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Jchokes in sub-irrigated buckets

 
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I have an area right in front of my house that has hydrangeas along the walkway, but space between them and the porch.
While I would like to plant there, my wife loves the hydrangeas, so I've only used it as a spot for house plants to live during summer months.
Most of the house plants are dead now😔, so I'm switching to bucket planters.
I tried some cuttings in them over the fall and winter, only the hardy kiwi took.

I've been wanting to grow jchokes in buckets for a while now, for ease of harvest.
I've also seen things indicating that a j-choke might make tubers along its stalk if it was buried.
I want shade for the porch, and food for the bunnies,and jchokes in sub-irrigated buckets could provide both, with the bunnies living right inside the front door, mere steps away.

Rather than start with tubers, I plucked full jchoke plants from nearby beds and buried them in 16" of soil.
I added dill seed and Fava beans to each bucket, walking onion bulbettes to a few, and mint to at least one.
I might add cuttings to them later.
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Sub irrigated planter
Sub irrigated planter
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Entire plant
Entire plant
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Wilted, but hopefully they will recover
Wilted, but hopefully they will recover
 
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I hope this works for y'all, please update us.
 
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Well, some of the transplants took, but not most of them.
I will replant soon.
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Some are sad, some looking pretty good!
Some are sad, some looking pretty good!
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Down by the sidewalk, a huge patch to draw from.
Down by the sidewalk, a huge patch to draw from.
 
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