Jerusalem Artichokes - Metchosin Farms
Jerusalem Artichokes - Metchosin Farms

Jerusalem Artichokes - Metchosin Farms

Regular price$17.99 CAD
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Flat-Rate Shipping on All Orders
  • Shipping Starts in Mid September
  • Top Size Bulbs, Corms, and Tubers
  • Sustainable Packaging
  • Canada-Wide Shipping

Helianthus tuberosus

A perennial root vegetable in the sunflower family native to Eastern North America, this is a highly productive and nutritious plant, growing to 2-3.5 metres. Raw tubers are sweet and crunchy with a nutty undertone of sunflower seeds and when cooked, they are even sweeter, with the consistency of a creamy potato. Delicious when eaten raw, boiled, baked, pickled or fried. The tubers contain inulin, a complex carbohydrate with a low glycemic index, are an excellent pre-biotic and helps to balance blood sugar levels. 

Do NOT harvest in the Fall, but leave in the ground and dig throughout the winter once the stems have died back for a fresh supply of nutritional produce.

Save your largest tubers and move directly to a new garden bed as you dig to encourage larger tuber growth and avoid this plant taking over your garden. Plant 30-40 cm apart, ideally in loose garden soil. Each bag contains .4 kg (1 lb), approximately 4-8 tubers.

Metchosin Farms' small-batch, organic craft seeds are grown traditionally on a non-mechanized family farm. Processed by hand, they are of the highest quality.

 Flower Size

6.5' - 11.5' (2 - 3.5 m) Height

 Sun Requirements

Full Sun

 Fragrant

No

 Deer Resistant

No

 Zone

3

 Plant 

Sept - Dec

 Harvest

Winter, after top growth has died back.

 Plant depth

4-6" (10-15 cm)

 Space apart

12-16" (30-40 cm)

At Wildwood, we aim to make sure every plant arrives healthy and safe to your door in time for your planting period. Here is what you can expect after placing your order!

Shipping Schedule

The shipment of your order will follow our approximate schedule found below where timing will be dependent on what is being shipped, your planting zone, and the current weather conditions for shipping.

 Shipping For Earliest Shipping Time
Zone 1 - 9 Mid September
Fall Peonies Mid October
Amaryllis Late October

 

All times listed are the earliest dates shipping can start in that zone. Shipping times can change due to harsh weather conditions or supplier delays if they occur.

 

Not sure what planting zone you are? Check the map here or visit Natural Resources Canada to find the hardiness zone in your Municipality.

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