Can you hill up sunchokes the way you do potatoes?

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Loligo Murphysboro, IL(Zone 6b) Mar 19, 2010

I'm guessing that since the plant itself grows so tall, it would be good to have the seed tubers planted at least a few inches into the ground. So I'm not going to try to go totally no-dig, the way I might with potatoes. But can I improve yields by piling dirt and mulch around the sunchoke (Jerusalem artichoke) plants as they grow?

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bookdiva Wytheville, VA May 12, 2010

Since it behaves more like a rhizome I would think just giving it loose soil mixed with straw or other light weight material it will spread and you will get a better crop. Potatoes produce a single unit from each root whereas sunchokes can grow numerous units from one rhizome and will continue after the original is removed. Very pervasive from what I have read. I have planted 4 in a container and it has already begun to sprout. I plan to move it to an area in front of my house to block the sun and add color.

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