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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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!
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.
Also this makes me wonder if selective breeding would help with these to get healthier and thicker artichokes. The main problem I have with buying them is they're always either so dry and not worth it, or they're full of fungus gnats and such (and I'm in Northern France!). Really wanna grow my own some day! These info are really helpful, thanks! PS: try them pressure cooked, dipped in a sauce of heavy cream with salt and grey pepper!
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
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 ,.
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.
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.
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! 😂
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 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.
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!).
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.
Bought Cynara from nursery planted month on leaves wilting and just found ant eggs it's in full sun been put a shade on it any treatment I can give it and advice please
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
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.
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?
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.
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 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. :-)
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 🌿
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.
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?
I live in NE IniGardener.diana Zone 5. I started Artichoke seeds under lights in March and planted them in late May. It is now Mid-August and I have Artichokes forming. Is that normal? Will these buds reach maturity this season? I bought the seeds from MiGardener. Thanks for the video.
This is the first time growing artichokes. I have them in a container, should I plant them in the ground? Also I only have 1 artichoke. Do I let that 1 get to full maturity or do I cut it off so the plant will go into more survival producing mode? Thanks for your response.
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
Ive been trying to sprout the purple sicilian variety and green globe in a napkin taped to my window. Everything is germinating except these artichokes. I gave up and bought 1 green globe plant from a local nursery but they were out of the purple. Any ideas why is it so hard to sprout from seed?!
Hi Luke! love your videos! Q. I have leftover seeds that I purchased from you that I didn't use, how do I perseve them for next year? Or would you do a video on how to do it? Tks
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...
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.
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 🤔🤔😁🌱☀️
Hello thank you for the video I just brought the seeds today and I'm so excited. I live in Florida Central Florida. When is the beast time to grow them. They say now but you said after frost we really don't get a frost until December January. My package says 85 days to harvest. They are non GMO by Ferry-Morse.
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?
Mi, HELP!! I live on Cape Cod, I love artichokes and never thought I could grow them in our climate, well this winter i bought some Globe seeds and started them in my basement with a grow light and everything went well, maybe too well. I have watched many of your videos , many times. I did not know about the fact that the artichokes need to go through a winter until April, when i had my good looking plants on my deck in my mini greenhouse, I then decided to put them back down in my basement where was 55 degrees with a grow light for 2 weeks to try to fool the plants. Guess what? It worked, I actually had artichokes by the end of June, it is now July 12th and the plant that had the first choke now HAS 8!!, the first choke is about double the size of a pool ball and starting to open a little. What do I do? wait or pick it? I would just as soon that my first artichoke does not go to flower.
My Purple de provence artichoke has a tonne of bulbs in it's first year.... what should I do? Some sites say don't let them grow large, the seed packet says they won't bulb until second year - help!
Love your videos :) this will be so helpful for me in the future :) I just planted some asparagus in containers. Do you think I could grow one artichoke plant in a large container as well? I grow for the fun and love and one day after we buy some property I will have a large garden.
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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.
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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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
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 feel like I'm in a college class, but I totally dig it.
Glad you like it! :)
This is an underappreciated piece of pun gold
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 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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
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!
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 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.
Did you consider mulching with pine needles?
Also this makes me wonder if selective breeding would help with these to get healthier and thicker artichokes. The main problem I have with buying them is they're always either so dry and not worth it, or they're full of fungus gnats and such (and I'm in Northern France!). Really wanna grow my own some day! These info are really helpful, thanks!
PS: try them pressure cooked, dipped in a sauce of heavy cream with salt and grey pepper!
I can't wait to plant ARtichokes and see how they go here in SC!
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
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
Great information. From what you say, I guess they would not do well in a tropical rainforest.?
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 ,.
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.
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 .....
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.
Thank you for this video. I just grew my 1st artichoke plant and it is beautiful
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.
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!
just bought some seeds from your website! im so excited to grow the squashes and red carrots this year!
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! 😂
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.
I think it would be cool to grow some in my front yard, they are so pretty. thnx for sharing.
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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 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.
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!).
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.
Bought Cynara from nursery planted month on leaves wilting and just found ant eggs it's in full sun been put a shade on it any treatment I can give it and advice please
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
Wow Thanks Luke I a going to try growing artichokes for the first time so this was extremely helpful. Great Video. Cheers Denise Australia
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
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 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 ?
Great information! Dont apologize for a long video..we gardeners are patient😎 Thanks so much for this...its much appreciated from zone 5😊
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☺
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
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?
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.
Great information
Here in CA we literally just watered it and it grew great!
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?
Have you tried to use pine needles , mulch. Blueberries need the same acidic , and ph, and it works great .
The best Guide as ever. Thank you.
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!
I live an hour away from Castorville, California where these wonderful plants are grown.
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What a great video! I'm going to try to grow them here in upstate NY. Thank you so much for such great information!
I haven't eaten artichokes much, but I really liked them when I did.
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!
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.
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Loved your video!! very intuitive, can you grow them in a container though? if yes what size?
Thanks, needed the input of someone up North!
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.
Hi. Do you have the nitrogen based fertilizer that you prefer for these in your store?
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
You can also can them for the winter season
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?
I live in NE IniGardener.diana Zone 5. I started Artichoke seeds under lights in March and planted them in late May. It is now Mid-August and I have Artichokes forming. Is that normal? Will these buds reach maturity this season? I bought the seeds from MiGardener. Thanks for the video.
If. I’m growing them in a container and live in zone 5/4 can I put it in my garage and it still survive?
This is the first time growing artichokes. I have them in a container, should I plant them in the ground? Also I only have 1 artichoke. Do I let that 1 get to full maturity or do I cut it off so the plant will go into more survival producing mode? Thanks for your response.
if i mulch it in zone 4 will it come back?
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
Same is true for cucumbers I harvest 1 or 2 every day in the summer to keep em coming
@MIgardener - Artichokes in containers need water how often?
Ive been trying to sprout the purple sicilian variety and green globe in a napkin taped to my window. Everything is germinating except these artichokes. I gave up and bought 1 green globe plant from a local nursery but they were out of the purple. Any ideas why is it so hard to sprout from seed?!
the plant is so beautiful
I’ve got 8 artichokes growing but it’s only been like 7-8 months max. My soil is amazing I think.
I had no idea I could grow artichoke in central Arkansas! Wish I added some to my seed order.
Why not used coffee grounds???
*Waves from the UK*
Growing my first few Artichokes in my windowsill atm. This video was very informative! Thanks!
Hey do you know how to grow artichokes from seed???
Hi Luke! love your videos! Q. I have leftover seeds that I purchased from you that I didn't use, how do I perseve them for next year? Or would you do a video on how to do it? Tks
I'm not Luke but I keep all unused seed in the bottom of the refrigerator seed last a couple of years
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...
Thank you Luke ! Did you direct seed grow yours or start it in the greenhouse ?
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!
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 though artichokes grew in jars of oil. ;)
Hahahaha!
Hmmmmmm oil
LMAO, i litterally laughed all over my computer.
I live in zone 9 what do you recommend
Hello thank you for the video I just brought the seeds today and I'm so excited. I live in Florida Central Florida. When is the beast time to grow them. They say now but you said after frost we really don't get a frost until December January. My package says 85 days to harvest. They are non GMO by Ferry-Morse.
Watching because someone suggested that artichokes could be grown instead of Canada thistle. Super cute cat, does the cat help in the garden?
Do the seeds need to go in the fridge before planting?
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?
Mi, HELP!! I live on Cape Cod, I love artichokes and never thought I could grow them in our climate, well this winter i bought some Globe seeds and started them in my basement with a grow light and everything went well, maybe too well. I have watched many of your videos , many times. I did not know about the fact that the artichokes need to go through a winter until April, when i had my good looking plants on my deck in my mini greenhouse, I then decided to put them back down in my basement where was 55 degrees with a grow light for 2 weeks to try to fool the plants. Guess what? It worked, I actually had artichokes by the end of June, it is now July 12th and the plant that had the first choke now HAS 8!!, the first choke is about double the size of a pool ball and starting to open a little. What do I do? wait or pick it? I would just as soon that my first artichoke does not go to flower.
Hi Luke, This is a very informative to video discussing key points for artichoke growing success. Thank you for all you do
My Purple de provence artichoke has a tonne of bulbs in it's first year.... what should I do? Some sites say don't let them grow large, the seed packet says they won't bulb until second year - help!
Most helpful! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎯
hey i love your channel. So much GOOD information.
Well thanks Stephanie! :D
Love your videos :) this will be so helpful for me in the future :) I just planted some asparagus in containers. Do you think I could grow one artichoke plant in a large container as well? I grow for the fun and love and one day after we buy some property I will have a large garden.
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