Vegetables · Perennial
Artichoke
Asteraceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 100 cm
- USDA zones
- 6a–11a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 24 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- clayAlso okay:loamyraised-bed mix
- Drainage (prefers)
- normal
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Artichoke is more ornamental than productive in temperate climates. Needs 1 m² per plant, frost-sensitive (winter cover with fleece + leaves). In mild years 6-10 edible heads per plant.
Sowing
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Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage
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