Has anyone tried growing Jerusalem Artichokes

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4. don't know where you are but I've done them in a couple of places

in southern cal.

It's on hipster restaurant menus...easy to make chips or a puree. Nutty flavor. Good for once in a while.

Pretty, tall plants with sunflower-type bloom. Easy and fun to grow...they are tough and can be invasive as they spread by underground tubers...any little piece left in the ground will grow a plant. So if you can dedicate a fair amount of room, out of the wind, in the background, to a bed of sunchokes, go ahead. Otherwise, start with planting 1 to 3 tubers in a 15 gallon can. They'll grow happily and when the tops die back (best in late fall here), simply dump the container over and harvest all the tubers, saving a couple for spring planting again.