Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Hampshire Hog on May 04, 2021, 13:51
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Hi all I normally have a decent crop of asparagus by now. One of my fellow plot holders has fleeced his crop. I just wonder how others are getting on with this odd season?
Cheers HH
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Ours is late too, normally getting into full swing by now but so far only had a couple of pickings.
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Same here, managed a single picking so far, but a lot of stems are suffering frost damage. Just about to nip up and see if there’s any ready as another frost tonight. I suspect it will go crazy when it warms up a bit and I’ll have it coming out of my ears :lol:
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Thanks that’s reassuring.
I have just picked one whole spear!
Will add it tonight’s stir fry for extra flavour if nothing else.
Cheers HH
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Mine has only just started. I had tips of spears showing weeks ago, but they decided to stay put for a while. Can't say I blame them.
There are a few spears ready today which I will pick later, so that is hopefully the start of cropping.
I suspect it will go crazy when it warms up a bit and I’ll have it coming out of my ears :lol:
That is what I am hoping for too. No such thing as too much home-grown asparagus :D
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I’ve had to harvests so far but they are heavily mulched, it’s my first real year of harvesting them. I did pick about 12 spears last year from 18 crowns as the instructions that came with them said I could but as they seemed quite spindly growth I left them, exerting great will power lol I’m hoping it paid off, but some are still not showing at all so I’m not sure if they survived.
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It's really slow here. In the past I'd be picking mid April but moved plot and have a new bed in what should be first year of cropping. Cut a small bunch on Friday but nothing big enough today and a few frosted tips at soil level. Just too dry and cold. Nothing will move much until we get some warmer nights I think...