Jerusalem artichokes with ducks?

[cheezenkwackers]

I have 5 Jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke tubers arriving today. I was planning on putting them in the very back of my garden which is also where my ducks live. Do I need to protect the young plants. My ducks currently let Verbena Bonariensis and Boneset grow in peace but I know the whole Jerusalem artichoke plant is edible. I can protect them if needed. Has anyone tried them with ducks?

 

[Jenbirdee]

i have a huge

I have 5 Jerusalem artichoke/sunchoke tubers arriving today. I was planning on putting them in the very back of my garden which is also where my ducks live. Do I need to protect the young plants. My ducks currently let Verbena Bonariensis and Boneset grow in peace but I know the whole Jerusalem artichoke plant is edible. I can protect them if needed. Has anyone tried them with ducks?

garden of them next to the ducks but there is fencing in between. i’m assuming they will spread into the duck pen likely this year… then i’ll kno lol
perhaps you can plant a couple inside the pen and a couple out just in case you lose the ones inside? we all know how much ducks dig dig dig dig dig dig, dig dig dig dig

 

[cheezenkwackers]

i have a huge

garden of them next to the ducks but there is fencing in between. i’m assuming they will spread into the duck pen likely this year… then i’ll kno lol
perhaps you can plant a couple inside the pen and a couple out just in case you lose the ones inside? we all know how much ducks dig dig dig dig dig dig, dig dig dig dig

Thanks! I can’t really plant outside of the fence so I will probably just protect the young plants with mesh. It will just be more work than not doing it and I was hoping to be lazy.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I have several patches of them, and last year my ducks (and chickens) were free-ranging and didn't touch them. But watch out at harvest time!!! I had to fight the ducks back as I dug up the tubers!

 

[cheezenkwackers]

I have several patches of them, and last year my ducks (and chickens) were free-ranging and didn't touch them. But watch out at harvest time!!! I had to fight the ducks back as I dug up the tubers!

Thank you!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This is a timely thread! I was recently gifted with a bag of Jerusalem 'choke tubers and was wondering if the chickens would bother them. How about deer? Will deer eat them?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

This is a timely thread! I was recently gifted with a bag of Jerusalem 'choke tubers and was wondering if the chickens would bother them. How about deer? Will deer eat them?