[muntjac]

dont worrry aggy he wears diapers

[mkhenry]

same here jake mine must be 9'  i remember someone on here saying they might reach 6',just got flowers the past week or so

Shaun The artichoke Fuseau only grows to about 6' the others up to 10' or more

Fuseau are less knobbly.  

If you treat them like potatoes,you cannot go far wrong,earth them up to increase yields once they are around a foot high.Cut back to around about a foot high once the leaves have gone brown.Then harvest as required. Save a few for planting next season. All the books I have read advise the same thing.  

And yes you should earth up or cover the base with staw if you are leaving them in the ground between now and spring.This will help protect them against frost or even dare I say it Snow.Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[mkhenry]

It helps not to fall over and apparently helps to increase yields.

SNAP !!

What do you mean, please, they just started budding. :roll:

Snap meaning we posted the same thing.  (Snap is a card game)

Which WG will only play with you if you have a stutter.  

[agapanthus]

dont worrry aggy he wears diapers

Ah bless him

[David.]

Planted my first this year. Rabbits dug up a chewed a couple of tubers, but they grew back. I grew them through horizontal Rylock fencing which I continually raised up vertical supports as they grew.

Now over 12 feet high and all in bloom.

Are the flowers any good for cutting (a bit small, but my flowers have finished) and will it affect tuber production?

[Sadgit]

mine are about 12ft and no sign of a flower... got them tied to the apple tree to stop them falling over...

[Aidy]

Cut mine back once the flowers started to appear, just waiting now for the plants to die off.

[gobs]

Are the flowers any good for cutting (a bit small, but my flowers have finished) and will it affect tuber production?

They are good for cutting, just as any sunflower type, if you just take a few, shouldn't make any dif.

[milkman]

i would suspect that shaun's JAs are a little shorter than he thinks - they just look tall in comparison to him  

[gobs]

It helps not to fall over and apparently helps to increase yields.

SNAP !!

What do you mean, please, they just started budding. :roll:

Snap meaning we posted the same thing.  (Snap is a card game)

Which WG will only play with you if you have a stutter.  

Oh, I see, foreign, so no understand all things, but no stutter.

[fletch]

Where are the tubers available from? I don't seem to be able to find anyone who does them?

[WG.]

Where are the tubers available from? I don't seem to be able to find anyone who does them?

Try popping a wanted post in the Swap Shop / Recycle forum & perhaps someone will oblige.  And don't forget to say, "please"!    

Dobies have them too

[paintedlady]

:roll:

[shaun]

well i only gone and dug one plant up today,theres were masses of them,not sure on the weight but I got over half a bucket of 1 plant.
brought em home and deep fried a handfull to give em a go,and they are gorgeous,the kids and the mrs also thought they were great.
will try johns soup next

[Sally A]

Will you be accompanying the X-Factor contestants this evening?