counting asparagus!

daft question time - we're just starting to see our 2nd year asparagus spears and looking forward to sampling a few from each of our 24 crowns - but does anyone have any tricks for remembering how many you've taken from each? was planning on taking about 6 this year (VERY fat spears coming up now...)



savbo

The alternative is to pick everything for the first three weeks and then stop.

DOH!

I'll get me coat

The alternative is to pick everything for the first three weeks and then stop.

i wouldn't do this if its only their 2nd year, ours is in its 3rd year this year. last year we picked  a few from each plant but only if it was a decent thickness and left everything else. i wouldn't worry too much about exact figures, just dont go too mad