Artichoke
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Artichoke
- Type : Perennial vegetables
- Subtype : Fruiting vegetables
- Botanical Family : Asteraceae (composites)
Characteristics
- Lifecycle : Perennial
- Exposure : Full Sun
- Frost Hardiness : Slightly Frost Sensitive
- Cultivation Difficulty : Medium
- Adult Height : 150 cm
Sowing & Planting
- Greenhouse Growing : Not Required
- Plant Spacing : 80 cm
- Row Spacing : 100 cm
Maintenance
- Maintenance : Moderate
- Water Requirements : High
Seeds
- Soil Type : Humus-rich
- Soil pH Preference : Neutral
- Pest Sensitivity : Moderate
- Disease Sensitivity : Moderate
- Weed Sensitivity : Moderate
- Pollination : Insect-pollinated
- Propagation : Division