asparagus

hi all, i have got 3 asparigus crowns from wilcos do they spread each year like chives or if i want more do i buy more crowns.

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hi all, i have got 3 asparigus crowns from wilcos do they spread each year like chives or if i want more do i buy more crowns.

Not sure what is the minimum number of crowns to "get a meal off" ... I have 60 crowns and we pick about 3 times a week and get plenty for 4 people and some to give away ...

I'm guessing a bit, but I don't think any of my crowns produce, on average, more than one harvestable spear at once - so if you reckon you need, say, 10 spears for a meal then I reckon you need 10 crowns.  They would probably produce, again I'm guessing a bit, about 2 spears per week - so you might get 10 spears, or a bit less, twice a week from 10 crowns.

If someone has any record of their harvest I reckon it would be a handy figure for Newbies to be able to plan with

I've got about 16 crowns - (8 are 3 year's old and 8 are going into their 2nd year).  And that doesn't give me very much asparagus at all.  I have high hopes of next year for the older asparagus - especially as it was such a good summer and they seemed to grown really well.

So from 8 older crowns I got about 4 large servings of asparagus - spread over the whole season.