Harvesting 25 Pounds of Jerusalem Artichokes from 2 Plants

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1. Hi John,
   I need your expert opinion on getting rid or killing sunchokes. Over the internet, people have lost the battle of digging up the tubers to make sure that they are eradicated, but then only find more growing.
   
   My question: Would you be able to kill the tubers if you simply just thin them out or cut the new stem that shoots out of the ground (less work than trying to dig them all out)?
   Thank you kindly.
2. As a side note these are great for throwing at fast moving cars.
3. thank you I will grow some
4. Hi, can I store them in bucket of sand ?
5. There's no need to replant tubers. No matter how hard you try, you'll end up leaving tiny tubers or tuber fragments here and there and the plant will come back from these. You will not accidentally get rid of your jerusalem artichokes. The only reason to plant tubers is to establish a new patch.
   
   THESE PLANTS WILL TAKE OVER YOUR GARDEN! I would only grow them in containers or raised beds. If you plant them in a field-type garden, you will end up with a garden of nothing but jerusalem artichokes in a few years. I saw a video where a woman added the stalks to her compost pile after harvesting, but she left the roots attached to the stalk. I'm pretty sure her compost pile is now a jerusalem artichoke patch.
   
   I'd only leave a tuber in the dirt if it was not fit to eat for some reason (such as being too small). A tuber the size of a marble will grow a full size plant next year. I've even read one account of a person who peeled a jerusalem artichoke, tossed the peeling on the grass, and next year they had a jerusalem artichoke patch in that spot which grew from a peeling. The peeling wasn't even tossed on exposed earth, but on grass.
   
   I don't recommend eating large amounts of these fresh and raw. They don't call them "fartichokes" for nothing. Apparently it takes some experimentation, but there are ways to minimize the flatulence effect. Keeping them in the refrigerator for a while helps. Harvesting after a good frost helps. Certain cooking methods help, such as cooking the jerusalem artichoke for 24 hours or so (I assume in a crock pot).
   
   Apparently grazing animals love to eat the leaves and stalks and pigs love to dig up the tubers, so keep that in mind if you plant these on a farm.
6. sunchoke & onion hash is my new favorite dish!
7. John do you have anymore sunchokes to give away I just saw another artichoke video through growing organic but there wasn't a link to buy yours.
8. can we plant these in tropical climate.. (22--35 centigrade).
9. 25 June 2014
    
   Hello John:
    
   I have a dozen of Jerusalem artichokes in my plot. They sprang from the same spot as previous years. This year, I see some plants got curly dry leaves on the top where new growth supposes to take place. (The plants now average 4-5 ft. tall.)
    
   I pry the dry leaves open and see no visible sign of pests. There is no sign of mildew either. But clearly something is damaging the plants. Could it be happening in the root underground?
    
   Please tell me what the problem is with this symptom and how to fix it. Many thanks.
    
   Kind regards,
   Beverly
    
10. Hello wonderful John, can the jerusalem artichoke leaves, potato leaves, tomato leaves be juice, thank you for your sincere caring for humanity to help all to eat better, thank you thank you, through your videos i was encourage day by day to continue and pursue planting and for the first time i am harvesting lettuce and pea shoots daily and sharing with friends that were staying with us, i feel your sincerity, thank you :)
11. that was awesome.  I couldn't understand your last name. Can I grow JA's in a container?
12. You keep your fridge at 32 degrees?  Wow.
13. Thanks for taking your time and creating all your videos! Keep up the good work! Cheers from Sweden! =)
14. John, I just harvested my first J.A. today, and there weren't any!  Not a single one.  I did get about 3 pounds of Oca, from 5 seeds I planted last winter.
15. so that is what a "live off your own crops" vegan would eat, if they lived 200 years ago?
16. where could I buy jerusalem artichoke? 
17. I was wondering. My sunchokes are about half way thru the growing season and have pencil size tubers or some are slightly fatter than that. Will those half-grown tubers take root if I plant them? I was going to share some with a friend and didn't want to dig up the main root. 
18. Great info! I've never heard of them and don't think anyone sells them here which is a shame. A friend of mine gave me some tubers to try and grow. My first taste reminded me of something I couldn't quite pin-point and tasted kind of like juicy coconut flesh to me. And yeah, I'm hooked and dead keen to try and grow them here in New Zealand. I love the raw flavor and wonder if it's possible to treat them like potatoes example, boil, mash, and fry..?
19. Oh my goodness. My Jerusalem Artichokes are horrendously invasive! It took me two years to dig them all out. Pretty but a pain in the tushy!
20. With its tuber explosion would it be better in this case to plant in a container? Or should I just train a pig to dig them up :)