies. All the other resources that I can find online suggest a ph level of 6.5 to 7.5, and say that artichoke even prefers a very slightly alkaline soil. Can you comment please?
Thanks for this one, I just found your channel and seems I got on the right track with my artichokes, got a good dozen or so from eight plants so far the first season with a few more globes on the way. Thanks for the tip about cutting off the small globes to get fewer but larger ones - I'll do that in our second season and hopefully get nice big bastards! Now I gotta go out and buy a pH testing kit...
I'll make an offer I think is unique. I have bought seeds for 8 varieties of artichokes with the intention of growing all this year and comparing results. I would prefer that somebody with experience also plant as many of these as they have interest and space to plant. R U game? I live in SE Michigan. BTW, of the 8 varieties, 2 are green varieties and 6 are purple. I chose several because they were described as doing better than others in somewhat Northern climates like we have (I'm zone 6a).
If you watch the movie, Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, there's a dinner scene where they are eating artichokes. Phyllida Law's character, quiet Mrs. Bates, is the one to watch. She quietly teaches the audience how to eat an artichoke, though it does help to have a little knowledge first. 😊
Perhaps in Michigan with the high water table you don't need to water your artichoke plants. However, else where like in phx Arizona yes yes indeed they do require regular watering.
Granted I am in SoCal, but I grew artichokes from seedling in March and have 6 artichokes on one plant already (3.5 months later, and the center artichoke growing on the other plants. They are HUGE, bigger or same size as in a store. Did I mention they are in containers on my front stoop? I definitely didn’t take two growing seasons.
Luke, what can you tell us about the lifespan of an Artichoke plant? Do they become less productive over time? Do they simply give up the ghost after a period of time? Thank you.
We're trying to grow artichokes from seed in a pot, but we get a sprout or two, then it seems to die off.. they get water when the soil dries out. Any thoughts?
These seem to grow really well here on the Oregon coast. Zone 9.. I've got friends who do absolutely nothing to them & they comeback every year & flower/fruit. I'm hopeful! Lol 😊
It's very hard to grow artichokes in Calgary (zone 4b) temperature dips to -40f/c 110-120 average frost free days and no one carries plants or seeds. I was in LV and could not find the seeds there as well. I heard there is an annual variety as well that will produce in the same year.
Also, apparently if you grow them from seed you need to vernalize them, or they won't bloom. That's what someone else says. I'd like to know to what temp you need to expose them. Would planting the seed in the winter be too cold? Better in the fridge? And first you said mulch with a foot to a foot and a half (I think) of leaf mulch, then later on, you said wood chip mulch. Is the wood chip mulch for summer?
Great video. Great information. Straight to the point. And you answering all the questions I was thinking about while you were talking. Thank you.🍐🍏🍎🍉🍊
The leaves (pedals) of the artichoke are the best part! If you only eat the heart, you don't know what you're missing. With love from California artichoke country
I love eating the stem too
I like to make artichoke dip from the pedals, grill the hearts and pickle the stems!
Douglas Bunch I practically eat the whole thing..
Thanks for the tips. sounds like the whole fruit is good to eat.
I will give you a great recipe for artichoke hearts dish. super easy to make let me know.
You sound like you peal off the leaves to get to the heart. No, no, no. The leaves are great. You steam the artichoke. Then only discard the toughest outer leaves. The tender inner leaves are dipped in mayo and the flesh at the base scraped off with the teeth. That's some good eating.
Exactly! I was like, what do you mean you don't want the leaves?! The heart is the best part, for sure, but the leaves are amazing. I've had them with a number of creamy sauces (yes, mayo, too). I grew up eating them so I never even knew people only ate the heart until I went grocery shopping for myself as a teen. So many people are missing out!
OMG yes, the leaves! 2 big artichokes fill me up for dinner!
Seriously! You can totally eat the leaves!
David Adalian Or grill them! delicious!
David Adalian... Eat with mayo? Disgusting.
I feel like I'm in a college class, but I totally dig it.
Glad you like it! :)
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Love the channel! A tip I use for growing artichokes: since they are a perennial I grow my plants in a tall border flower bed along with a nitrogen fixing wisteria plant. The artichokes use some of the nitrogen provided by the wisteria, and the wisteria isn't overloaded with nitrogen so it blooms more readily. The idea came to me to help the wisteria produce more blooms vs leaves...the artichokes are an added bonus!
There you go!
@@MIgardener Gotta try that!!!
@@MIgardener Do or can you make an updated video on artichokes
I live in Southern California and I grew artichokes for the first time this year and they were absolutely gorgeous and beautiful I must’ve got around 20 artichokes and the ones that I let flower the flower was absolutely gorgeous
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My artichokes grow in beds of dutch clover. Living mulch that literally chokes out everything except artichokes and keeps the ground sooo moist + nitrogen fixing = happy artichokes.
White Clover grows native all over Europe. Why do you refer to it as Dutch?
Mine are partnered up with oregano.
The seed is sold as Dutch white clover here in the USA.
I've grown them in Alaska. they do great. and taste 100% better than any store bought.. you can actually eat the whole petal as its tender not tough like store bought.
How do you keep them alive through the winter?
He probably has them in pots. @@ThatHabsburgMapGuy
I was given one and I just shoved it in a 7-gallon pot! The first year I got 3 large ones the second year I got 11 but the last 5 were really small!
Now I know why...thank you!
Thank you so much for all the info. I did experiment this year with seed I bought from you. I grew them inside early.. not difficult at all. I spread the plants around in different places to see where they would do best. One thing I discovered, was I had to protect the young plants from deer that occasionally get in my yard as they ripped a few out. I replaced them. Since I am in zone 5, it will be very interesting to see what happens following your advice for overwintering. You did a great job on this video. Now I feel like I stand a chance at success.
Thank you so much. I've just ordered 3 plants from a supplier and didn't know how to start with them. This is so helpful, now I know where to place them and care for them in the sometimes cold winters we get in the UK. Invaluable information.
I never thought it was that simple to grow artichokes! I'm from California and now live in Florida, so the artichokes at the store are just as expensive but not as large. I am definitely going to start 3-4 plants.
I used to live in California and drool over artichokes in the store but I just can't justify that much money for such a small amount of vegetable. So I grew green globe artichokes for the first time this year. I started the seeds indoors and then into the hot house because of their long growing season (I'm zone 6b - eastern WA) and put them outside when it was warm enough. I use all purpose organic fertilizer and compost but didn't know they need low pH. They are in full sun. They grew fine, 3-4 feet high, and have been putting out several globes per plant which I've been eating. I didn't know that I should cut off 4 or 5 (I don' t know if I can do that) or that I may be able to save them for next year. I will mulch them and try and save them through the winter (-5 degrees). Thanks for the info.
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This is old, but still good. I have grown Green Globe from seed and flowered the first year. The key is to give that young start a cold shock before transplanting. On the other hand you could plant in the early fall. I have had the misfortune of tasting an over plant ripened blossom. It is less tender and the creamy texture turned grainy and had a strong sunflower sprout taste. It obviously had a more mature choke with firm bristles. On my plant I harvest them as they grow. The first are the biggest followed by smaller ones. Although in my experience the petals are often not worth the effort because there has been so little tasty bits. I also don't mess around with soil pH, because tomato's and other plants grow just fine.
I have also just let them flower fully and loved the look of that beautiful Purple Heart open up.
I have a beautiful screen saver from a picture I took of some in full bloom!
Harvested my first artichoke yesterday I am really happy. It is a bigger than a tennis ball. I bought 1 (small) plant early june 2016 from my University Agriculture department. People were really curious about this plant in my community garden... Zone 4b and I think it could survive winter... I saw a documentary in my region, they have put temperature sensor near the crown of strawberries and mulched. We receive 2-4 meters of snow per year. Even with temperature going sometime to minus 25-30celcius the temperature near the crown never went below minus 5.
Like your channel!
thanks for the tips, I'll cut the small flowers now
I can't wait to plant ARtichokes and see how they go here in SC!
I grew 2 of them successfully in an Earthbox! Covered with hoops and doubled up row cover in the winter and put thick layer of pine shavings around the soil surrounding the plant.
Today is artichoke day!
I have 4 starts that I ordered and have been hardening off, they are going in the ground today.
My MIgardener seed order is also arriving today! One of the packets is for your artichokes! I'm getting a head start on some artichokes for next year!
My order is full of awesome delicious veggies as well as some everbearing day neutral bare roots strawberries. I'm really excited about my atomic red carrots and beautiful lettuce for all of my succession planting
In central Texas, we have to grow them where we can provide shade in the hottest part of the day. I am growing my first one this year. It's off to a good start. Just have to keep the bugs under control. Outside leaves and immature buds nd even the leaves of the plant make tea. Supposed to help heart, cholesterol, and a lot of other conditions.
Grew up 15 miles from Castroville Ca Artichoke capital of the world! Love Artichokes. Moved to Oregon, live just outside of Portland and decided to grow my own Artichoke plant. Bought a starter at the farmers market, came home and planted it in a bed prepared for that purpose. 6 weeks in that hardy little plant has produced two flower spikes! I can hardly wait for approximately 4 to 6 more weeks to enjoy the bounty of this plant. I was wondering about multiple chokes, you answered my question. Thank you!
In hot Texas my artichokes never needed any care.... ever. I ignored them and they grew and flowered. But they had tons of sun.
how hot did it get? my northern CA garden gets about 10 days of 100+ temps, so a little worried.....
I just stumbled onto this oldie but goodie! I have tried for several years to grow these. It gets -40° where I live, so I keep trying to bring them back in for the winter but the aphids kill them every time, & I won't use chemicals, besides neem, which wasn't good enough. With what you have taught me I will try again. I will plant them on the South wall of my house to give more heat and try tarping and mulching in the fall, as well as feeding twice a year as opposed to once. I'll let you know how it goes!
I think it would be cool to grow some in my front yard, they are so pretty. thnx for sharing.
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Here in englnd, I have done an experiment. I have grown two in pots ; one with ericaceous soil and manure and one with homemade compost with perlite in. And I am having success on each plant I have three small artichoke growing.
In the part with ericaceous soil I have bigger artichokes growing and the plant looks a lot more healthier than the other one.
I have not give them any fertiliser at all I have just been feeding them reverse osmosis water or rainwater.
Thank you for this video I've watched this 3 times now and I'm learning something different every time
Awesome tips! I’ve never grown Artichokes until this year. I have 3 babies growing in my basement. Had no idea it takes 2 years to get one! I guess I better get some patience! 😂
I live an hour away from Castorville, California where these wonderful plants are grown.
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As a CA. gal, who lives in the "Salad Bowl...", Central CA., I must teach you how to eat an Artichoke ;-) Thanks for the video, learned a lot! I'll be planting mine in a container, wine barrel, let's see how it works. :-)
Hi Ilene, we're thinking about growing them in wine barrels too. How did it go? Any tips you can offer? Thanks!
Thank you for this video. I just grew my 1st artichoke plant and it is beautiful
12 hours in. Michigan is like 4 or 5 hours in Florida. It’s crazy when people talk about full sun, except in Florida, the full sun here is so much different.
Great information
Wow this was an amazing video thank you...I have 9 plants I grew from seed and no knowledge on what to do....Thank you so much...so informative .....
I haven't eaten artichokes much, but I really liked them when I did.
Thanks for posting this!
We live in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, so we have heavy alluvial clay soil. We planted our artichokes in raised beds that are about eight inches deep so they would be in better soil, but it sounds like the roots go down much deeper into the clay soil.
I did not know to remove all but four chokes on each crown so I will try that for the later bloom this season.
I have been growing artichokes for about four or five years. This year one plant has developed into about six crowns with about three averaging 5 to 7 chokes. The three other crowns will likely bloom near late summer or early fall as it has done every year. The crowns are very large, averaging 2 1/2 to three inches at the base. The artichokes though are only about 3 to 4 inches in diameter. The leaves on the artichoke buds though are small, I'd like to see them a bit larger. The flavor though is as you say way better than store bought chokes.
We have been adding aged steer manure every year in spring or early summer and I supplement two to three times a summer with fish emulsion. I have in the past added composted oak leaf mulch which is acidic with the steer manure on top. Sounds like that is okay, I was concerned about the acidic conditions.
I *love* artichokes. But lawdy those things are so expensive and when I find em in the store, they look horrible. Either they're not ripe, or they're over ripe. =(
Great information Luke.
🌾 Merry met 🌿
You can split the crowns like rhubarb, or harvest new plants from offsets around the base in autumn ... sort of like strawberries... other interesting food stuff.... always harvest while the petals of the artichoke are facing inwards... and if the artichoke is very young, you can eat the stalk and even the choke... I have also eaten deep fried baby ones in an Italian restaurant in NYC... they were so delicious with lemon and salt and black pepper. I grow them in pots or, in beds... I live in South Africa, in Cape Town and find that they need a lot of watering... our climate is mediterranean.
small correction: Any organic acidifiers will not change the PH of your soil. Coffee grounds and pine needles both are completely ineffective, as the acid breaks down and neutralizes when it decomposes, and are very short lived in the soil. Only inorganic acidifiers, such as sulfer, work for the purpose of changing your Ph.
Here in CA we literally just watered it and it grew great!
Great information. From what you say, I guess they would not do well in a tropical rainforest.?
This was fabulous. Thank you. We must have been super blessed. I bought a plant for my son and we put it in a garden box. We have a bunch growing the first year. The heads seem really open. Do they get tighter? We also seem to have a colony of hornets that love it. I'm grateful they don't need water so much. It sends the hornets after me.
I had no idea I could grow artichoke in central Arkansas! Wish I added some to my seed order.
Great information! Dont apologize for a long video..we gardeners are patient😎 Thanks so much for this...its much appreciated from zone 5😊
I live in Farther NorCali and I get them from my backyard. :D Zone 9a (but never bothered to do my homework to optimize them, so here I am) I learned how to enjoy small artichokes, you can eat the entire center bristles, petals and all, in some ways they are better than large.
Thanks! I have one growing in a pot from seed. I will find a place in the garden and hopefully have blooms and artichokes next year (or the year after!).
Thank you for taking your time to help us all. Thanks. I grew a globe a few years back but it took lot of room and only produced 1 choke☺
I’ve got 8 artichokes growing but it’s only been like 7-8 months max. My soil is amazing I think.
wow great info and great comments. I have been a gardener for a long time but this year is the first time I planted an artichoke. the plant is beautiful and I have not seen any flowers so I was wondering what was wrong. I am glad I found your info as now I will wait for it. I have mine planted not to far from the blueberries so making the soil a little more acidic will work well. I live in zone 7 in PA and will mulch heavily this winter and see if it makes it through the winter.
Thanks for all that information! I live in St Louis, MO and have tried for 3 years. Finally, I have plants! One that is producing, one that looks like it will, and one, well, maybe not. This was the best video I'e seen on how to keep them over until next year for my climate, which is, admittedly a little warmer than MI, but not in the south. I'm relatively new to St Louis, and what they say about this city is true: we are the northern most southern city, and the southern most northern city. This makes for very interesting gardening challenges.
Julie, I'm 50 miles north of you. Just wondering how your artichokes grew.
I tried last year, didn't make it through winter, even though I mulched properly.
I have some growing now.
This was so helpful! I just ordered seeds, so I really needed this information. ☺
Just planted seeds a month ago and they are five inches tall. Gonna order more! Just wanted the flowers! ¹
I never ate an artichoke before and I just bought one at the store... and now I have no idea where it went! It disappeared! "The Missing Artichoke". Great video. I love how in all of your videos you get into so much depth about each plant and vegetable. I was curious how you learned all of these things? It's amazing how knowledgeable you are and I'd like to be the same way some day. Peace!
the plant is so beautiful
Thanks, needed the input of someone up North!
When would be the ideal time to plant from seed? @MIgardener?
Outdoors after last frost. I planted seven seeds 10 days ago and they germinated yesterday.
The best Guide as ever. Thank you.
As we know artichoke flowers don’t grow at the same time. Shall I cut off the central spike when it’s ready or it will stop the plant’s growth? Once I did that and side flowers dry up after that.
There is also Espoma for acid loving plants. It has sulfur in it, and you can get it at Costco at a very good price.
We’re in zone 7. Now I’m wondering if it was worth trying them in my garden this year. They will take up a lot of space but hey why not? I have some good sunny space that I can fill in. I just have to remember the extra steps. Thanks for the information
Most helpful! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎯
just bought some seeds from your website! im so excited to grow the squashes and red carrots this year!
Same is true for cucumbers I harvest 1 or 2 every day in the summer to keep em coming
Again great guide can really see that you know what your talking about. I started my artichokes from seed this spring and have had good success, even had a few of the plants attempt to flower this year. I nipped those off early to try to focus the plant on root development. Other than pruning and mulching them in the winter do you to anything else to protect them?
hey i love your channel. So much GOOD information.
Well thanks Stephanie! :D
Wow Thanks Luke I a going to try growing artichokes for the first time so this was extremely helpful. Great Video. Cheers Denise Australia
You can also can them for the winter season
Also fosfor fertilizer I use ambrosia ... just cut ambrosia put in water..and after 3 days I spray plants...I also use nettle and comfrey leaves
learned a ton thank you
*Waves from the UK*
Growing my first few Artichokes in my windowsill atm. This video was very informative! Thanks!
I love these video oldies, Luke! I subscribed to your channel years ago and your content still amazed me!
So, I'm here because I'm ordering artichoke seeds from you, (and more new-to-me veggies to grow this year). I know to get the best garden tips, tricks & knowledge, I search fir MiGardener videos!!
I love artichokes, seemed & dipping the peddles in melted butter, scraping the peddles with my teeth then eating the center. Soooo yummy! And of course spinach & artichoke dip is awesome too!!
Thanks for being a reliable resource & professional with your expertise!! I always enjoy your videos.
*steamed not seemed
if i mulch it in zone 4 will it come back?
Thanks for your guide. Could you pls let us know when can we harvest artichokes? I always harvest them either too old or too young... Thanks
This video came just in time. I was going to pull it up to have more room for fall plants.Thanks.
That's some great information, thank you, however, it would also be helpful to show a photograph of the best stage at which to harvest the flowers please 🤔🤔😁🌱☀️
I live in the UK wales it's always cold here but I've been growing them 3 years now they survive the cold damp winter and I do not mulch . Plants have an ability to climatise also don't buy fertiliser instead
Use this fruit qnd veg peals like oranges limes ect that Citric Peel powder has higher Nitrogen content(9.1 mg/g), whereas Alkaline Peel powder has higher quantity of Phosphorous(4.2 mg/g) and Potassium(2.1 mg/g)
Yes. Vegetable peels such as green leftovers, citrus rind, broccoli stalks and potato peels have nutrients that, when added to the soil of your garden, can provide vitamin A and C to your plants. Simply dig a hole and dump all your vegetable peels in it and cover it with soil. Just be aware that sometimes putting potatoe peelings on your crop may unintentionally chit and grow potatoes . But hey free extra spuds are always a bonus .
Also eat the Artichoke leaf the base of it it has lots of meat on it do not waist .
Thank you for the information! Such an informative video!
Great Going brother thanks👌❤️
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Hi Luke, This is a very informative to video discussing key points for artichoke growing success. Thank you for all you do
I want to plant 2 of them in a 10 gallon black fiber grow bag , they will get all afternoon sun . Can I bring them into cold 40degree temp for Winter , can they be brought out in early spring or late spring for rot issues or stunting them . So can I use low org all around feet with a nitrogen supplement a few times a season seaweed ,.
stunning i must grow some i have some seeds must get the other seeddthe ones that grow in the ground have a blessed day
If you know what you’re doing, you can eat the leaves too. Basically scrape off the “meat” with your teeth and discard the tough leaf. Until you get inside to the tender leaves right before the heart.
thank you for this vid. ..I have been eager to plant but I didn't know if I could here. I'm on the lake in Rochester ny. now I just need to pick the perfect spot and away I go..can't wait
i have my artichoke Seedlings started, when should i plant them outside in the ground? in MI (metro detroit area).... did i start them too soon?
What a great video! I'm going to try to grow them here in upstate NY. Thank you so much for such great information!
In this video you mention that in order to flower, artichoke needs a ph level of 5-5.5 which is VERY acidic for a home garden with other veggies. All the other resources that I can find online suggest a ph level of 6.5 to 7.5, and say that artichoke even prefers a very slightly alkaline soil. Can you comment please?
Thanks for this one, I just found your channel and seems I got on the right track with my artichokes, got a good dozen or so from eight plants so far the first season with a few more globes on the way. Thanks for the tip about cutting off the small globes to get fewer but larger ones - I'll do that in our second season and hopefully get nice big bastards! Now I gotta go out and buy a pH testing kit...
I'll make an offer I think is unique. I have bought seeds for 8 varieties of artichokes with the intention of growing all this year and comparing results. I would prefer that somebody with experience also plant as many of these as they have interest and space to plant. R U game? I live in SE Michigan. BTW, of the 8 varieties, 2 are green varieties and 6 are purple. I chose several because they were described as doing better than others in somewhat Northern climates like we have (I'm zone 6a).
I am trying to find varieties of Artichokes as I want to do the same this Spring. I'm having difficulty sourcing out seeds.
@@johnchase4408 i bought mine on amazon. I have the jumbo globe, I believe.
If you watch the movie, Emma, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, there's a dinner scene where they are eating artichokes. Phyllida Law's character, quiet Mrs. Bates, is the one to watch. She quietly teaches the audience how to eat an artichoke, though it does help to have a little knowledge first. 😊
The leaves are medicinal and great for making bitters too
Perhaps in Michigan with the high water table you don't need to water your artichoke plants. However, else where like in phx Arizona yes yes indeed they do require regular watering.
I want to grow them for interest. In summer with flowers will it reward me can I strip off outer leaves that are old and ragged
Granted I am in SoCal, but I grew artichokes from seedling in March and have 6 artichokes on one plant already (3.5 months later, and the center artichoke growing on the other plants. They are HUGE, bigger or same size as in a store. Did I mention they are in containers on my front stoop? I definitely didn’t take two growing seasons.
I dont have a winter I live in hawaii. In a climate where is pretty hot year round . Will my artichokes die at all? Dose it matter when I plant them ?
Luke, what can you tell us about the lifespan of an Artichoke plant? Do they become less productive over time? Do they simply give up the ghost after a period of time? Thank you.
I believe the lifespan of the plant producing is 5-7years!
We're trying to grow artichokes from seed in a pot, but we get a sprout or two, then it seems to die off.. they get water when the soil dries out. Any thoughts?
These seem to grow really well here on the Oregon coast. Zone 9.. I've got friends who do absolutely nothing to them & they comeback every year & flower/fruit. I'm hopeful! Lol 😊
LOL....i did nothing to winter my artichoke last year and have 21 artichokes so far this year!
It's very hard to grow artichokes in Calgary (zone 4b) temperature dips to -40f/c 110-120 average frost free days and no one carries plants or seeds. I was in LV and could not find the seeds there as well.
I heard there is an annual variety as well that will produce in the same year.
Why not used coffee grounds???
Could you include directions on how to start artichoke from seed?
The video addresses more of growing the adult plant itself...
Thank you
Also, apparently if you grow them from seed you need to vernalize them, or they won't bloom. That's what someone else says. I'd like to know to what temp you need to expose them. Would planting the seed in the winter be too cold? Better in the fridge? And first you said mulch with a foot to a foot and a half (I think) of leaf mulch, then later on, you said wood chip mulch. Is the wood chip mulch for summer?
Yes, he never mentioned this. I was hoping he’d explain the vernalization process?!
Great video. Great information. Straight to the point. And you answering all the questions I was thinking about while you were talking. Thank you.🍐🍏🍎🍉🍊
I tried artichokes last year and went to extremes to overwinter them but they never came back. Maybe I'll try them again next season.