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17-05-2005, 02:19 PM

wrote:

Thanks, everyone, for the info - I have a further question:

As you can see in the pic, I have five spears - ranging from a lanky
two feet to a scrawny two inches. Would this be a single crown ? And
does the number of spears increase each year as the crown develops?

I think I'll have to go get some more crowns and sit tight until next
year.

Yes, one crown can and will supply spears over a period of a coulpe of
months, thus they will appear at all stages of development.

It's in this way that you can harvest the spears for several weeks and then
let the latest growth mature to provide food for the root system.

Duncan