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Mar. 13th, 2007 07:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerA couple years ago I planted four or five asparagus crowns that my dad gave up. (He didn't miss them - he has a 6' diameter asparagus fairy ring.) This was supposed to produce asparagus much more quickly than starting from scratch. Even allowing for my having planted one of them upside down (I think), I was disappointed that we hadn't seen any asparagussy progress.
This may be the breakout year.
While gardening Saturday we noticed two nice four-to-six inch spears in the bed. By Monday, they had both roughly doubled in height, and one had already gone to seed. There was a third weedy sprout nearby.
I think we won't be harvesting this year to encourage future production. Maybe next year we'll have a week of harvesting fresh spears. (Which may be the year we move, naturally. It worked that way with the cherry tree in the last place.)
This may be the breakout year.
While gardening Saturday we noticed two nice four-to-six inch spears in the bed. By Monday, they had both roughly doubled in height, and one had already gone to seed. There was a third weedy sprout nearby.
I think we won't be harvesting this year to encourage future production. Maybe next year we'll have a week of harvesting fresh spears. (Which may be the year we move, naturally. It worked that way with the cherry tree in the last place.)
