Judith in France wrote:
On Apr 27, 9:28 pm, David in Normandy
wrote:
I've just got back home after a week on holiday and the asparagus has
put up lots of shoots, some of which are too large to crop to eat.
Should the larger shoots (a foot hight) be cut off or just left to grow?
Will leaving them reduce the number of new edible tips?
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In Norfolk we used to grow asparagus; cut the shoots off now even
though they are too large to eat (are the tips too large?) Don't let
them to to seed just yet.

Judith

Thanks, I'll cut off the tall shoots. This is our first year harvesting
them after planting them nearly four years ago. The first ones harvested
yesterday were mostly a little tough and stringy. They are very thick
shoots - up to nearly an inch diameter, I've not seen them that wide on
the market. I don't know if it is down to the variety or what. We
steamed them for approx 10 minutes.

Should they be peeled?

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