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Post by steev on Apr 10, 2014 20:44:37 GMT -5
Seeded for transplants (next year) today:
Purple Italian Globe
Purple of Romagna
Romanesco
Chioggia Purple
Imperial Star
Like asparagus and cardoons, these are something for which I'm competing with gophers, but I really enjoy them (not the cursed gophers) and the small buds, that I don't bother with, are "catnip" to the bees.
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Post by mjc on Apr 14, 2014 15:36:59 GMT -5
Do you know that the PVP on Imperial Star has expired and that it was at least at F7 (if I recall, it was actually F9) when released for commercial growout?
So....it's basically now OP and savable, with no work needing to be done.
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Post by kevin8715 on Apr 15, 2014 14:22:47 GMT -5
Mine artichokes are coming along. 4 plants and I expect the first harvest within a month.
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Post by 12540dumont on Apr 16, 2014 21:55:53 GMT -5
Steev, every artichoke that was NOT in a gopher basket got et. Oh yes, the gophfretti love them. I got a few seeds from Alan Kapuler and Susan Ashworth who've been selecting them. I have more babies started than I can grow. I'll pot some up for you.
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Post by steev on Apr 17, 2014 0:18:05 GMT -5
I appreciate that. I find, for the most part, that if an artichoke/cardoon survives one year, it tends to be capable of re-sprouting despite most gopher predation. I highly recommend pissing down the hole where the little bastards have dragged a plant.
Refer to my post about snow-writing; don't get fancy.
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