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My kind Lottie neighbour has offered me some cuttings (side shoots) from his Globe Artichoke plants. Does anyone know how I should best go about bringing them on? Do I plant straight into ground or do they need root hormone powder and potting on? Thanks in advance. BTW his plants are really vigorous and last year were producing fabulous fruit/veggies.

Hi
I've taken one of mine cutting just put it in a pot about 3 weeks ago. Let it grow the root . It seen coming up now with a couple of new leaves. I'll planted it out mid of May I think! Hope that help.

Yuet

I've got globe artichokes already.  Checked yesterday and there's a really good sized one on there  :)  I never feed them and they seem to produce very well.  The plant is about 4 or 5 years old now

Do you do anything to them in winter?  We have two which I cut down in autumn and covered with straw.  One didn't make it although it only recently died.  Should I just have left them be over winter?

I don't do anything to the plants at all except cut off any dead foliage which you get at the base towards winter time.  I also cut any off when I venture out in spring to have a look at it like I did the other day for the first time.  I've never given it any protection.  It's faces south and I'm in North Derbyshire.  It was a plant I grew from seed and it's never been moved or anything.  :)

Thanks folks, my lottie neighbour's plants have already produced 3 flower heads!!! We're in S. Somerset , so it really is mild here. Nobody really answered my question yet but I'll keep reading just in case  :-\

dingerbell, three weeks ago I split my artichoke into 6, and transplanted them into a more convenient place, all have taken although the outside leaves did die off but new growth from the middle is now a foot high. I added some manure at time of transplant but that is all.  ;)

Quote from: ani on April 23, 2005, 14:23:03
dingerbell, three weeks ago I split my artichoke into 6, and transplanted them into a more convenient place, all have taken although the outside leaves did die off but new growth from the middle is now a foot high. I added some manure at time of transplant but that is all.  ;)

\ani, many thanks, that's exactly what I wanted to know. Off to the lottie to do some transplanting  :)

Dingerbell    I think they call the cuttings of globe artichokes 'pups'  :)  I don't think they need much cossetting and could be just replanted and fed and watered to settle them in.  I wouldn't do it when frost was forecast  :)

Hi there,
Last April, I took offsets from an artichoke on an abandoned plot. They were smallish, and I really felt like I had left most of the roots behind. I replanted them and they flourished  - couple of buds in summer - can't even remember if I ate them. Anyway, mulched with manure in summer then popped some straw round them to keep them snug through the winter. They have grown continuously since I originally transplanted them and now they have offsets of there own. Am hoping for a bumper crop this year.
Incidently they are very handsome plants - I really love them.

Sarah,