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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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Ive been doing a bit of hard gardening during the last few months, pulling
up large areas of concrete generally disturbing things. I was surprised to
see asparagus coming up in one of the cracks I opened in a patch of concrete
some months ago.

I thought asparagus was difficult and fussy, but this is growing like a
weed. I had to pick some and scoff it to be sure I was seeing it. Is this
an amazing accident or does asparagus actually grow easily?

It germinates very easily, and is certainly not fussy. It grows wild on
seashores.

It has naturalised itself in my garden, and did very well (with some
pretty thick stalks) until recently, when the very wet weather has
discouraged it. 60% sand, 18% silt and 22% clay isn't sandy enough
for it in wet years, but was fine in more traditional ones (here,
with 23" nominal rainfall). It would probably still be thriving if
the soil were 80% sand and 10% clay.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.