Mister@lemmy.ca to Gardening@thegarden.land · 11 months agoI just received sunchokes in the mail. Can sunchokes be split up into smaller pieces before planting? Or is it better to plant them whole?lemmy.caimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1imageI just received sunchokes in the mail. Can sunchokes be split up into smaller pieces before planting? Or is it better to plant them whole?lemmy.caMister@lemmy.ca to Gardening@thegarden.land · 11 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareRemy Rose@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 months agooh yeah, you can definitely cut them into pieces before planting. I started with ONE, cut it into pieces, and now I have a whole little thicket of them. I’m not sure what the theoretical limit on that is though, like how small of a piece will grow
minus-squareMister@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoThank you! My goal is to get a nice thicket of them going as well. How long did it take?
minus-squareRemy Rose@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoJust a couple years, and that’s with regular harvesting!
oh yeah, you can definitely cut them into pieces before planting. I started with ONE, cut it into pieces, and now I have a whole little thicket of them. I’m not sure what the theoretical limit on that is though, like how small of a piece will grow
Thank you! My goal is to get a nice thicket of them going as well. How long did it take?
Just a couple years, and that’s with regular harvesting!