> Aaron’s comment sent me out to check my plants for spikes. So far, nothing. > Otherwise, my plants seem to be growing vigorously. > > Dennis, do your plants show spikes yet? Please say no. I figure I’m about > half-way between you and Aaron. > > No, my plants did not bloom last year. And the bloom stalks have not formed this year either. I think they have depleted the thin soil where I was growing them. I just transplanted them about a week ago to a much more fertile garden bed. I made this decision when I visited the nursery from which mine came, and theirs were all sending up stalks, about 1 to 2 feet already. This nursery is far out in the countryside, and fully exposed to the weather... so no protection from a greenhouse or anything. Dennis in Cincy