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title: "Is this a new shoot coming out on my global artichoke plant?!? After…"
description: "Is this a new shoot coming out on my global artichoke plant?!? After I ate the harvest I read that you have to cut it back to the soil - which was so scary to…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/x8_aVt91R1-MU6xd79uMKQ/6479cdf7e5f01015c00537fd"
community: "Edible Gardening"
author: "MK"
published: "2023-06-02T11:09:43.714Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/GT1OddFX164SZB4miRRFnJG66_bOyI3Da8LsSptOUL0/587e91adb95040dd88d2e5de2d53d58a.webp?size=large"
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# Is this a new shoot coming out on my global artichoke plant?!? After…

_Posted by MK on 2023-06-02_

Is this a new shoot coming out on my global artichoke plant?!? After I ate the harvest I read that you have to cut it back to the soil - which was so scary to do but I trusted the process. Sure enough this little sprout popped out a week later! Fingers crossed I have another harvest this summer!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/GT1OddFX164SZB4miRRFnJG66_bOyI3Da8LsSptOUL0/587e91adb95040dd88d2e5de2d53d58a.webp?size=large)

## 1 comment

### MK commented on 2023-06-02

After I posted this I noticed a second shoot today!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/GT1OddFX164SZB4miRRFnJG66_bOyI3Da8LsSptOUL0/2831f97de7e545f7b57d590cec3d3dfc.webp?size=large)

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