[adal]

 Can Anyone tell me please about Cardoon's.  i've seen them in the back of a veg book but it did not say if you can eat them or not.  or do anyone grow them in the uk


 adal

[joyfull]

Yes you can eat them according to this link, never tried them myself though.

archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2000/4/20/247164.html

[BobandJack]

They germinate really easily if that's any help  I ended up with loads although I've given some away & managed to kill off a few.  Yes you can eat them like a globe artichoke or grow them into an amazing flowerhead apparently.  I don't know what they're like to eat I'm growing them purely because i like the sound of the name

[Aunt Sally]

The stems are edible once the fibres have been removed and they are boiled but if they were good to eat you'd be able to buy them in a supermarket/shop somewhere  

[Aunt Sally]

Which reminds me I must spray them tonight - covered with blackfly (as usual) 

[Greengirl]

I tried blanching the stems of cardoons once (a bit like celery) to make the stems more tender & less bitter, but the slugs loved hiding in the cardboard blanch material & feasted on the stems as they pleased. They still tasted horrible though anyway. I didn't know you could eat the flowers like artichokes too, they do look very pretty though & bees love them.

[8doubles]

Which reminds me I must spray them tonight - covered with blackfly (as usual) 

Soapy watered mine an hour ago when it was cloudy, artichokes and foxgloves got a spray too