Mastodawn

My #JerusalemArtichokes for #FlowerFriday 🌻🌻🌻🌻

They're a lot taller than me, so I could only photograph them from below. I took this photo 2.5 weeks ago, when they fiiiinally bloomed. Now, with the first night frosts, they're already dead. I probably should dig out the tubers, though. Last year, I had two plants and only dug up one of them. Its tubers were so tiny and unusable that I couldn't be bothered to dig out the other. But this year, a whole forest of them popped up! They even grew on the neighbouring plot, oops. 😅

They're nice in a salad of shredded carrots and apples, though the taste is quite earthy. I've never tried them cooked. My rabbits loved them back in the day. I remember shipping a shoebox full of tubers to another member of an online rabbit forum I used to frequent, because my parents had so many #JerusalemArtichoke plants. 😁

#Topinambur #HelianthusTuberosus #sunroot #sunchoke #wildSunflower #flower #flowers #Blume #Blumen #Natur #nature #Garten #gardening #florespondence #bloomScrolling

Muro deGrizeco Sep 13, 2025

Sunchoke flower (Helianthus tuberosus) peeking in the bathroom window to watch me showering!

"Hi there!"

Sunchokes are hardy, sprout back up from tubers, get taller than I am, delight the squirrels who have been eating the flowers, and have a semi-edible root.

Why partially edible?

Because they have lots of inulin, a polysaccharide, that we don't digest, but our lower gut flora certainly does.

I have roasted up a few and #sunchoke is tasty.

#bloomscrolling #garden

Causeburn Jul 29, 2025

I think this video single-handedly convinced me to grow Jerusalem Artichokes/Sunchokes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0sG3uJrBGs #garden #jerusalemartichoke #sunchoke #growing

How to Harvest & Plant Jerusalem Artichokes (Sunchokes) 5 Varieties

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Leisureguy Mar 2, 2025

@Pollinators

I just saw a video on growing Jerusalem artichokes and mentioned it to my son (in Peoria IL), and he said he had been thinking about growing them. Have you tried that crop? Here's the video that piqued my interest:

https://youtu.be/zavQRGSENlk

#sunchoke #JerusalemArtichoke

This Crop is WAY Better Than Potatoes (And No One Grows It!)

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Ms. Que Banh Sep 2, 2024

#Sunchoke
#TreeMallow
#Marigolds

#bloomscrolling #florespondence #PollinatorGarden #WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #Flowers #PlantFlowers #plants #nature #PNW #botanical #PlantLovers #Wsanec #perennials #DisabledGardeners #DisabledPhotographers #photography #YYJphotographers #FlowerPhotography #WorldInMyEyes #PollinatorPlants

Ms. Que Banh Aug 25, 2024

#SilentSunday with a busy #bee & a sunshiney #sunchoke bloom.

I grow a lot of them in large pots. I never plant these in ground because they'll spread too quickly & hard to contain in ground. I can control them better, in large & movable pots.

Also known as the Jerusalem artichoke plant - despite it not being from Jerusalem & it not being an artichoke. It was first cultivated by #IndigenousPeoples of North America.

Learn more:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke

Jerusalem artichoke - Wikipedia

Ms. Que Banh Aug 17, 2024

First #sunchoke flower has bloomed 🌻
Once the plants finish blooming & leaves have yellowed, I dig out several roots to cook & store for winter food 👩‍🌾😊

#DiabeticFriendly tuber 👍
Ways to cook & pickle it:
https://yummyaddiction.com/how-to-cook-sunchokes/

#WhatsInMyGarden #Saanich #Gardeners #GardeningMastodon #Zone8 #YYJ #GrowItEatIt #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VictoriaBC #VanIsle #EdiblePlants #PNW #botanical #Wsanec #FoodGarden #DisabledGardeners #GrowFood #EdibleGarden #GreenLiving #GrowVegetables #YouGrowGirl #FoodPlants #JerusalemArtichoke

Jen Lee Apr 30, 2024

Icon 181/366 - Sunchoke/Topinambur

#Icon #Logo #Art #Design #Vector #VectorGraphic #Illustration #April #Spring #Frühling #Nature #Sunchoke #Topinambur #Vegetable #RootVegetable

Tiesa Meskis Nov 25, 2023

For a #friendsgiving #potluck I am going to make a #vegan, #GlutenFree #mushroom #PotPie.

So far I am planning on using #maitake, shredded king oyster, and #portabella mushrooms along with #SweetPotato, #SunChoke, #GreenBeans, and probably a few other things I haven’t thought of yet

donkey herder, fowl friend Oct 10, 2023

This is half of my #sunchoke harvest! This spring, I put three chokes each in two big fabric plant pots and buried them in a foot of not very finished stall bedding compost. I mostly remembered to water them, and they grew to 8’ tall with pretty yellow flowers. The stems are dying back, so I emptied out one pot and got about 50 tubers. The compost had transformed into crumbly finished stuff and shrunk to maybe 4” thick.
After I picked out all the tubers, I invited the chickens over to comb through the leftover compost for bugs.
I really like the taste of sunchokes, but the massive gas makes them no fun. (They make everybody fart, because they contain a lot of inulin, a sweet carbohydrate that our bodies can’t digest but our intestinal bacteria *love.*) I’m going to offer some tubers to the rats, then roast the rest and offer them to the chickens, and the rats again.
I’ll keep growing them even though we don’t eat them. They’re very pretty when safely confined to pots, and you never know when you might get hungry enough for fartichokes.