>Subject: RE: Jerusalem artichokes
>
>Once you've planted them, they will only be supplanted by dark forest growth
>above them or pigs. Any root fragment will regrow.
>But beware that for
>those for whom the j.a. does not produce great gassiness, there may be,
>taken in excess, a speedy emptying of the bowel.
Gee, I can't believe this crop isn't more popular! Takes over the land,
causes intestinal distress...sounds like Monsanto!
Seriously, stay away from j.a. A neighbor once planted a few and could
never get rid of them. Some plants just ain't worth the trouble.
Mark
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