Thank you for your question.   I am uncertain whether your experiment is for home horticultural use, or whether you intend to make a commercial operation out of it.  Professor Jim Myers is the OSU Professor with the greatest knowledge about artichokes, but he is not on the Ask an Expert panel.  Here is an article for which he gave his advice on the topic:  https://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/ornamental-or-edible-artichokes-have-place-garden
And here is another OSU Extension article with lots of advice on them:  https://horticulture.oregonstate.edu/oregon-vegetables/artichoke-globe
I hope this is helpful.  Good luck!