Globe artichoke question

[Mrs Ava]

All of my artichoke plants appear to have immature flowers coming.  Would I be correct in assuming it is now to late to sever side shoots to give away as cuttings?

[Mrs Ava]

[cleo]

I wouldn`t think so EJ, just cut back the flower stems .

[Mrs Ava]

Thank you Stephan!  I will sort so bits out then Aqui and DP.  ;D

[Doris_Pinks]

"Doing a happy dance"  ;D

[caroline7758]

I've grown artichokes from seed for the first time this year, in my greenhouse. When should I plant them out?

[plot51A]

I'm growing some this year too. Was about to plant mine out as they look a fair size to me - then happened to read my seed packet that said "plant out end of May." So I'm going to wait another 3 weeks or so. HTH!

[cleo]

I think around now would be fine. They are much tougher than books would have one to believe

[Mrs Ava]

And they are FAB plants!    ;D ;D ;D

[aquilegia]

I'm also doing the happy dance!

[Sucellus]

Me too...  ;D

Mine stay out all year round, I mulch with straw and they do fine.
Beautfiul plants.

[umshamrock]

I planted some from seed last year...and have already eaten 4 artichokes so far this year!

[AndrewB]

Blimey, 4 this year, mine are just waking up from the winter and I think I have lost a few

[caroline7758]

Great, will get them hardened off and out in a couple of weeks! :)

[derbex]

Don't think mine are happy either, I had several coming a month or two back -but then we had more frost and it looks like they've died. The other possibility is that the slugs are getting them as soon as they come up.

[Mrs Ava]

Mine didn't die down at all over winter.  The Cardoon the same.  There is one gap in the row, but I dug that plant up, and fortunately enough, thanks to a rather fine allotmenteer chum, I have a couple of purple ones I can bung in!  Now the worry for the 2 happy dancers is the plants are vast and I can't see where to slice of babies!  I am on the case though.