25 Live Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers | Sunchokes by Greenhouse PCA | Fresh Sunchoke Bulbs for Eating or Planting

Even though the delivery date ranged three weeks (which concerned me because it is getting late in the season), these Jerusalem artichokes arrived by the first date, being a week after ordering. The tubers were already sprouting, but some advanced shoots had already blackened at the ends and some had broken off in the shuffling of transport. No problem, the tubers were still fresh with new small shoots appearing, the pine shaving packing looks like it works well. The planting instructions that came with the box said to put 1 or 2 inches of soil over the top, however most of the video tips on youtube said to plant them 4 - 6 inches below surface so I did. They got lots of rain and just 4 days after planting, taking a peek at a tuber from which I scraped back the soil, there are fine root hairs growing and some sprouting greenish buds are evident. I probably didn't need as many as 25, but I got 28. I planted them into large containers.

I planted these and only about 5 plants poped up. However the ones that did, grew giant with very minimal care. If anyone is interested in a survival garden, these are very hardy, very easy to grow and can stay in the ground all winter. I planted mine in mulch made from my own back yard leaves and twigs from last fall, and have been very pleased in there growth. Sunlight definately affects there size. I planted on both sides of my garden and the side with about 2 to 3 more hours of sunlight is 2x taller. It's not yet harvest time so I can't verify the roots yet. But it is getting close and I got some plants taller than I am. Very pleased to know they are as hardy as the rumors said. I literally only watered them a few times in the first month. Then let the rain water them the rest of the year. This is likely why they didn't all grow. However the ones that did, are very tall. Want a lazy garden like me? Great purchase idea. Highly recommend using mulch. Keeping in mind that each plant years 12-20 tubers a harvest since 5 succeeded out of 25. I'm looking at a harvest of at least 60 to 100 tubers from just 5 sucessful plants. That's in my opinion worth the money. But I'm a rookie gardener and I want to be clear to all, just because I only got 5 successes, doesn't mean you couldn't get 25. Where I am, the soil is very bad for plants ( red clay) and humidity rots a lot of ground root veggies. I have no doubt all the tubers were good quality.

I have wanted to grow jerusalem artichokes as a food crop for a while, and finally decided to go for it. I am really pleased with the size and quality of the tubers I got - some of them are huge - and all of them were firm, very clean and looked like they'd just been pulled out of the ground. I even got a bonus tuber - 26, when I'd ordered 25. I'll be planting them today and can't wait to see them grow.

I could not be more pleased with this purchase. At $33 for 25 tubers, it was a real bargain. They arrived fresh and clean. I have no idea how they removed so much dirt without scrubbing the delicate skin from the roots. The tubers were plump and looked like they had only come out of the ground the morning of getting shipped!My mistake was ordering them a little early so that I had to store these in my basement for a few weeks before the risk of frost was past. In that time, they started to dry out which scared me into thinking perhaps I'd ruined them. But no, I plopped them in some water and they plumped right back up! The next day my husband planted them into our garden patch and we saw sprouts within a couple weeks. Now, less than a month later every single tuber has sprouted. Some even have 2 - 3 sprouts popping out of them!Needless to say, we are thrilled with this purchase and would definitely buy from this seller again. Highly recommend!!

very prompt shipping, the artichoke bulbs were in GREAT condition. I was impressed with their quality. Unfortunately, very few of the bulbs came up. I had 2 orders and nearly all the bulbs came up with that 2nd order.

Every single one planted and took no problem

These look really good and healthy. Looking forward to my new crop.

Every single one grew. I have almost pure sand soil. Very impressed with the sunchokes growing ability.