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Re: Help with Asparagus (fwd)


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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 14:26:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Barbara Gage <bygage@gagechemical.com>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
Subject: Re: Help with Asparagus

Hello...

My asparagus were like yours (two year roots, etc.), same time frame as
yours as well.  In Texas, mine came up a couple of months ago.  At the
time, I was told to harvest all for two weeks and then let the remaining
fern out.  Next years harvest should be a little more than this year...but,
to follow the same rules for the exception of harvesting for 3 weeks next
year.  The following year....the asparagus will be plentiful!!

I think that you will see an increase in the amount of asparagus that is
produced each year.  

Mine have gone totally crazy this year...and after harvesting all for two
weeks, the ferns that are growing now are twice the size they were last year.

Hope this was helpful...good luck...and good eating!

Barbara Gage :-)


At 03:14 PM 4/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, everybody.  I planted 10 crowns of Asparagus Jersey Knight last year.
>These were supposed to be two-year roots, so I would be able to take a
>light cutting this spring.  Well, the spears are up, but not very many -
>mostly one per crown; those with more than one stalk have a larger (but nor
>large) stalk and one or two more stalks that are maybe 1/8" in diameter.
>The stalks are all deep purple in color, with lighter scales; there is no
>green whatsoever, though the tiny stalks of last season were green.  So
>here're the questions:
>
>Can I pick any of these stalks or should I wait another year?
>
>Why the purple?  Did they send me the correct variety?  Or is there perhaps a
>nutrient deficiency?
>
>If there is a problem with nutrients, how do I correct it?  Soil is light
>clay loam, formerly lawn then planted with cabbages for a couple of years.
>I mulched over winter with leaves.
>
>Why would only 6 of the 10 crowns sprout?  Last year all sprouted.
>
>Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
>
>Sheila Smith
>mikecook@pipeline.com
>Z 5/6
>
>
>
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