Re: Growing Artichoke

**sanderson** on 3/24/2020, 1:22 am

I have no idea what variety. Embarassed

countrynaturals on 3/24/2020, 10:01 am

@sanderson wrote:A 2" artichoke with 2 little babies starting underneath. I want to harvest it as it's starting to open. Yes??

I'm soooo jealous!

**donnainzone5** on 3/24/2020, 11:04 am

Right now!

**sanderson** on 3/27/2020, 3:15 am

I just found the nursery marker. The variety is Great Globe.

yolos on 3/27/2020, 12:34 pm

I tried growing them from old seeds. None germinated. So i bought some small seedlings and some new seeds. Out of 8 new seeds planted, only 1 germinated. Imperial star. Any info on germinating the seeds.

countrynaturals on 3/27/2020, 12:56 pm

@yolos wrote:I tried growing them from old seeds. None germinated. So i bought some small seedlings and some new seeds. Out of 8 new seeds planted, only 1 germinated. Imperial star. Any info on germinating the seeds.

I do mine in Jiffy Pellets on a heating pad. I didn't pay much attention before, but I have 8 of them going right now, so I can report accurately this time. It's been 7 days. No sprouts, yet, but I didn't expect anything yet. I'll post my progress, here.

This pic is of the 4 from my last planting. These were planted from seed on 11/1/19. I planted 8 seeds and got these 4.

**sanderson** on 3/27/2020, 1:14 pm

Suz, those are nice!

Yolos, I bought a start from a nursery.

**donnainzone5** on 3/27/2020, 1:29 pm

CN,

How deep are those artichoke boxes? Did you fill them with Mel's Mix?

I have a survivor in a pot in the garage that will need a larger home this year, plus a couple of seedlings I started several weeks ago.

countrynaturals on 3/27/2020, 1:32 pm

@countrynaturals wrote:
@yolos wrote:I tried growing them from old seeds. None germinated. So i bought some small seedlings and some new seeds. Out of 8 new seeds planted, only 1 germinated. Imperial star. Any info on germinating the seeds.
I do mine in Jiffy Pellets on a heating pad. I didn't pay much attention before, but I have 8 of them going right now, so I can report accurately this time. It's been 7 days. No sprouts, yet, but I didn't expect anything yet. I'll post my progress, here.

This pic is of the 4 from my last planting. These were planted from seed on 11/1/19. I planted 8 seeds and got these 4.

4 sprouts this morning. The seeds are for 2020, Purple of Romagna, from Baker Creek, but already gone from their catalog. idk

These are used Jiffy Pellets, btw.

countrynaturals on 3/27/2020, 1:36 pm

@donnainzone5 wrote:CN,

How deep are those artichoke boxes? Did you fill them with Mel's Mix?

I have a survivor in a pot in the garage that will need a larger home this year, plus a couple of seedlings I started several weeks ago.

The boxes are 2x2 with the bottoms removed. MM is too spendy for me, so I use Mel's "humanitarian" mix, which means I use whatever I have. In this case it's chicken coop compost, which is a combination of chicken poop, seeds, hay, and kitchen scraps; rabbit poop and bedding; leaves; and a small amount of potting mix, just around the individual plants.

**donnainzone5** on 3/27/2020, 2:12 pm

Thanks, CN.

**sanderson** on 5/6/2020, 3:44 pm

I think it's a bust. Did manage to eat 2 that were about 3". I'm going to let one open to a flower and then it's gone.

**donnainzone5** on 5/6/2020, 3:49 pm

Sanderson,

The one I overwintered in the garage is alive and kicking. I'm considering moving it into a larger pot and adding some more MM. Still, I have to be mindful that I can move that pot in the fall.

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