I absolutely love artichokes. I tried to grow them several times... 4 unsuccessful attempts. One I had a vermin mishap.. think it was a gopher, the rest may have been my lack of gardening skills. Maybe too much water, not enough sunlight as my community garden plot is half shaded... boo! I have a border plot which is next to a tall fence with a humongous shrub and a tree that shades a good 300 square feet after 12-1pm. I guess it can be a good thing in warm summer... but still, I can only utilize the east half of my plot for tomatoes, melons, corn, and things of the like. This year I didnt plan properly and put two artichokes in where I had room at the time.. didn't think about how large it would get and now I took up prime sun real estate with this artichoke plant. The other plant perished cuz it was placed in the shade I think. But I do have some pretty spectacular artichokes growing. The plant that survived is an italian heirloom called violetta artichoke. The meatiest artichoke I ever tasted... the leaves are 60% full of meat rather than a green globe where u end up with barely any meat on the leaves... is it called artichoke meat? The choke of the violettas are larger and sweeter than a green globe as well. Though not as sweet as an imperial star in my opinion, these violettas bring on some great eating. And so I shall end with... SUCCESS... finally!
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