Flowering Jerusalem artichokes

Good guy · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 10:40 am Post subject: Flowering Jerusalem artichokes

I caught the sun shining through these artichoke flowers this morning. There's a great display of them.

tippben · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:07 am Post subject:

Lovely! Do you still get tubers if you let them flower?

Good guy · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:08 am Post subject:

I got plenty last year and I let them flower the, too. Maybe it affects the size of the crop but I don't care!

tippben · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 12:13 pm Post subject:

Last time I ate them I made soup. That had a nasty effect on my bowels, so I haven't eaten them since. Having seen those flowers though, I might give them another go! Perhaps roasties this time...

Good guy · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:17 pm Post subject:

They do tend to induce flatulence! Cooking them with caraway seed or fennel seed would prpbably reduce that

Good guy · Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 2:34 pm Post subject:

The fartichoke patch