If you want to buy some Jerusalem Artichokes here is a link. amzn.to/3r6am8j This is an amazon affiliate link. I get a tiny cut but it costs you nothing extra.

@clamman7505

8 ай бұрын

excluding areas that are wet. that is why the irish grew potatoes instead of these.

@kathybradbury

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@debodeeful

8 ай бұрын

DOESN'T SHIP TO CA😢

@AwoudeX

8 ай бұрын

We grow them where i work commercially. The short and simple: not many like it due to its heavy impact on your digestive tract. Flatulence is the milder impact in this case xD. As for it being a great and easy plant to get high production, sure, but be absolutely sure to rotate your crops, because otherwise the yield of this sunflower related plant will drop significantly despite adding fertilizer. Save a portion of the yield for replanting on a new patch and weed the old one (there will be gorrilions of them trying to regrow where you had them last year) The greatest part is that they stay good in the ground untill they start a new growth cycle in spring and shoot roots from the tubers.

@maribeltalamantes3166

8 ай бұрын

It says they can't be shipped to my area

A friend was telling me a funny story about her Jerusalem Artichokes one time. Her husband was going to rototill their garden so she told him to stay away from the spot where her JA were planted. He forgot and tilled through them. She yelled at him and he said, "Oh no, did I kill them?" She said, "NO! You spread them EVERYWHERE!!!" 😂🤣🤣🤣

@TediBare

8 ай бұрын

👁️💜‼️

@thomascrowe3407

8 ай бұрын

It is a heaven sent to see peace in Jerusalem, always! Let’s keep it respectful that way! Another ‘Have a Hearties!’

@karenbianco1084

8 ай бұрын

😂

@eogg25

8 ай бұрын

.that's very true. be careful were you clean them, the smallest tuber will grow and in a couple of years you will have a new garden full of them.

@OnlyKaerius

8 ай бұрын

So they're like dandelions, or fireweed/great willowherb.

Some people plant Jerusalem Artichoke in weedy areas. Once they have taken hold, they turn the pigs in on the place where the Jerusalem Artichokes are planted. The pigs will root up everything -- including the weeds -- trying to get the tubers. So the people get weed control and fattened hogs.

@Agapy8888

8 ай бұрын

That’s brilliant.

@CCoburn3

8 ай бұрын

@@Agapy8888 I understand it is particularly good when you have blackberry vines. The pigs will root up the ground to such an extent that the blackberries will be gone.

@benwilkins2998

8 ай бұрын

@@CCoburn3possibly, but pigs are quite picky eaters. If weed clearing is your goal, goats are the go.

@CCoburn3

8 ай бұрын

@@benwilkins2998 I have two pigs. They have rooted up their part of the pasture until it looks like a plowed field. And it only takes one strand of wire to keep them in. I’ve had goats too. They will certainly eat the weeds to the ground, but the weeds just grow back. And once they figure out that they can jump the fence, it doesn’t matter how tall you build the fence, you’re not going to keep them in. Though I understand that hair sheep don’t jump fences. They are worth a try.

@lilmissjoodypoody

8 ай бұрын

Ingenious!

He's not wrong, I grew some in grow bags with just standard compost and left them and did nothing else. They're now a 10' tall wall of leaves about to flower. No pests, no disease, they are literally the easiest thing I've ever grown bar nettles. I can literally live off nettle and Jerusalem artichoke soup for ever for free straight out my garden. Amazing plants.

@thekingsdaughter4233

8 ай бұрын

Is it actually possible to grow nettles from seeds? I'm asking and never thought I'd have to worry about that; but I just can't find stinging nettles here. 😞

@john-ic5pz

8 ай бұрын

​@@thekingsdaughter4233I would be shocked if it does not set seed. have you searched the Internet? lots of ppl value nettle and your likely to find someone who has seeds to share

@mkx9095

8 ай бұрын

How do you enjoy the nettles ?

@k8eekatt

8 ай бұрын

​@@mkx9095pureed as soup is delicious

@joshuadelisle

8 ай бұрын

@@mkx9095 best in soups. Nettle soup is super nutritious. Just fresh nettle leaves preferably young ones, onion, potatoes and garlic boiled up and seasoned to taste. I'll probably replace the potatoes with sun chokes. Cheers J

Storing this little tidbit away for when society collapses.

I live in East Texas, zone 8. We have had a drought and excessive heat this year. Of the plants that survived and thrived, one was the Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes). We have sandy soil. It is like sugar granules. After planting, we piled hay with cow manure over the area, and walked away. They were planted early in the Spring, and they are still putting out blossoms in Sept.! Cutting them up, soaking in lemon juice and water, then freezing, them will eliminate gas. They get sweeter after a frost! Or you can cut them up after freezing. We got the smaller variety, as they dont need to be peeled! The skins are tender. We just scrub them with a stiff brush, air dry them, freeze them on a cookie sheet, then put them in freezer bags for storage. They are excellent cut into slices and fried in a good olive oil! Use them as you would potatoes. We dig them up as needed, the day before we cook them, to let them freeze for 24 hours. Happy trails!!

@impudentdomain

8 ай бұрын

I am glad to hear that, I live in Texas too and was worried will they grow in our heat

@loycemarch8409

8 ай бұрын

I grew them in the Longview area.

@egregius9314

8 ай бұрын

You live southernly enough that they might even produce seeds. I live in the Netherlands, and it's too northernly for the flowers to reach maturity in time, though they still produce tubers. That freezing them would help convert the inulin to sugars makes sense. Potatoes convert starches to sugars as well when they're kept too cold like in the fridge, which is a proces the potatoes use to maintain their temperature (as potatoes are living organisms!). Though with potatoes that does make them taste worse.

@ashleyrandolph825

8 ай бұрын

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@iamdd2159

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much....going to give it a go Naples TX area

My wife planted jerusalem artichokes in a 6' stock tank one year. They grew like weeds. This was quite an accomplishment because she usually forgets to water her plants. We got such a big harvest we didn't know what to do with them all. She thought she had harvested them all but the next year even more came up. I enjoyed learning a little more about them, thanks!

@beebob1279

8 ай бұрын

A great way to keep them contained.

@thehimself4056

8 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard of them until this video. What would you recommend for a small family size container worth? I currently have 6’x3’ boxes

@noyopacific

8 ай бұрын

@@thehimself4056 We had them in one 6' X 2' container that is 2' deep and had a good harvest the first year. I thought we had harvested most of the tubers but the second year we had an even bigger crop. I wasn't aware that they would have stored well in the ground or would have tried that. My wife wanted to plant something different in the container and so we took most of the soil out of the container to try to get them all but still had to pull out quite a few young plants the third season in order to eliminate them. Now I'm thinking about planting them again. Good luck !

@user-kr8kv9or7k

8 ай бұрын

@@thehimself4056 They go by a number of names, including sunchoke, sunroot, earth apples, and more. You may have seen them and didn't know it. I confirm everything he said in this video: They're prolific, low maintenance, and spread easily. I also really like the nutty flavor. They do like soil that drains, so a stock tank seems to work very well to contain them so long as it doesn't pool water. I think @noyopacific may have benefited from his wife not watering the tank often. I would probably perforate the container to ensure drainage. In my case, I was planting in heavily clay soil, which I amended in several ways to improve drainage under the plants, but I left the planting holes narrow so I think the plants benefited from being surrounded by wet clay soil while still being able to drain adequately. This year, the 16 new sunchokes are doing well in much looser soil, but they're not quite as tall and bushy as the 3 volunteers in last year's clay soil location. So more water is good so long as they can drain away.

@adamcunningham3763

8 ай бұрын

You'll never get rid if them lol

Want a reminder the Listeners are listening, even when we're NOT on our phones? Earlier, outside, my dad was telling me about something his father foraged in the woods that was a root like a potatoe. Said he had no idea what it was called, and wished he'd paid better attention as a kid. Now scrolling, and in between my basketball (typical), alternative history, amd video games..... here's this video. And you even said "Arkansas to Albania" lol. I'm not in Albania. 😂

I like the windy affect, the solitude is my reward.

@45valk

8 күн бұрын

😂😂😂, I too am a loner… Bahahaha

@shelleya6801

5 күн бұрын

You are too funny! I pitched mine, who wants tummy cramps, but hey they might have been worth it after all!.. Love your humor and frankness..

@JWick-iq6lp

2 күн бұрын

Free heat

When i was a kid, some kind neighbors gave us Jerusalem artichokes for our garden and they grew and grew. We harvested so many that we had them with dinner almost every night just to get rid of them. I got so sick of eating them as a kid because i ate so many. Now that im older and dont have a childs taste in food, i think ill try growing them myself! Thanks for reminding me of this wonderful plant!

@poiewhfopiewhf

8 ай бұрын

you can torture the next generation :D

@strawberryme08

8 ай бұрын

How did they get prepared?

@blaineclark

7 ай бұрын

Hundreds of ways, @@strawberryme08 Anyway you can prepare potatoes will work, except for fine cut or shredded 'chokes. They are much 'wetter' than potatoes so you should press quite a bit of moisture out of them for hash browns or latkes. Soups, stews, roasting, grilling, frying, stir fry (they're texture is like Water Chestnuts), sliced raw into salads, boiled and mashed. One of my favorites is a 50:50 mix with mashed potatoes and a dab of garlic butter. I've made wine from the water after boiling them. Make it on the sweet side and the first taste on the lips is almost like honey. The second taste just can't be described. The aftertaste is almost like Hazelnut. I've dehydrated raw chips and made flour. It's heavy like Buckwheat flour, won't rise by itself, best mixed with other flours. They're packed full of a soluble prebiotic fiber called Inulin. In unbalanced (unhealthy) guts it can cause extreme gas, hence one of their nicknames; Fartichokes! There are five ways to deal with Inulin; Freezing, fermenting, extended cooking time, cooking with an acidic ingredient. Our fall harvest goes mostly into pickles and relishes. The vinegar and shelf storage converts the Inulin into Fructose. Our spring harvest, after the deep freeze of our zone 5 winters also converts the Inulin into Fructose and makes them good for eating raw or most any other methods. They can be fermented exactly like cabbage into sauerkraut, refrigerator pickles or into kimchi. You name it, they can probably be prepared that way. Ah, the fifth way to deal with Inulin is to take it as a daily gut treatment. Talk it over with your doctor first, after you've gathered some good info on how to take it as a health supplement. It can help neutralize gut inflammation which can lead to polyps and colon cancer. You'll no doubt find articles about it curing diabetes. It might for some, but not for me. It has improved my gut health.

@NeoN-PeoN

7 ай бұрын

Did they REALLY taste like artichoke?

@blaineclark

7 ай бұрын

It's been ages since I had globe artichokes @@NeoN-PeoN There may be some similarity, but there is a clear difference. And that depends on how they're prepared.

Another plant to consider to sustain your family is Stinging Nettle, the most nutritious plant to have on hand. Vitamins: Vitamins A, C, K, as well as several B vitamins Minerals: Calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and sodium Fats: Linoleic acid, linolenic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid Amino acids: All of the essential amino acids Polyphenols: Kaempferol, quercetin, caffeic acid, coumarins and other flavonoids Pigments: Beta-carotene, lutein, luteoxanthin and other carotenoids I do have to say, however, that the Jerusalem Artichoke is a prettier plant. lol P.S. Source; HealthLine P.S.S. Avoid if you're pregnant or breastfeeding. Use with caution if you're elderly because of the potential of causing low blood pressure. Use stinging nettle with caution if you have diabetes because of the potential that it may lower or raise blood sugar levels. Edited for additional information. As in all things moderation. And, do your own research.

@eileenspamer

8 ай бұрын

and rosehips/brambles wild apples pears stew with sugar and bottle

@julyjoy6756

8 ай бұрын

Do you happen to know the best practice for preserving stinging nettle? I'm thinking that blanching and then freezing it would be good but I'm not sure. I know it can be dried and used in soups, stews and in tea

@sillililli01

8 ай бұрын

@@julyjoy6756 I've only ever used it dry and steeped it as a tea.

@sillililli01

8 ай бұрын

@@eileenspamer Rosehip Jam is my all-time favorite, however, since learning that sugar dampens the immune system, and is not good for your health, I've been looking for better ways of making/setting jam/jelly. Apples and pears are just two of the fruits high in pectin. There are ways to use fruit instead of sugar, which would be much healthier.

@kristinradams7109

8 ай бұрын

@@julyjoy6756 There is a great you tube channel called Rain Country. This lady is amazing when it comes to herbs and preservation. Also, stinging nettle is one of her favorites. Cheers :)

"Jerusalem" was a misunderstanding of "girasole", the Italian word for "sunflower" (gira = turn, sole = sun; as in, a flower that tutns toward the sun).

I'm sold. Most "survival tips" are garbage. This is convincing

@ThomasBrenton-pk8gg

Ай бұрын

Garage?

@bevvennik1661

Ай бұрын

Garbage

The worst thing about JA's is when digging them up carelessly you get a chunk under your fingernail. The best thing is the taste when simply washed, scrubbed, cut in half lengthways, rubbed with oil and sprinkled with salt and left in a low to moderate oven to roast until caramelised on the outside and gooey in the middle. They are amazing. Better after being left in the ground for a bit as the inulin converts and they aren't so devastating for polite company. I've had them up to 10 feet high and they produce huge, beautiful tubers. Cheers :)

I used to grow these while I lived in Germany. They were massive tubers. I grew them is sandy soil and would use a green fertilizer made from fermented garlic peels, onion peels and stinging nettle. The harvest was heavy with large number of tubers some weighing over a pound. Matthew

@TrickleCreekFarm

8 ай бұрын

That sounds like a great compost tea, thanks for sharing!

@debragarrett5110

8 ай бұрын

Hi did you actually eat them? If so, how are they prepared? Boiled maybe?

@elkemacnaughton6200

8 ай бұрын

When making the compost tea place your bucket in the sun add cut up stinging nettle, garlic peelsand onion peels. Fill with water stir vigorously with a stick each day. This mixture will foam up for 10 days. When ready dilute 10 to 1.Added benefit this discourages garden pests. Matthew

@elkemacnaughton6200

8 ай бұрын

@@debragarrett5110 Hi yes we did infact eat them. We would steam or boil them . Add a little butter and ealt.Enjoy. Matthew

@hillbillyherbalist

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Mathew!!!

For me, after eating them on a regular bases, the 'wind' effect, only occurred the 1st time or two I ate them. After that, it was no issue at all! I look so forward to fall and winter and being able to dig up a day or two's worth at a time! One way to also serve them up, is sauted in a frying pan with a bit coconut oil with thinly sliced pieces like potatoe chips! They are delicious this way!!!! Thanks for the video!!!

@trevorrogers95

2 ай бұрын

Definitely your microbiome in your gut just adjusting. Once you eat it you help to introduce the necessary bacteria to digest it. Usually the first couple go arounds for new foods will produce gas. Once your gut has the necessary bacteria it can digest it more efficiently and with less gas.

@davefigthe3rd

10 күн бұрын

I was gassy every time and I ate it for many days.

As a po' Alabama boy who lives off his land, I'm extremely grateful for your content Great information, extremely helpful and nice presentation

Native Americans claimed there were 9 ways to propagate JA. I know of 4. We dry all of the leaves & flower and make awesome hot tea throughout the year. The tea not only tastes great but also significantly lowers blood sugar levels. We also dry the leaves & flowers, put them in a blender, and make baking flour out of it. Also with the tubers. We use every bit of the plant. Rabbits and all livestock love the greens & stems, even after they've been dried. Tubers are great pickled and retain their crunch if you eat the within the year.

@egregius9314

8 ай бұрын

I had no idea there were no many uses. Now I might consider keeping mine :P Do you cook the chokes before you pickle them?

@lucygoosey9040

8 ай бұрын

@@egregius9314 Just wash them, slice them, and pickle them in a water bath. Glad you're going to keep them!

@ameliagfawkes512

8 ай бұрын

Does taking off the leaves affect the tubers or do you just take some from each plant? I'm not sure if it's just me, but I really enjoy chopping the dead stems back to the ground and chopping them up for compost. Maybe I'm missing a trick by not using the leaves and I wish I'd known rabbits like them when we had a rabbit ...

@cheerio9119

8 ай бұрын

​@@ameliagfawkes512 my dairy goats LOVE them even more than the rabbits!! I think the leaves are about 28% protein also.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this info!! Whst are the 4 ways you propogate them? Do you have trouble with any wild animals or bugs eating them?

I grew these in Michigan and used a meat grinder to grind up the washed roots. this gave juice and pulp. I mixed the pulp with hamburger and made an excellent meat loaf. Even my mother liked my meat loaf.

@lifeisgood6765

8 ай бұрын

Did you consume the juice? Raw?

@mrdovie47

8 ай бұрын

I was 29 at the time, I tasted the juice and poured it out. I'm sure it would make a vegetable broth. My mother said that she would not be afraid to serve that meatloaf to any guest. I think it was 50/50 hamburger and pulp.@@lifeisgood6765

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

Yum!!!

@blaineclark

4 ай бұрын

You can make wine out of that juice! Simple wine is 'choke juice, mix about 50:50 with water, add sugar and I use raisins for natural yeast. You can follow most any wine recipe.

@miltiades490

2 ай бұрын

Can you post the recipe for the meatloaf?

I've grown Jerusalem artichokes for several years now. The cramps from the gas nearly sent me to the hospital. I've found that waiting until early spring to dig them helps me very much. I have canned (pickled) them, and like them that way, but am still experimenting with their various uses. Also, Jerusalem artichokes, while prolific and invasive, they do better if the roots are at least disturbed, if not dug every year. So they are not totally maintenance-free. The flowers bloom late in the season, when most of the garden is done, so they are good to have around for the bees. I never thought of the fact that they can be cut down if necessary, for concealment. A very good thing to know in these times! I enjoy you videos.

@Pamela.B

8 ай бұрын

He said to possibly add lemon to it. I wonder if apple cider vinegar (1 Tbsp./cup of water) consumed 30 minutes prior to meal would assist your stomach acid & digestion.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

​@@Pamela.BOr saurkraut, yogurt (I like vegan yogurt), kefir, kimchi...

@blaineclark

4 ай бұрын

@@Pamela.B, hmm. Cooking them in an acidic ingredient converts the Inulin into fructose but drinking acidic goodies before eating them?? I might have to give this a shot.

@hhjhj393

2 ай бұрын

Agreed treat these guys with caution I ate a small amount and the sheer pressure it caused me was INTENSE. If someone ate a bunch of these without knowing I genuinely think they could send themselves to the hospital.

@harpomorris1909

Ай бұрын

Me too, total agony, never again!

Helianthes. Sunflowers, edible roots. A flower garden AND a vegetable garden. The best of both worlds.

Italian settlers in the United States called the plant girasole, the Italian word for sunflower, because of its relationship to the garden sunflower . Over time, the name girasole was corrupted by English-speakers to Jerusalem. Girasole is pronounced "jee-rah-SOH-lay".

@faigee3493

8 ай бұрын

Ah jeerahsolay artichoke💡

@gartenhexe123

8 ай бұрын

@@faigee3493 in Germany we call that plant Topinambur, in Latin Helianthus tuberosus

@psalm919

8 ай бұрын

In our house we call it the fartichoke, for obvious reasons. Make a pan of soup with them for guests and check out the results

@that_garden_gnome

8 ай бұрын

@@psalm919 ah yes soup, that would retain the fart fuel. gotta dump the water or use them after fermenting them would be better

@Agapy8888

8 ай бұрын

@@psalm919 Need an airplane for vertical takeoff with all the gas produced. I love eating them raw

Great video! Thank you. The reason they are gassy is because your gut bacteria are not used to them. Start with small portions at regular intervals to promote the gut bacteria that can digest them well. Probiotic drinks such as Yakult and kefir can help as well.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

Oh, awesome! I hope you're right that the body can adapt. Maybe fermenting just some of them too and eating a combo of fermented and unfermented could help. And various forms of prebiotics and probiotics. I imagine cooked are easier to digest than raw too.

@tooraj

8 ай бұрын

@@flowersafeheart I have never tried fermenting them. 🤔

@suzyskye733

5 ай бұрын

Indigenous just left them in the ground longer...the inulin lowers itself that way

@syntheretique385

4 ай бұрын

Interesting! I was wondering if I was doomed to eat small portions of them, even as I love the taste. That's good news.

I never even realized it was naturally growing in my yard! Praise God! I have been making pickles from it for the last few years!!

Great information, I will consider planting them in a green space next to my property so they take over the weeds

We have grown these in a greenhouse without one drop of water for 12 months and they produced abundantly.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

That is incredible!!! Why did you decide not to water thrm - as an experiment?

@lucygoosey9040

8 ай бұрын

@@flowersafeheart We were trying to get them to die. They had taken over so many areas of our garden & greenhouse that we wanted to kill off some of them. The ones we did not water were 12+ foot high. We have pics of my boyfriend cutting them down with a chainsaw to keep them from going through the top of the greenhouse.

@therealdannymullen

8 ай бұрын

​@@flowersafeheartI also desperately need the back story 😂

@SilverC3ll

2 ай бұрын

I'm new to growing food. Can you help me with a perhaps foolish question? I don't quite understand how to attain new seed tubers while also eating your harvest. Let's say you have ten tubers, you eat five, but you use the other five to grow again for the next season. Does this not mean you must gradually diminish your crops until nothing remains? As in, it is one tuber for every one plant, and one plant only produces one tuber. Or do they also grow from seed?

@lucygoosey9040

2 ай бұрын

@@SilverC3ll with Jerusalem artichokes do you plant one tuber and you get . An average of 3 to 5 lb of tubers for each one you plant. Also you don't have to put any more in the ground because it is impossible to dig them all. Some are going to remain in the ground and come up again the following spring. So your crap is not going to diminish it's going to do the opposite of that and multiply exponentially every year so that within a few years you're going to have more Jerusalem artichokes than you possibly know what to do with.

Hey, just letting some know You can also eat the leaves ! In a salad or even cook ! 💛🖖

I have a section of my property (in Massachusetts) where Jerusalem artichokes were planted twenty years ago. Every September, they reach 12 feet and show off their golden flowers until October. The tubers can be harvested for food any time of year, as long as the ground is not frozen. They are an amazingly beautiful plant!

I grow them, and the deer love them, i mean they eat them down to the stalk leaving a tiny little sad looking chute. The deer eat them first, then they get my spinach, corn stalks, and even bean leaves, DEER are Woods goats. Sunchokes or Jerusalem Artichokes can be boiled through 2 clean waters and that helps with digestion and gas.

I had such a stressed-out day. KZread suggested this video. I never knew of your channel. I am a history nerd! This video eased my stress away! I'm totally subscribing to your channel!! Thanks and God bless!

Last year I grew 2 sunchokes. They produced a volleyball-sized amount of tubers (total), or about half a 7-gallon bucket full. I ate many, gave some away, and this year planted the rest. I now have 16 new plants growing along a fence, along with 3 volunteers from where I thought I had harvested all of it last year. They are indeed prolific. Also a bonus note: Our local health food grocery in Colorado sells sunchoke tubers for about $20/lb, depending upon the season. The two plants from last year yielded about 7 lbs total from amended clay soil.

@Chuklz70

8 ай бұрын

Which store exactly? I live down in Pueblo County, and would love to support local business and get started on sunchokes.

@carlamarlene2927

8 ай бұрын

​@@Chuklz70Im from further east, I call it the armpit. I'd also like to know where they can be gotten

@carlamarlene2927

8 ай бұрын

Yes, where can we get them? I have a spot I'd like to get green

@heidimisfeldt5685

8 ай бұрын

Try farmer's markets.

@bexaidacandelaria

6 ай бұрын

Amazon

Topinambour....yes...you can make gourmet soups...a very subtle artichoke flavour

The sunchoke is a warrior! I didn't believe it when I read you couldn't get rid of it. I dug it up and was sure that I got it all. Grew back next spring and the harvest was massive.

In Poland, we eat that tuber fermented. You can also fry or boil fermented Jerusalem artichoke and it's delicious. Lacto fermentation makes this tuber easily digested but don't drink water from the fermentation.

@gmw3083

8 ай бұрын

What happens if you drink the water?

@spoolsandbobbins

8 ай бұрын

@@gmw3083you turn into a fartichoke 😝

@Ghosut6

8 ай бұрын

diarrhea strikes @@gmw3083

@backyardrebel2149

8 ай бұрын

​@spoolsandbobbins 😂😂😂😂😂 I...I can't stop laughing!

@patriciatinkey2677

8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this! I planted some last spring & thought it was a failure, but now they're coming along.😀 Good to know what to do with them!

Always grow ton of it. Can even turn it into flour and make delicious bread. Also it's good pickled.

@Maddy_might

8 ай бұрын

With just Jerusalem artichoke flour or do you add wheat flour?

@redeemedvintageseamstress4728

8 ай бұрын

Yes, I too am interested in the flour you make with it. I'm assuming it performs like other gluten free flours...? And you pickle it with vinegar...? Or have you tried fermenting it?

@spoolsandbobbins

8 ай бұрын

How do you dry it enough to make flour?

@Nyenna96

8 ай бұрын

Flour! I'm definitely going to look into that; thanks for the tip!

@blaineclark

4 ай бұрын

@@Maddy_might, it's a heavy flour, like Buckwheat flour, best mixed with other flours. Wheat, rice, any lighter flour does well. My preference is 1/4 'choke flour to 3/4 other flour. It adds a stiffer texture - makes pizza crust not so droopy for example. It adds a nice earthy-nutty flavor.

Yep! Our stealth garden crop! We have food hidden in plain sight! I appreciate this plant and our neighbors love our pretty yellow flowers.

When I was a kid, my Dad suggested digging up the JAs in our back yard to sell in the neighborhood. Became a great addition to my paper route earnings. Note: JAs and homemade milk kefir pair well for a healthy meal.

Love les Girasoles. My mom planted these 10 years ago I Montréal. Every year she harvests over 35 pounds. It lasts her until April of next year.

@LifeInsideJoysGarden

8 ай бұрын

Please how do she preserve them

@Agapy8888

8 ай бұрын

@@LifeInsideJoysGarden She washes them in cold water. Let’s them air dry. Then she stores them in the refrigerator.

I bought some at a grocery store. Out of 6 roots we got 2 plants that were tiny. This year we have like 30 of them.

I have grown Jerusalem artichokes for decades😊

my granmother's family survived Holodomor thanks to this plant....

I Once worked for a couple who had inherited his father's property. They had lived there for 30 years and had never cultivated the artichokes but they still flourished every year. I think i was the only person to cook them along with their amazing asparagus which they also did not use. I suspect they are still flourishing 50 yearslater.(NSW, Australia)

An old (scandinavian) home remedie for digestive gas problems, is tea made of cumin or anis seeds. 1 tsp seed + 1 cup of water. Let it soak for 10 minutes. Drink. It's good to drink it right before or after a meal that can cause digestive problems. (You can eat some of the seeds too, if you like, or you can just drink the tea). 😊🌸

@mollygardens6646

8 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Fennel seed tea works for me.

@frid123

8 ай бұрын

@@mollygardens6646 Yes, fennel is also used to make this tea! 👍🌸

@djja8844

8 ай бұрын

Ginger honey, chamomile. Ginger family for chai herbal tea are all aphrodisiac and testosterone boosters that have other healthy effects. Roobis red chai if you want to double the price of this extremely cheap tea. Add a tiny bit of tumeric to it and put hair on your ovaries.

@Foxhound1Nine

8 ай бұрын

I don't mind gas brings me much joy.

@jackrowe5571

8 ай бұрын

​@@Foxhound1Nine"beans, beans, good for the heart..."😂

Very cool! Here in central Florida, the Ube yam is #1 for me. You can leave it in the ground or harvest it each year. It has plenty of seed potatoes in the fall to replant in the spring. It can produce hundreds of lbs. if several are planted. The leaves are edible. It provides shade with its Jack and the Beanstalk growth rate. There are dozens and dozens of delicious recipes for it (mostly desserts). Also, it has a beautiful deep purple color which adds interest to whatever dish it's in. The pancakes we made from it were the best we've ever had!

Don't know if anybody has already talked about it, but im from Germany and i was like "What the heck is this called and how can I aquire it for growing" and then i learned its latin name and realized, im already growing it. So everyone on the same search : Its also called Topinambur. Grow em with rhizome barrier in the ground. Theyll grow like crazy and they survived the harsh summer we had. They will go into a sort of hibernation and come back with the first good amount of rain. You can also water them of course if possible.

I love mine, just a half inch is all you need for new plants, very delicious sautéd with onions and garlic, they’re great for those who are diabetic

Put them whole, with the skins, in the oven in a deep pan of sorts and put plenty of butter on them and salt & pepper...roast them like you would potatoes, turning them a couple of times, until they are lovey golden and crisp. They will be perfectly mushy on the inside and crisp on the outside...Delicious. They can also be boiled and mashed like mashed potatoes..served with lots of butter. Take the skins of before mashing. Mmmmm....Yum

@blaineclark

4 ай бұрын

One of my favorites is 50:50 mashed potatoes and mashed 'chokes with a dab of garlic butter. The skins on mine are so thin I leave them on. They almost disappear when well mashed.

You are very interesting content creator. Not only the topics are always very well centered on sustainability but also, perhaps foremost, the culture that you build around it is remarkable! Thank you man!

It's called Tobinambur in my place. Once you have them in your garden it's difficult to get rid again. This plant has some kind of sugar in it which gives me a lot of flatulence.

Oh my. We have them in our garden from previous owner. I just thought it was a flower. ( just recently learning about medicinal plants) I gave sadly composted tubers. I have nice patch and will take GOOD care of it from now on. Thank you so much for this video.

You can convert the inulin (a type of carbohydrate, not to be confused with insulin, a blood sugar regulating hormone) in the tubers into fructose (the same type of sugar found in many fruits) by exposing them to freezing temperatures, either naturally or artificially.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

Interesting! So they become less healthy frozen? Or is that sugar helpful for anything?

@collinvickers2345

8 ай бұрын

@@flowersafeheart Well, more or less healthy is subjective, depending on your perspective. As I understand it, inulin is an example of what's called a resistant starch, meaning that it cannot easily by digested by the human body, because the carb is instead digested by intestinal bacteria (hence the windy characteristic). If you're looking for a low-calorie foodstuff, I suppose that could be a benefit. If you're looking to keep yourself fed from a small plot of land, breaking the inulin into fructose is more useful. I was thinking recently about tuberous nasturtium, also known as mashua in that context, because it has similar characteristics - maybe that vegetable would interest you as well.

@edwardkuenzi5751

8 ай бұрын

Living off fructose as the main source of calories would be very bad for your health, but it would prevent you from starving if there was no other choice. A food that can be stored in the field in frozen ground is obviously advantageous, but I wouldn't recommend it for homesteaders as a primary crop.

@collinvickers2345

8 ай бұрын

@@edwardkuenzi5751 True. An additional issue is, as I understand it, that they have little nutritional value. The same could be said for yacon, tuberous nasturtium (mashua) and other similar crops.

@jtzoltan

8 ай бұрын

​@@collinvickers2345the guy in this video was saying that it would make a great staple crop, that it's a complete protein (and in the correct proportions) and that it yeilds as many calories per unit weight as potatoes. Not sure if the calories part was woth the inulin or with it converted to fructose.

I grew some in my garden. Saying topinambourg is prolific is an understatement!!! Jerusalem artichoke will over take your garden!!

@LloydsofRochester

2 ай бұрын

Just don't dig them. It slows down the process a little. And don't put them anywhere near a fence. They will grow underneath and whoever's on the other side will not be happy with you. They will also lift asphalt.

This video has been totally tubular!!! Thanks.

We have these everywhere! I planted 2 and ended up giving away a ton of them. Best eaten roasted with seasonings. Thank you for this video.

We have a strip of poor soil between our garden and the road, and planted Jerusalem artichoke there last year. We let them overwinter and haven't harvested any yet, but they're 6-8' tall now (in soil that even comfrey struggled in). We hope to try fermenting them to see if it reduces the gas effect.

@HealthAndHomestead

8 ай бұрын

The fact that they grow in such poor soil is one of their best characteristics.

@sandivernay6569

8 ай бұрын

Fermenting lessens the fart factor quite a bit.

We grew and ate them when I was a kid and I still grow them now in my 60's.

Grows easily in sandy soil, doesn't need watered often...that's my kind of edible 😂 Our backyard is mostly clay and big rocks, sounds like we need to dig a trench and fill it with cheap topsoil, and toss in some of these plants! Thanks for this video.

@jaydenirawan3188

8 ай бұрын

well you can get raised soil bed soo.. you dont need to dig anything yeah? and there are chance for the root to air your soil abit.

Amazing presentation! Thank you! When I moved to Ireland I planted some tubers immediately - just in case - it was shortly before the feared year 2000 with crashes and even the end of the world myths. Ever since I have both: my super easy going, even spreading fartichoke as a quite abundant emergency food (I cannot digest them easily), and the stunning flowers (this week saw the first bloom). My soil is bad: too acidic, too compacted, too wet, too peaty. With just a bit of sand and some mycorrhizae they flourish so much easier than most other plants.

@allisonbrownlee

8 ай бұрын

Fartichoke 😂😂😂

@happycook6737

2 ай бұрын

Fartachoke! 😂

Look into the use of the leaves and flowers for tea. It is sold in Europe so to get information you can Google Jerusalem Artichoke tea and European sources are available. The benefits are amazing. ❤❤

I've never, in my whole life, eaten an Artichoke of any description and did not know that the Jerusalem variety is not actually an Artichoke. Stumbling across this article has just changed that. I intend to plant some JAs ASAP. Thank you for this info. 😊

I didn't realize it but they grow wild in my yard. The only thing I've known to do with them is artichoke relish, which is very similar to bread & butter pickles. I hope to find other recipes now that I know how beneficial they are! Thank you!!

We planted them as a survival crop for multiple years, but the digestion issues they cause are really startling. If you eat enough to feel full, you will pay for it for hours and hours! We love the productivity and their ability to grow on marginal land, but now feel the best use for them is to raise for pig feed, and then eat the pigs. Beautiful footage and good explanation - thank you. We always keep a patch in the gardens.

@kathybradbury

8 ай бұрын

I’ve never eaten them, but have some stomach problems…your comment makes me hesitant though I was feeling eager to plant some (urban garden, no livestock)

@jeffhutjens

8 ай бұрын

Those digestive issues go away if you eat them regularly. I dried slices and regularly had some as chips for healthier gut flora.

@kathybradbury

8 ай бұрын

@@jeffhutjens thank you!

@nunyabiznes33

8 ай бұрын

Saw a comment somewhere that the roots can be soaked overnight to reduce the gas issue.

@junedowling9677

8 ай бұрын

Loved the comment The pigs eat the artichoke and we eat the pigs .😂

SUPER EASY TO GROW. My first year growing jchokes and they have crushed it they are as tall as the edge of my roof.

@esteedle

8 ай бұрын

I put some in the ground this spring and they are currently over 12ft tall and havent even started flowering yet! I pulled one to try "early" tubers and it was excellent. I got a fantastic yield from just one plant, im excited to harvest the rest of them in a few weeks

@justinskeans3342

8 ай бұрын

@@esteedle ay me too man I haven't tried them yet but they just starting to flower.

All the stalks are excellent fodder for livestock too! I've been growing Jerusalem artichoke for the past 25 years. It's good stuff

sunchokes and nettles...great survival foods. nettle leaves are high in protein and are also good fiber provider for thread, rope and cloth weaving

They struggle where I live, the deer, moles and voles seem to like them a lot. I don’t worry about them being invasive because the white tail deer around here will eat them down to the ground if the protective cage is removed. I have had really good luck with lambs quarters, green purslane and winter purslane (miner’s lettuce). All 3 are a good addition to a salad, have to protect them from the deer as well.

@wendya1250

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for that info. I was thinking of getting some to grow outside my fenced garden but we have an abundance of all the critters you mentioned so maybe I will pass.

@billwilson3665

8 ай бұрын

I have the same problem. mine didn't come back the next year and this year I couldn't get them to sprout.

@djja8844

8 ай бұрын

In Indiana, deer on your farm are fair game, no bag limit. I need to remember to plant some of these Jerusalem artichoke! Then get people to donate to release the cute meat bunnies instead of harvesting them. Stream the rabbit release live. Then hunt the exploding coyote population at night.

@energyzar5072

8 ай бұрын

I wish they would invade and spread but the deer just love them. I can only grow them in the dog yard where the deer fear to tread.

@dshepherd107

8 ай бұрын

I wonder if I grow some in my big half barrel planter next year, I won't have to fight off the groundhogs, moles, etc. That way it won't spread where I don't want it to either. On in the Northeastern US, not too far from Albany

Your close-up and wide-angle views of this plant are so helpful! I started some tubers in pots. When about 2. inches of stalk emerged, something ate them down to ground. The tubers didn't grow back. but just rotted in the soil mix. I believe the culprit was a roof rat or a mouse, so gardeners should be ready to protect the small plants from small varmints. In central Texas, you can get the tubers at specialty grocers for about $9 per pound. I have paid the price because they are so delicious and there are amazing recipes online. Now that I know what they look like, I'm so looking forward to having my own crop, embedded in my urban landscape. Now that you've shown me what to expect, I can better pick a location to start them in-ground. Thanks for the boost!

@gmw3083

8 ай бұрын

My experience was similar. Had these in a pot last summer. They grew to about 2 feet with no sign of flowers and a bug ate em or something. Never really came back. In the spring, I found a mushy tuber in the pot. I'm in north western Canada. There's no way these would make it through the winter in the ground here. I'd like to try them again, though....

@Horus2Osiris

8 ай бұрын

Emphasis on "grows well in sandy soil, not so well in wet soil."

@deadparrot5953

8 ай бұрын

​@@Horus2OsirisGood point. I'm also in central Texas, and we have very clay-heavy soil in my area.

@Agapy8888

8 ай бұрын

@@gmw3083 Try putting them in the ground. You will be happy with the results.

@beebob1279

8 ай бұрын

We have a lot of deer and ground hogs. I was told grow them. Nothing can kill them. They were doing well. Then they were always eaten to the ground. Eventually, killing them

I appreciate all the references to your sources, and not merely repeating the first web search results!

Since Jerusalem Artichokes can be eaten raw, an option to remove gassiness could be to ferment them as you would turnip or daikon radishes in the same way that fermented sauerkraut is made. The lacto-fermentation bacteria would break down most of the sugars responsible for the gassiness. Another option would be to ferment them with a batch of beans or peas with the natto bacteria as beans also have complex sugars that cause gassiness.

We can buy them fresh or in dried slices here in Japan. Here they’re called chrysanthemum potatoes. I’ve had them growing in a forgotten corner of my garden for years, but I’ve never harvested or eaten them before.

@user-kr8kv9or7k

8 ай бұрын

They have a nice nutty flavor.

@LloydsofRochester

2 ай бұрын

Perhaps that is a good thing. If you had dug them up they would have multiplied.

Great info! We planted some this year and have used it to make chips. Also, great restraint from using the term "fartichoke"...

@HealthAndHomestead

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that is their other name.

@faigee3493

8 ай бұрын

😂

@Nyenna96

8 ай бұрын

Oh dear... I laughed so hard I actually spit out my coffee 😂

@haddenindustries2922

8 ай бұрын

​@@HealthAndHomesteadDigested Artichoke

Thanks for the great info on growing Jerusalem artichoke! With all the information you provided, I was surprised that you didn’t mention the leaves and flowers are also edible.

I'm growing JA for 5 years in one of my raised beds (40cm) and I'm impressed how easy they're to grow. I basically just harvest them once per year for a bucket of free tubers. But I'm living in a zone 9 and can get 3 harvests of potatoes per year. So they give me a lot more calories per year in a small garden. But my potatoes also get sick very often and require a lot more care. So they both have upsides and downsides, at least in my situation.

@cheryladamson3276

5 ай бұрын

For your regular potatoes when do you plant them to get 3 harvests?

@med2904

4 ай бұрын

@@cheryladamson3276 mid February, May, and September. Last year was especially warm and I still had 20℃ in December. Now it's about 10-12℃. So I can start planting in February, after the last cold snaps pass and I'm sure it won't get below 0℃ at night.

@tanyawales5445

4 ай бұрын

Growing potatoes is tough in USDA Zone 9. Try growing sweet potatoes instead. They love the heat and long growing season.

My mother in law used to cook these and I just loved the taste. I love the fact that they look great growing, and being able to eat the tuber makes it a bonus. Yes they do taste like the artichoke heart. Thank you for posting this.

I planted some of these before Y2K. They are naturalized around the house. Definitely takes some effort to integrate into menu and convince others to eat.

They are just delicious. Just rub the dirt from it, mix with olive oil, and put in the oven for 30 minutes. Incredible taste! I have grown them for 7 years or so here in Belgium. Easy and plenty! I don't replant them after harvest, because even the smallest part of the tubers are capable of starting a new plant. Never had any issues digesting them.

The potato. They grow anywhere. They don't even need dirt, at times. Plus, . . . Vodka. 🤪👍

From one small gifted tuber last spring, I harvested enough in the fall for a couple of meals and replanted the rest in other areas. I thought I was only leaving a couple of roots in the original spot but this spring they came up over an area of several square feet in that location. Since they do not store well except in the ground, I am interested in preserving some by pressure canning them. I have only found one source online with information on canning them. I’m hoping someone will chime in here with experience in canning them.

@Horus2Osiris

8 ай бұрын

Canned in quart mason jars like any other pickled vegetable... Add a couple hot peppers, garlic, etcetera...

@yeevita

8 ай бұрын

I have heard about people making them into chips, so maybe you could store them that way.

@colleenforrest7936

8 ай бұрын

Could you make a mash and freeze it

@aliciacantin7993

8 ай бұрын

I've heard when you pickle them the inulin reduces and so they're less gassy as well

@valeriegiles6524

8 ай бұрын

Why not dry them & store as a powder.

Thank you very. I read that it is one of the best pre-biotic, but can't find them anywhere in grocery stores. Will be growing them next year. From WebMD: Jerusalem artichokes are not related to globe artichokes but are a vegetable with an edible tuber that comes from a type of sunflower. They are rich in fiber, especially inulin, as well as antioxidants. Jerusalem artichokes help support your colon health by increasing healthy bacteria and can fight off a variety of diseases. They can be eaten raw or cooked.

@trashtrashisfree

8 ай бұрын

Asian markets.

@patriciatinkey2677

8 ай бұрын

@@trashtrashisfree Thanks, there are 2 aisan markets near me!

@blaineclark

4 ай бұрын

My wife and I take a daily supplement of powdered Inulin for gut health. My wife takes it to help with diverticulitis - at least 1/2 heaping tsp per day. It's made a huge difference! I take it because I got a double whammy from both parents regarding colon issues - at least one heaping tsp per day. BTW, my last several colonoscopies were polyp free and most importantly, inflammation free. Inflammation is what causes polyps and cancer. My doc dropped me from a high risk every three year 'scope to a five year 'scope schedule!! Anyone who wants to start this - First, do some research on Inulin and gut health and talk it over with your doctor. Second, if your doctor agrees, start low and slow. Start with no more than 1/4 tsp per day, and you may have to drop to 1/8 tsp per day if you have a mucho gas reaction. Every 10 days, or as your guts will allow, double the dose, ie: 1/8 to 1/4 to 1/2 to one, etc. If you have IBS or Crohns or similar, be prepared, your symptoms will get worse at first, but if you can hang in with it, improvement will come. That's another strong reason to consult with your doctor. DON'T do this alone. The Inulin will actually culture the bacteria present in your small gut, where it doesn't belong and move it down into the large gut where it does belong. This culturing then migrating of the bacteria is what stirs up the gas reaction. You might want to talk to your doctor about the antibiotic Rifaximin. It can help start the eradication of bad bacteria in your small gut in a safer and easier manner. Once your bacteria are properly balanced, no more gas trouble except for the normal, if you eat other gas causing foods such as beans you'll have gas. Some pharmacies will order Inulin for you or you can find it on Amazon and other online sources. As with anything bought online, read all the reviews, good AND bad, and pick the most respected supplier. I can also say that we've been healthier in most every way since starting daily Inulin around 18 years ago. Less colds, milder flu and more. We both had Covid over Thanksgiving 2020 and wrapped it up in about 5 days with no serious after effects. I was 65, my wife was 70, and she has asthma which should have had her in the hospital. Better gut health means better overall health.

This plant can solve world hunger. It is hardy in most soil and weather conditions. The blooms are lovely and attract many insects. The tubers can be ground for flour, ideal for individuals with Gluten sensitivities. It is also invasive, so plant it carefully!

@blaineclark

4 ай бұрын

Regular, close mowing, beyond whatever spread they have will keep them contained. I've had three varieties. One grew 12' tall with white/tan skinned smooth carrot sized and shaped tubers. They looked great BUT they had an obnoxiously strong turnipy-herbal flavor so strong they stunk up the kitchen when cooked, blech! They also spread over 4' from the crown! I had a bear of a time keeping them from spreading. I mowed close and regularly over a 6' border around them. I got rid of them. On the other hand, I have one that's white/tan skinned, super knobby under a 6' stalk that only spreads around 1' from the crown and another that's a red skinned, smooth tuber under a 8' top that spreads around 2'. The white knobby one produces super well with a few near baking potato size. Most of them are around tennis ball sized. the red skinned ones don't produce anywhere near as much or as big, think of small, red sweet potatoes for size and shape. They taste much nuttier than the knobby ones so they're worth keeping. I've collected these locally in west-central PA. I've made tuber flour. It's a heavy flour, like Buckwheat flour, best mixed with other flours. It'll stiffen pizza crust very well and adds a nice earthy-nutty flavor. Cubes or kind of thick chips go great on pizza too! The flour stores really well. I've thought about boiling, mashing and dehydrating for instant mashed 'choke flakes. I've saved some of the dried chips and chunks whole. They reconstitute in soups and stews very well. They're easy to spread if you mulch the stalks and spread the mulch anywhere but in their own patches. One bit of root or thick stolon will sprout. They're allelopathic like walnut trees. They contain chemical retardants that prevent or stunt the sprouting or spread of a lot of competitors. That's why established patches don't have many weeds and why you don't want to spread 'choke mulch into your regular gardens. Mammals aren't affected by the chemicals at all. The leaves and stalks contain trace amounts of salicylic acid which is raw aspirin, and coumarin which is raw coumadin. Teas have been used for minor pain relief. It takes quite a bit of extracting and concentrating to get anywhere near medicinal amounts. The gas causing fiber Inulin ... my wife and I take a daily powdered supplement for gut health. With our guts conditioned and balanced, we can eat the fall harvest no trouble.

This is a good plant to know about. And a good history lesson. We don't study about what people ate as much as we do the war they fought. This plant should probably still be in our diet.

I tried storing them on a vege rack, and in the fridge, in the dark and in the light. Whatever i did they always quickly shrivelled and were wasted. Then i accidentally left some at cool room temperature in a clear plastic bag on the vege shelf. They kept perfectly for at least three months. (Once i realised that they werent shrivelling i was interested to see how long i could leave them). The bag was just folded over but not sealed. Apparently they make good food for pigs, and the pigs can do the digging too.

@robertfree8682

4 ай бұрын

We kept pigs for about twenty five years. For most of that time we kept a large area of the garden growing JA. It was something the pig ate with gusto. We seldom gave the pigs the roots but did give them the above ground plants. Besides cutting down on the feed bill these stalks and leaves in their diet greatly reduced the small of the manure.

Love this. I've been eating them for years for health (gut) benefits, but they can be hard to find except in a health food store. You've convinced me to grow them!

@user-kr8kv9or7k

8 ай бұрын

I've seen the tubers selling in a Colorado health food market for up to $20/lb, so if you can grow them in quantity you'll have good nutrition source and possibly a little income.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

So interesting you eat them for gut benefits - yet so many comments saying thry can be hard to digest (gas, cramps, maybe burping). I'll keep researching this! One comment said after eating small, gradual amounts the body can adapt to them...

AMAZING info! I don’t grow anything, but just as a curiosity I’ve always wondered what the most nutritious, most resilient, easiest to cultivate, best plant that could be harvested especially in hard times and THIS has answered my question.

This video went crazy. Well done! People need simple truths.

I LOVE Jerusalem artichokes! I've discovered no grocer sells them EVAR here. I DID find out they're easy to grow, as you said. While I researched it, I then discovered the plant is extremely hardy (even stubborn to destroy) & crawls EVERYWHERE which is why most landlords & neighbors don't want it near their backyards for fear it'll take over.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

Those landlords and neighbors would probably appreciate it in an emergrncy or if they knew more about it!

@blaineclark

7 ай бұрын

Containing the spread is fairly easy. Determine how far your variety spreads from the crown and keep a border mowed to prevent their spread. I had three varieties. One only spreads about 16" from the crown. One spreads about 24" and the one I got rid of spread well over 48". That last one was a bear to keep contained unless kept in the middle of a lawn or field.

@xp8969

7 ай бұрын

What is EVAR an acronym for?

I'm in New Zealand and managed to get my hands on some of few years ago. I planted about 6 in autumn and had 3 come up the following spring. I was sad to have lost half through winter and then the stalks blew over in a storm when they reached about 5 foot, so I didn't harvest any last year. I wanted to leave them all in to multiply. We've just started spring here and from experience they pop up in the second month of spring where I am so I'm patiently waiting to see how many come up. I've heard you can pickle them and it gets rid of the gas.

@jenni-jl1co

8 ай бұрын

Another Kiwi here - South Canterbury. They grow well here. We roast large trays of Jerusalem artichokes and then freeze them so that we have a handy addition for a meal available.

@patriciatinkey2677

8 ай бұрын

I've looked at mine, & realized I need to support them. I'm in South Florida, USA, & we get really strong wind storms. I planted mine in March or April, & 1 is now 🌱 approaching flowering, while another 2 are about 2 feet tall. Didn't plant them right, so I'm grateful that any are coming up at all! 😁 Thanks for everyone's comments on what to do with the tubers to eat them!

❤I really enjoyed geeking out on sunchokes with this video and its many goldmine comments. Thank you!! 🥰How common gas is concerns me yet I'm really intrigued with this plant now and took many notes!🙂Think I've had them chopped up on salads a couple times (and don't remember gas) unless that was just jicama. But I think I do remember that and an almost nutty flavor and fun crunch. Knowing what I know now I wouldn't eat them raw again.👍 Sounds like blanching them makes the peels rub off easy too. 👍I'd wanna improve their digestibility if possible such as by one or more of these: cook in lemon, ferment, pickle, start with small amounts and get used to them, harvest late enough in the season, or eat with seeds of cumin, fennel, anise, caraway - or with sauerkraut, kimchi, yogurt, or kefir (would kombucha help?).👍Still figuring out best ways to store them. I'd be curious to try something baked from their flour! Could use deer-repelling methods.

@LloydsofRochester

2 ай бұрын

If you hunt, you know where they're coming. Makes it easier.

Fastest and best remedy for gas and bloating is fennel seeds. You can chew them but i grind them in my coffee grinder and make a tea bag out of a coffee filter using staples and add 1 tablespoon ground fennel and step in hot water add honey and enjoy it taste like licorice. Love it and it works almost instantly

I had a bunch of them growing outside of my yard for many years, a couple of years ago the deer discovered the plant and now they don't grow over three feet because the deer eat the tops, so now I grow them inside my yard. the deer have some and I have some. one thing I discovered is they keep very well in the refrigerator crisper after being cleaned.

Caraway seeds help with indigestion. They also taste good used with cabbage, (roasted) potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes etc.

Over 1 million views? Looks like a lot of people believe we may need this information very soon. God save us all 🙏

@MaekarManastorm

5 ай бұрын

God won't plant this plant for you

@JustFollowJesus

5 ай бұрын

@@MaekarManastorm the plant won’t help with the saving, only God does that part

Fascinating.

Yep, we grew it in one of our big garden beds down here in South Texas a few years back.. It took off great in our dense clay soil, required minimal water, tolerated the scorching climate very well, had no issues with pests, and popped right back up in the spring even after harvesting what we thought were all of its tubers. We were thrilled with how it did, until we discovered that I and my oldest son were allergic to it. Haha.. Ahh, well.

@backyardrebel2149

8 ай бұрын

What was your reaction? Hives? Trouble breathing?

@MechMan0124

8 ай бұрын

@@backyardrebel2149 It was minor; just a bit of swelling/itching in the old bronchial tubes. I have a similar reaction to sunflower seeds, which in retrospect makes sense given that the sunchoke is closely related.

@backyardrebel2149

8 ай бұрын

@@MechMan0124 Thank you for sharing. Not sure if any in my family would be allergic and it's good to know what to look out for when we try JA.

@MechMan0124

8 ай бұрын

@@backyardrebel2149 If you're in a hot/dry climate with not-so-great soil, you might try growing Golden Amaranth. The drying and winnowing process can be tricky the first couple of harvests, but it's an impressive producer of grain once you get the hang of it. It was once the staple crop of many Pre-Columbian central American cultures. It's very hardy and easy to grow, and the harvested grain stores well.

@backyardrebel2149

8 ай бұрын

@@MechMan0124 I'm on the west coast. It gets pretty wet. Lol. I'll look into it though. Would love to have a bunch of options for easy to grow food

Found on the net: Modern science concurs: “Boiling Jerusalem artichokes in an acid such as lemon juice or vinegar will hydrolyze the inulin to fructose and small amounts of glucose,” Rastall advises

@Ask-kat

8 ай бұрын

Gets rid of the gas

@erikjohnson9223

8 ай бұрын

So, high fructose corn syrup is evil, but high fructose fartichoke (or Camassia for that matter) mush is great. Got it, but don't believe it. You do you. This plant is biomass and possibly forage, not food in my book.

Thanks. We agree.

What a great video! Thank you!

I love them so much, roasted was best for me! Yummm It certainly has no gassy effect on me.

I bought a couple tubers a couple years ago. I just replanted some of the tubers all over the yard (the garden) after harvests. Now I have more plants than I can count. I am in Southwest Florida, zone 10. The soil is awful, just sand. It's hot. But they grow great! No maintenance. They taste great. And we haven't even noticed a gassy effect eating them.

@flowersafeheart

8 ай бұрын

I wonder if that's cause your body got used to them? Were you gassy at first? Whenever I got them at stores I didn't get any gas, cramps, or burps. That was raw too though after this comment section I wouldn't eat them raw again, would cook (maybe a long time) or pickle or ferment.

@shannonalaminski2619

8 ай бұрын

@@flowersafeheart no idea. I know nearly all people that tell me about sunchokes haven't ever actually eaten sunchokes so I wonder about their facts. The few who have grown and eaten them also wonder about their facts.

thank you! Never heard of before. Good info.