Artichoke Italian Green Globe Vegetable Seeds

Artichoke Green Globe is a very popular hardy perennial in France, this plant is grown for its large, edible, globular flower buds. These are soaked in salt water for a couple of hours, rinsed, boiled until tender, and then served with butter. Then, throwing away any pretence of good manners, the fleshy scales are removed one-by-one using your fingers, clamped between the teeth and the flesh stripped off. Delicious! The Globe Artichoke is also a noble plant, both for foliage and flowers, and worthy of a place in any border

Green globe artichokes can crop for up to 4 years!

Vigorous and prolific plants grow up to a height of 1.8m and will produce the first year from seed but are usually better when cut back and carried over to the second year.

Eat the fleshy base of the 'scales' dipped in butter and sauté the hearts as a delicious appetiser. The flowers and foliage make very ornamental plants. Easy to grow, plants will crop for 4 to 5 years.

Artichoke Italian Green Globe Vegetable Seed Information

Seed Quantity:	Approx 40 seeds per pack.
Site:	Prefers full sun with freely draining soil.
When to Sow:	Indoors Feb - April, Outdoors March - April
How to Sow:	Indoors using seed sowing compost in pots or trays in a greenhouse at 18°C. Outside in free draining soil in mid spring when the soil has warmed up. They will need an open spot with plenty of sun and well drained soil. Sow 2 to 3 seeds 30cm (12") apart, then thin out so final spacing is 1 metre (39") apart. When seedlings are large enough to handle, prick off into small pots. Harden off and grow on. Plant out 1m (39") apart the following spring. Add plenty of well-rotted manure to the planting site and add horticultural grit to clay soil to improve drainage. Rake in some general fertiliser before planting.
Care:	Grows to 30-40cm, but requires a bit of staking - pea sticks do a great job. Pick pods regularly when 2-3cm long to ensure longer cropping and the tenderest of pods.
Harvest:	June to September of the following year

When to Sow Artichoke Italian Green Globe Vegetable Seeds

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