Jerusalem artichokes - the best varieties for growing in the garden

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• Jerusalem artichokes - the best varieties for growing in the garden
• Tuber, shrubbery, flowering - what is important?
• The most famous varieties
• Use in the kitchen, as a garden decoration or for making schnapps
• Greening for fences or as a screen
• Making amber from Jerusalem artichokes
• Tips & Tricks

Jerusalem artichokes - the best varieties for growing in the garden

With the variety of Jerusalem artichoke varieties on the market, choosing the right variety is not easy. Which breeds are best for which purpose? A presentation of different varieties for cultivation in the garden.

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Tuber, shrubbery, flowering - what is important?

If you want to grow Jerusalem artichoke in the garden, you have to decide what the plants should be used for. Would you like to use many tubers in the kitchen, should the Jerusalem artichoke serve as a screen or would you like to make your own Obstler?

The most famous varieties

The best-known varieties of Jerusalem artichokes include:
the early ripening varieties:

and the medium to late maturing varieties:

Use in the kitchen, as a garden decoration or for making schnapps

Large, smooth tubers are best for use in the kitchen. They are the easiest to clean and peel. Some varieties can harvest early, others are late. The color of the tubers is red or yellow depending on the variety.

Good varieties for consumption are Good Yellow, Topstar, Bianka and Topianka, which form yellow tubers. If you prefer red tubers, Violet de Rennes is the right strain.

Greening for fences or as a screen

As greening for fences or unsightly corners in the garden, high-grade varieties with many yellow flowers are the best choice. Also as a screen around the terrace or on the street is the cultivation of Jerusalem artichoke recommended.

The Jerusalem artichoke varieties, which form high foliage and thus provide good privacy, include red zone ball, forest spindle and Topianka.

Making amber from Jerusalem artichokes

If you want to make your own schnapps from the tubers, choose varieties that were bred specifically for the distillery. By the way, topinambur schnapps is one of the fruit-pickers.

To burn plant red zone ball or forest spindle in the garden.

Tips & Tricks

Jerusalem artichoke is not only popular as a side dish on the human diet. Even your small animals, sheep and even horses like the tubers. Plant Jerusalem artichokes that produce many tubers and enrich the feeding plan of your four-legged family members.