[harry]

I want to get rid of most of my raspberry canes which are taking over the bottom of my plot. Is there an easy way to get them out or is it another one of those long digging jobs. I've also got asparagus crowns to come out so i suppose that will be the same. Ho Hum

[Pompey Spud]

You want to dig up asparagus?

 Mad.

[JayG]

Raspberries; good news is that they are shallow-rooted and have no tap-root. 

Bad news is that the roots are quite wiry and extensive; probably best to first slice down with a sharp spade to try and sever any connecting roots between the ones you are keeping and the ones you are getting rid of (some will be suckered from the parent.)

Asparagus is a completely different story if it is well-established (good idea to practise saying "G'day cobber" before you start digging!) 

[Goosegirl]

Some of mine have come up in the grass paths between my raised veg beds. I just yank them out Good idea to cut off any runners outside of the bed by tracing them back to the bed itself.

[harry]

You want to dig up asparagus?

 Mad.

Yep i don't like it sooner have brussels

[Pompey Spud]

You want to dig up asparagus?

 Mad.

Yep i don't like it sooner have brussels

Looks like I was right than...

[harry]

You want to dig up asparagus?

 Mad.

Yep i don't like it sooner have brussels

Looks like I was right than...

 

[Sue33]

 

[aelf]

shame to waste them - is there a swop shop on your plot? We can leave unwanted plants in an area by the clubhouse with a 'free to good home' sign over them. They always get taken 

[harry]

shame to waste them - is there a swop shop on your plot? We can leave unwanted plants in an area by the clubhouse with a 'free to good home' sign over them. They always get taken 

I've asked around and found a good home for most of the asparagus if i can get it out, and one bloke is taking some of the raspberrys.

[JamPan]

You want to dig up asparagus?

 Mad.

Yep i don't like it sooner have brussels

Quite right too.  Asparagus is the devil's food as far as I'm concerned. *shudders*

[shokkyy]

You want to dig up asparagus?

 Mad.

Yep i don't like it sooner have brussels

Quite right too.  Asparagus is the devil's food as far as I'm concerned. *shudders*

I'll third that. Tastes like dishwater to me.

[JayG]

You want to dig up asparagus?

 Mad.

Yep i don't like it sooner have brussels

Quite right too.  Asparagus is the devil's food as far as I'm concerned. *shudders*

I'll third that. Tastes like dishwater to me.

There seem to be some peculiar folk in Swindon! (Well, who in their right mind would drink their dishwater to see if it tasted like asparagus?!) 

[harry]

Everyone on my allotments says how good asparagus is but i'm the only one growing any. Is it a myth about asparagus

[JohnB47]

Each to his/her own of course but I've never rated asparagus. Likewise artichoke.