How To Grow Sunchokes or Jerusalem Artichokes In Containers or Pots Plus Recipe

Sunchokes or Jerusalem Arctichokes are easy to grow plants that produce delicious tubers that are edible. We also show you a Sunchoke soup recipe.

We begin with growing sunchokes from grocery store. We plant it in a small contaier first before transplanting it into a bigger pot. For the soil we use lots of compost, sand and perlite. Choose a sunny spot for your sunchokes or Jerusalem Artichoke plant. Water your jerusalem artichoke plant every day during the hot season.

The Jerusalem artichoke plant is a great addition to your vegetable garden. The tubers it produces are delicious and nutty, similar to a potato or taro root. The sunchoke plant also produces beautiful yellow flowers that stand out in your garden.

Interestingly the Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunchoke) plant is neither related to Jerusalem, not related to artichokes! This plant belongs to the sunflower family.

After harvesting the tubers, we show you a delicious sunchokes soup recipe.

[mydoglayla]

Whole Foods sells sun chokes for 4 dollars a pound!!! I planted one and roasted the rest. Planted 2 weeks ago and It is already 6 inches!This is a good plant for Preppers! You would never run out of food!

[racebiketuner]

The soup looks very tasty. Can't wait to try it. It's very warm and windy where I live, so evaporation is a big issue with sunchokes. For others in this situation, I recommend growing in 20 gallon pots (not grow bags). Partially fill them to allow a minimum of 4" of mulch. Leaf mold works great. In my climate, this method reduces watering by more than half.

[cybrunel]

I discovered this delicious tuber just two weeks ago at my local Saturday market. I cut them up like potatoes into chunks, skins and all, add a little olive oil, salt and pepper to taste and lightly fried for about 10mn, then I turned heat to low and covered them for an additional 15-20mn. Amazing flavor, reminds me of artichoke hearts and potatoes. They're great raw too in salads. Thanks for showing us how to grow them.

[Cici]

Great video and the recipe looks delicious. Thanks so much!

[storedaway]

These are native to North America. They are great to grow and super easy. Mine are grown in the ground, also drought resistant.

[smileytow]

Thank you! Now I know what to make with my harvest! I got tubers from a friend last year, and they got big and flowered, but I could not eat them all it was only me that would try them. I wasn’t going to grow them again, but I must have left some tubers in the pot because they can back. Now I am going to make this soup!!! Thank you so very much!

[Carolynn-pf]

Let the plant die back and allow the sunchokes to stay in the soil until AFTER the first frost to harvest. This makes them so much sweeter. Plus, they don't rot when you leave them in the cold soil. Harvest them throughout the winter only as needed. They spoil pretty qickly after harvesting, compared to potatoes. And they don't freeze well indoors, in your freezer.

[geshsharah]

I enjoyed this video so much. It answered every question I had about growing them in a container. Thank you!

[technonurseedu]

I was trying to read up on Jerusalem Artichoke before making up my mind on growing some for its health benefit. What a great nutritious food source this must be.
I am definitely going for it especially seeing your very simple and apetizing recipe!!
Thank you!

[sabbathkeeper]

Your video is awesome I just ordered some sunchokes from Amazon I live in Florida and I'm going to be growing them in a container so I did watch your video on how to grow them and as far as the soup goes it looks yummy thank you so much and have a blessed day🥰

[ArtistAtWorkWrites]

Great video, very thorough and informative. I wanted to grow sunchoke but I was very apprehensive because of all the research I did that said they are extremely invasive. But, your video has inspired me to grow them in a few large containers. Thank you so much! I will be exploring your other videos because how much I liked this one. Keep up the good work!

[melissagonella]

Great video, thank you. I will be growing these in an old bath tub after watching your video.

[percybrown]

I have grown them in my garden . I learned a lot here today, how to peal and prepare, I'll try again. My grandfather grew them same garden 75 years ago.

[NatalieHoulding]

Thank you for your video. Great info for beginners like me.

[DROY]

Thank you for the education, I knew nothing of sunchoke’s before your vid, very good tour, good cooking/prep demo, it has inspired me to grow them, good SHTF food, too. Shalom!

[missharmon]

Thank you so much for this video and your format. It was incredibly informative and helpful!! I just had mine delivered today and am excited to grow these. Perfect example of farm to table. I'm fairly new to gardening and really needed this video. Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤❤❤😊😊

[jparra]

Wow that was really cool.  Amazing how many tubers you got from one plant.  Good job and thanks.

[cathleenbaldwinmaggi]

I will certainly grow these sun chokes next season! Thank you!

[carolmurphy]

Brilliant very informative than you very much

[Nimbleful]

What proportion potting soil to sand would you recommend? 50:50? or not that much sand?