Jerusalem artichoke. How to grow, collect and store

Jerusalem artichoke has a different name - Jerusalem artichoke and sunflower tuber. In summer, it blooms with small yellow flowers and decorate your site. Reaches a height of 2-4 m. From the nature of this plant is given a good immunity to disease, so virtually Jerusalem artichoke is not sick.

Earlier, in my childhood, some 20 years ago it was still relevant, but now undeservedly forgotten. It grows in many gardens are now like a weed. And for good reason.

What are the benefits

Jerusalem artichoke - a storehouse of nutrients, trace elements and vitamins. In the tubers of this plant contains inulin - is an analogue of the hormone insulin in humans. Therefore, Jerusalem artichoke is indispensable in the diet of patients with diabetes, as lowers blood sugar.

In addition, it is recommended that high blood pressure, people with high blood pressure, because the pressure normalizes. Also the eating artichoke tubers improves metabolism, thereby rejuvenated body, potassium output thanks excess fluid from the body. Thus, this culture can be attributed to the drug.

Jerusalem artichoke has a sweet taste, it can be used not only in salads. Because it makes meatballs, pancakes (like zucchini). Jerusalem artichoke dried, and even drink tea with him health.

when to harvest

Typically, Jerusalem artichoke crop harvested in late October-early November. But there are varieties that ripen much earlier and dug in late August and early September.

2 weeks before the harvest is necessary to cut off the top, leaving small stumps at 30 cm from the ground. This contributes to a better maturation of the nodules, as well as to them replenished many nutrients and minerals from the remaining green mass. In addition, they will be stored for a long time.

Dig up the tubers to be careful that they do not damage the shovel, especially if you're going to postpone harvest to storage. Some portion of artichoke leaves the gate (it can be planted and fall in November, and in the spring, in April). excavation process is similar to potato digging procedure.

What you need to do to have larger tubers?

If you want your nodules grew larger, the landing should make humus and compost, as well as for potatoes. But the most important thing for the Jerusalem artichoke - a loose soil. If the land is tight, then the tubers are small. Tubers for planting choose a small, big go for food and storage. If under winter planting, at the depth of 10 cm (in the spring to the depth of 6 cm).

Jerusalem artichoke late varieties - "Sunny", "Omsk white." Early varieties - "rapid", "Nakhodka", "Leningrad".

How to save

To store the Jerusalem artichokes do not need to be washed, it is only necessary to remove the damaged shovel tubers, and their use in food in the first place. Followed by tubers drip into a sandbox, which will stand in the cellar. That is, everything is done so that when you put on the storage of carrots and beets.

That's so much interesting information there is about the Jerusalem artichoke.

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