Having listened to several radio and tv shows covering how hard and long you have to suffer to grow asparagus this weekend past, I’m weeding away this evening and find this!
Am I seeing things or is this really asparagus and what should I do?
That's really asparagus! I have no idea what I'd do, other be glad I had some, somewhere in my garden. The 20 crowns we planted last year are missing presumed drowned
Feed and water it generously, enjoy the lovely foliage, don't let it fruit, and next year you might get more than one spear. If you do, harvest no more than half of them and follow B3's suggestion. Unless, like me, you prefer it dressed in a simple vinaigrette.
That's really asparagus! I have no idea what I'd do, other be glad I had some, somewhere in my garden. The 20 crowns we planted last year are missing presumed drowned
Well I don’t know where it came from, but the front garden is really poor quality - rock hard soil, filled with old roots and weeds. Only half the daffs I planted came up and flowered. Only gets the evening sun partially. I was going to put a bin store there in fact.
I wonder if a previous resident was a keen flower arranger ... I've known people grow just one or two crowns in order to have a supply of asparagus fern for arrangements.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes, they can grow like a rocket if they want to. Yours is now at the ferny/flowering stage and you have to wait till October when it goes brown before you can cut it down - that is, if you are hoping for more asparagus next year! If not, cut it down now and go for the bin store.
Yes, they can grow like a rocket if they want to. Yours is now at the ferny/flowering stage and you have to wait till October when it goes brown before you can cut it down - that is, if you are hoping for more asparagus next year! If not, cut it down now and go for the bin store.
I believe it can be done but I didn't have much success when I tried it last year. The roots are very big and fleshy, a bit like an octopus shape. One won't be much use either as I've read recently that you need 10 plants per person - and a lot of room.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.