Re: Elgin and borrowing Mom's asparagus roots

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• Subject: Re: Elgin and borrowing Mom's asparagus roots
• From: V* C* <v*@ACTIVE.CH>
• Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 09:12:26 +0100

>Elgin Freeman noted spindly results from his mom's 10-year-old asparagus bed
>but is considering the transplantation of some of these minimal producers to
>a new bed he wants to get going this year.
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>I don't think this plan will fail for any biological reason.

Theoretically yes, but I did not succeed in doing exactly that last year.
Maybe the roots are too difficult, but out of 16 plants transplanted care-
fully and with quite some labour, only one survived.

>all-male asparagus to replace the old standby, Martha Washington.

Well, err, _that_ would not have been the problem. Since I learned to
difference between male and female in the last decades (with success
regarding my children), I only transplanted the male individuals... 8-]

Nevertheless, I have Jersey Knight Improved on my windowsill now, ready
to transplant in a cold frame and in a standard (not SQFT) bed later.
I stay tuned.



Andreas


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