Thus, the cultivation of an artichoke succeeds in their own garden

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• Thus, the cultivation of an artichoke succeeds in their own garden
• Location and artichoke plants
• Variety choice according to regional climate
• Harvest time from the 2nd year of age
• Surely overwinter artichokes
• Tips & Tricks

Thus, the cultivation of an artichoke succeeds in their own garden

The artichoke belongs to the exotic ornamental and vegetable plants. Their flowers beautify every garden. Leisure gardeners who follow these tried-and-tested recommendations for cultivation, are delighted with an attractive ornamental and medicinal plant as well as a culinary delicacy.

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Anyone who manages to cultivate the spiky noble plant in his garden benefits from the beauty of the environment and the valuable ingredients. The artichoke has a cholesterol-lowering, detoxifying and stimulating effect. Under ideal conditions of growth and growth, you can admire the flowers for 3, 4 or even 5 years and enjoy their fruits.

Location and artichoke plants

Artichokes love a warm, sunny and sheltered location. As rootworms, they prefer loose soil rich in nutrients and humus. Artichokes can be preferred on the windowsill or planted outdoors as direct sowing. If you want to harvest artichokes in the same year, you should start sowing in February. Seed best three seeds per cultivation dish and cultivate only the strongest plants of it. The ideal germination temperature is between 20 and 25 degrees. In the middle of May, you can grow the artichoke plantlets outdoors with a distance of 60 centimeters.

Variety choice according to regional climate

So that the cultivation of an artichoke succeeds, a variety should be chosen that can tolerate the regional climate. For example, the violet artichoke reacts extremely sensitively to rain and loves the sun. On the other hand, the robust variety "Große von Laon" tolerates damp, cold weather. The most famous artichoke varieties:

Great of Laon - edible, cold tolerant, proven strain
Kardy - Edible, cold-tolerant and richly flowering ornamental artichoke
Orlando F1 - edible, tasty and thornless artichoke
Madrigal F1 - edible, mid-early and large budded variety

Harvest time from the 2nd year of age

From the age of 2 you can harvest your artichokes from summer to late autumn. The fruits are ripe as soon as the outer leaves open. Then is harvest time, because the edible soil becomes inedible with the blossoming of the artichoke. Therefore, remove the flower heads before they bloom. Both the flower soil and the Envelope leaves are considered a delicacy worldwide.

Surely overwinter artichokes

When the artichoke leaves turn yellow in late autumn, cut back the long pedicels and bind the leaves together loosely. The foothills remain on the floor for the division in the spring. A layer of straw with additional fleece cover provides optimal winter protection. To prevent wetness, cover the plants in April again.

Tips & Tricks

You want to safely overwinter your artichoke? Then remove the plant and roots from the soil and store it in a box of sand in the basement at 15 ° C.