I can't tell what I'm looking at. Did you get any artichokes?
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Yes, I harvested 3, then left three to age on plant. They are browned and are atop the stalks.
Amazing, thanks for sharing
Man they are just the ugliest flowers. But that is cool.
Didn't realize they grew so well in pots.
Funny, I think they're really cool looking.
They are unique but they are old thistles.
The petals at the base are super tough and the whole thing is prickly. I mean yeah it's all perspectives but I'll take a soft flower any day.
I also love the flowers on thistles.
LOL that checks out.
But, It sounds like you don't have a neighbors yard growing full of them spreading everywhere.
I used to have them in my own yard. My newer place doesn't have any and I wish I did!
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They really didn't spread much.
(☞ ಠ_ಠ)☞ Sure.
But maybe keep your "non-spreading" thistle to yourself if you can.
If you think I'm crazy, you should know that some people even make tea out of thistle.
And dandelion. That's mostly from them being everywhere and easy to grow. And hard to do anything else with.
Humans would do anything for extra calories or nutrients once upon a time.
A plants only a weed if you decide it. If you’ve got a good lawn and almost any kind of mulch, doesn’t matter much what your neighbors doing.
The city stopped spraying for broadleaf unless the field is covered by more than 60% or something, the median beside my house is littered with them, but my front and backyard maybe gets 2 a week to pluck.
Not true for tight small city yards.
I would need a layer of mulch deeper than any of my in ground plants could handle.
I have exactly that, a 1” layer of straw mulch protected my raised garden beds. You can also use biodegradable “plastic” mulch too.
I don't have raised beds
You don’t need raised beds to mulch them?
But then the mulch won't stop the weeds unless I do it deep enough to hurt my plants. I don't understand why you are so adamant that works for you with a completely different setup is so important for me to do.
What zone and hemisphere are you in? I'm guessing Northern and somewhere it gets cold(er)? We're zone 6a and I left our first year globe artichokes in the ground more or less as is. They're not brown, but they don't look that happy after a few hard frosts. I'm surprised to see what looks like new growth on yours combined with the brown.
In northern hemisphere on the west coast. It doesn’t get too cold here.
I bet the browning of the leaves is just underwatering. I got lazy with watering and travel.
Either way I am hoping for Artichoke seeds for next year. They are actually quite a nice privacy plant, and apparently they are annuals.
Ah, that makes sense. I live in 6a/nothern hemisphere and mine are still green. Mine are in the ground and we get a decent amount of rainfall. So far they're loving life.
Yup, if they make it through the winter then they will happily come back up year after year. I wish I had done more (read any) teaserch before putting two in the ground here. I'm going to be pushing their hardiness this winter and the plants are a bit bigger than I expected. If they do survive the winter I am considering planting a few more in a different location.