Helianthus tuberosus

A.k.a. Sunchoke, Sunroot, Canadian Truffle

This is the Livingseeds variety of Jerusalem artichoke. Samson is a particularly large-tubered and robust variety.

Tubers can be eaten raw or cooked. When raw, they are sweet and crunchy. When roasted or boiled, they have a delicious, sweet artichoke flavour that is quite distinctive.

A word of warning: Jerusalem artichokes can cause flatulence in some people, hence the crop's other common name “fartichokes.”

How To Grow Jerusalem Artichoke

• Prefers full sun. 
  
• Tubers can be planted from mid-winter to early spring. Harvest is ready from the first frosts after summer.
• This plant is hugely productive but is a long-season grower, so plant this in an area of your veggie garden where it can grow undisturbed.
• Tubers are best planted in moist soil directly where they are to grow. Plant at a depth of 10cm and 30-40cm apart.
• The plants can spread aggressively in moist soil, but can be easily contained with a bamboo barrier, bidem, or raised planter. Can be grown in very large pots.
• Must have consistent moisture during the growing season.
• Sprouting of the tubers takes place without warning in early spring so best planted early. Tubers left out of the soil can become water-stressed very easily, thus it is important to plant them as soon as they are received.
• Tubers can be left in the ground and dug up as necessary for the kitchen. There will always be enough left in place to start the sunchoke patch up again in spring, and the tubers store and flavour best in cold soil.
  
• The plants die down in winter and frost causes the tubers to sweeten.

2 tubers packed in soil.
Please plant immediately upon receipt.