Accidently replied to the private address, sorry ...: Your post reminds me - I had them once, got them from a company called "Rühlemanns" here in Germany. They were easy to grow in a container, but they like a lot of moisture and dislike frozen soil. The rhizomes look like little caterpillars and are quite numerous. I liked the taste, and the texture is very nice and crunchy, a bit like very tender kohlrabi. I planted them in our normal soil, which is quite heavy loam - which ultimately led to the harvest being difficult (a lot of rhizomes broke) and cleaning to be a mess (as they are tender but had to be scrubbed, and the clay particles were like glue in the constricted parts of the rhizomes). A hot and dry summer of neglect followed by frost without protection killed my plants. I would try again in loose, maybe sandy, soil, which would make watering an issue. They never flowered for me, but the whole plant seems not unattractive to me, and its slender habit is maybe better for growth in the soil than in a pot - it's worth a try if you have the right spot, I assume. Nils Am 25.03.2021 um 10:59 schrieb Pia Binha: > since nils mentioned jerusalem artichokes, has anyone tried crosnes or > japanese “artichokes” (don’t you love common names, it’s a Lamiaceae)? > this is something i have never come across except online. > > ======= > tsuh yang _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>