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Asparagus on allotment
Just to note that a couple of days ago we discovered some asparagus on the
allotment. Now we have to investigate and see if we can find all the crowns amongst the grass and weeds. We have no idea how many years it has been there, but we cut the first spears anyway :-) Very, very tasty. Now wondering if it is worth filling in any gaps in the bed once we have established exactly how far it extends. I have read up about asparagus and nowhere does it mention transplanting anything other than one year old plants, so reorganising the bed doesn't seem an option. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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Asparagus on allotment
On 07/05/2012 17:31, David WE Roberts wrote:
Just to note that a couple of days ago we discovered some asparagus on the allotment. Now we have to investigate and see if we can find all the crowns amongst the grass and weeds. We have no idea how many years it has been there, but we cut the first spears anyway :-) Very, very tasty. Now wondering if it is worth filling in any gaps in the bed once we have established exactly how far it extends. I have read up about asparagus and nowhere does it mention transplanting anything other than one year old plants, so reorganising the bed doesn't seem an option. Cheers Dave R Asparagus has male and female plants. If you have a mix you should get some orange coloured berries on the female plants in Autumn. I have grown these with no problem. You do have to wait around three years to get asparagus plants mature enough to cut spears from. I read that asparagus can be cropped for up to around ten or twelve years. Don't know why there would be a limit. Anyway the asparagus in your allotment may be older than that? -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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"David in Normandy" wrote in message . fr... On 07/05/2012 17:31, David WE Roberts wrote: Just to note that a couple of days ago we discovered some asparagus on the allotment. Now we have to investigate and see if we can find all the crowns amongst the grass and weeds. We have no idea how many years it has been there, but we cut the first spears anyway :-) Very, very tasty. Now wondering if it is worth filling in any gaps in the bed once we have established exactly how far it extends. I have read up about asparagus and nowhere does it mention transplanting anything other than one year old plants, so reorganising the bed doesn't seem an option. Cheers Dave R Asparagus has male and female plants. If you have a mix you should get some orange coloured berries on the female plants in Autumn. I have grown these with no problem. You do have to wait around three years to get asparagus plants mature enough to cut spears from. I read that asparagus can be cropped for up to around ten or twelve years. Don't know why there would be a limit. Anyway the asparagus in your allotment may be older than that? Google suggets up to 20 years cropping - I guess everything gets old and knackered eventually :-) Anecdotal evidence suggests the asparagus may be two or three years old but grown from seed (or perhaps a couple of years older, or...) - certainly not a 20 year old bed. It would be good to grow some from our own seed - I was wondering if asparagus would self seed if allowed. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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Asparagus on allotment
On May 8, 6:55*am, "David WE Roberts" wrote:
"David in Normandy" wrote in . orange.fr... On 07/05/2012 17:31, David WE Roberts wrote: Just to note that a couple of days ago we discovered some asparagus on the allotment. Now we have to investigate and see if we can find all the crowns amongst the grass and weeds. We have no idea how many years it has been there, but we cut the first spears anyway :-) Very, very tasty. Now wondering if it is worth filling in any gaps in the bed once we have established exactly how far it extends. I have read up about asparagus and nowhere does it mention transplanting anything other than one year old plants, so reorganising the bed doesn't seem an option. Cheers Dave R Asparagus has male and female plants. If you have a mix you should get some orange coloured berries on the female plants in Autumn. I have grown these with no problem. You do have to wait around three years to get asparagus plants mature enough to cut spears from. I read that asparagus can be cropped for up to around ten or twelve years. Don't know why there would be a limit. Anyway the asparagus in your allotment may be older than that? Google suggets up to 20 years cropping - I guess everything gets old and knackered eventually :-) Anecdotal evidence suggests the asparagus may be two or three years old but grown from seed (or perhaps a couple of years older, or...) - certainly not a 20 year old bed. It would be good to grow some from our own seed - I was wondering if asparagus would self seed if allowed. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") Asparagus does self-seed very easily, which is why some nurseries sell male-only stock. Jonathan |
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On 08/05/2012 08:55, Jonathan wrote:
On May 8, 6:55 am, "David WE wrote: "David in wrote in . orange.fr... On 07/05/2012 17:31, David WE Roberts wrote: Just to note that a couple of days ago we discovered some asparagus on the allotment. Now we have to investigate and see if we can find all the crowns amongst the grass and weeds. We have no idea how many years it has been there, but we cut the first spears anyway :-) Very, very tasty. Now wondering if it is worth filling in any gaps in the bed once we have established exactly how far it extends. I have read up about asparagus and nowhere does it mention transplanting anything other than one year old plants, so reorganising the bed doesn't seem an option. Cheers Dave R Asparagus has male and female plants. If you have a mix you should get some orange coloured berries on the female plants in Autumn. I have grown these with no problem. You do have to wait around three years to get asparagus plants mature enough to cut spears from. I read that asparagus can be cropped for up to around ten or twelve years. Don't know why there would be a limit. Anyway the asparagus in your allotment may be older than that? Google suggets up to 20 years cropping - I guess everything gets old and knackered eventually :-) Anecdotal evidence suggests the asparagus may be two or three years old but grown from seed (or perhaps a couple of years older, or...) - certainly not a 20 year old bed. It would be good to grow some from our own seed - I was wondering if asparagus would self seed if allowed. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") Asparagus does self-seed very easily, which is why some nurseries sell male-only stock. Jonathan I've heard it said that male plants are preferred as they crop more heavily. Can't say as I've noticed a difference though. I'm glad to have a mix, it means a never ending supply of new asparagus plants and not having to buy new crowns, ever. :-) -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
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"David in Normandy" wrote in message . fr... On 08/05/2012 08:55, Jonathan wrote: On May 8, 6:55 am, "David WE wrote: "David in wrote in . orange.fr... On 07/05/2012 17:31, David WE Roberts wrote: Just to note that a couple of days ago we discovered some asparagus on the allotment. Now we have to investigate and see if we can find all the crowns amongst the grass and weeds. We have no idea how many years it has been there, but we cut the first spears anyway :-) Very, very tasty. Now wondering if it is worth filling in any gaps in the bed once we have established exactly how far it extends. I have read up about asparagus and nowhere does it mention transplanting anything other than one year old plants, so reorganising the bed doesn't seem an option. Cheers Dave R Asparagus has male and female plants. If you have a mix you should get some orange coloured berries on the female plants in Autumn. I have grown these with no problem. You do have to wait around three years to get asparagus plants mature enough to cut spears from. I read that asparagus can be cropped for up to around ten or twelve years. Don't know why there would be a limit. Anyway the asparagus in your allotment may be older than that? Google suggets up to 20 years cropping - I guess everything gets old and knackered eventually :-) Anecdotal evidence suggests the asparagus may be two or three years old but grown from seed (or perhaps a couple of years older, or...) - certainly not a 20 year old bed. It would be good to grow some from our own seed - I was wondering if asparagus would self seed if allowed. Cheers Dave R -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") Asparagus does self-seed very easily, which is why some nurseries sell male-only stock. Jonathan I've heard it said that male plants are preferred as they crop more heavily. Can't say as I've noticed a difference though. I'm glad to have a mix, it means a never ending supply of new asparagus plants and not having to buy new crowns, ever. :-) Have to wait until their voices drop (or not) to know what sex they are :-) Meanwhile, if it will just warm up a bit and stop raining for a couple of days I might be able to carefully hand weed the bed and establish exactly where it starts and finishes. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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