Pink Crispy Organic Sunchoke / Jerusalem Artichoke

Description: These delicious and nutritious tubers are grown in sunny Colorado organically, without any added chemicals. This variety is called "Pink Crispy." It is one of the best selections for eating raw. Highly productive with long, mostly smooth, crisp, light red tubers. Tubers tend to vary in shape with this selection. Some can be up to 12 inches long with small side branches along the main tuber. Plants 6 to 12 ft. tall with large flowers up to 3-4 inches across. The roots grow spread out 3-5 ft. in any direction so it’s not a "clumper" like some other Helianthus tuberosus varieties.This native member of the sunflower family is a strong spreading perennial with beautiful yellow daisy flowers crowning tall green leafy stalks in late summer. The tubers, or sunchokes, are best harvested in the late fall and are fine to harvest until growth begins again in the spring. They taste great when cooked, boiled or sautéed; and are especially delicious as a potato substitute in a German potato salad recipe. This listing is for 2 ounces or 4 ounces. Feel free to buy more than one set for a bigger space, but be sure to give each growing point plenty of space and keep in mind that this variety sends root runners before it sets its tubers, so to fully harvest you will need to be able to dig around the plant in all directions about two feet out. Tubers vary in size from 1/2 ounce to 4 ounces or more. You can cut each tuber into pieces for planting, as you would with potatoes. Each piece should grow its own plant if the conditions are right. Planting: If your soil is not 100% frozen solid, you can plant them upon arrival. Plant them 4-6 inches deep, ideally with a cover of mulch. Leave about a foot of space between nodes. If you can’t plant them outside upon arrival, you can put them as packaged in the fridge. Or you can take them out, wrap them in tin foil, then a loose plastic bag (like a produce bag from the supermarket) and put them in the vegetable compartment of your refrigerator until the ground warms up enough to dig into. They are slow to sprout in the spring - often not until late May here in Colorado - but they will grow quickly once they get started. These are best planted as early in the season as possible. These grow into lovely plants about 8 to 10 feet tall with hundreds of pretty, sunflower like blooms at the tail end of the season. Butterfly and pollinator magnets! The plants are not frost hardy, but they will come back unless you dig up all the tubers. Be careful where and how you plant them as they will spread. That’s part of why they’re such excellent low-maintenance ‘edimental’ (edible and ornamental) plants for a diverse garden. Facts about Sunchokes Sunchokes are the bulbous tubers of the plant known botanically as Helianthus tuberosus, a variety of sunflower. Sunchokes are also commonly known as Jerusalem artichoke, sunroot, earth apple, and topinambour. The plant is propagated primarily for its root, which can be consumed both raw and cooked. Originally an American species, they were cultivated by Native Americans long before being introduced in Europe, and their high inulin content made them a traditional remedy for diabetes. Applications: Sunchokes can be used in place of potatoes in any recipe, though they have more moisture and no starch, so cooking times can differ. The tuber is great roasted, though it can be served raw in salads, baked like fries, boiled and mashed or pureed into a soup. Serve raw sliced Sunchokes in a crudité with creamy or oily dips. Sunchokes will keep in the refrigerator for up to a month if wrapped in plastic.Proudly shipped using re-used and recycled materials whenever possible.

Price: 22.95 USD

Location: Longmont, Colorado

End Time: 2023-09-21T00:24:10.000Z

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