Jerusalem Artichokes - removing them

[Kristen]

Hmmm ... we rarely cook with ours, they look pretty enough, but I have a new Rhubarb variety and have been wanting a permanent place to plant it so I think I will do as others and cut my losses with Jerusalem Artichokes; they take up the end spot of one of my raised beds which will be a perfect position for the Rhubarb instead.

[hellybore]

Glad to see this thread - I too plan to get rid of most of my JAs this year - don't like the taste. I'm planning on planting beetroot and lettuce there so will hoe off any JA volunteers that pop up. I think I will put my harvest of JAs on Freecycle - have tried leaving them at the gate for other plot users to help themselves but there don't seem to be many takers!

[mothhawk]

I found pulling the shoots rather than hoeing removed them faster - less regrowth - (they got in among my peonies, and I couldn't tell which root was which, plus I didn't want to keep disturbing the peonies)

This year I'm hoping they're going to bloom ( I'm told they look like sunflowers) which is why I've put them in a flower bed. I may dig up some to eat. If they don't taste good, I'll leave them to just be flowers instead

That's fine, ancee, if you like three inch flowers on ten foot stalks, otherwise, you'd be better with proper sunflowers

[Kristen]

I think I will put my harvest of JAs on Freecycle - have tried leaving them at the gate for other plot users to help themselves but there don't seem to be many takers!

You might get more / additional takers if you (also?) advertise them for planting to grow-your-own?