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Asparagus is through. Usually through earlier than this - mid March. Still, better late than never. A few days until there is a meal. Summer is coming!
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I live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."
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One spear tip, just showing..Location ... Nottingham -
Some of mine has been up for about a fortnight. The rest won't be long. I have to just enjoy watching it grow for this year and look forward to crops in 2021. Not easy to resist the temptation!Comment
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I’ve eaten my very first spear, last week. There’s 2 more nearly ready. Two years is a long time to wait from planting a crown to your first harvest. So so worth it!
My first asparagus seed germinated yesterday.
Is it a 3 year wait from seed to harvest ?Comment
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It's ten years isn't it?Originally posted by Small pumpkin View PostI live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."
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Over the weekend, we've planted our new asparagus bed at the plot. Three different types, 10 of each. And now we wait...Comment
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Mine too, today.
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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Tell me about it! And wait and wait...Originally posted by roodles84 View PostI live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."
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I'm planting my five crowns tomorrow morning. Bed is all ready and waiting for them.....then all I have to do is wait till 2023 to tuck in!
If I'm not on the Grapevine I can usually be found here!....https://www.thecomfreypatch.co.uk/Comment
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First 4 spears showing through last week over here in tropical Suffolk. I've got five 15 foot rows and must have more than 30 plants, but it's always the same old faithful crown that pokes through first. Wonder why that is. It's in the corner of the bed with paths on two sides, maybe it's getting warmth from the paths, but why not the other 3 corners. Weird!Are y'oroight booy?Comment
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Maybe it's planted a bit higher than the others.Originally posted by Vince G View Post
Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
While better men than we go out and start their working lives
At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard KiplingComment
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Stupid asparagus
Seems it doesn't like growing upon the moor. Although my landlady gets loads...
Stupid asparagus
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It's mad stuffOriginally posted by Chippy Minton View PostStupid asparagus
Seems it doesn't like growing upon the moor. Although my landlady gets loads...
Stupid asparagusI live in a part of the UK with very mild winters. Please take this into account before thinking "if he is sowing those now...."
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I was given a small piece of root at the back end of last year, which I planted and marked out in a corner of our allotment.
I had no signs of it last weekend.
Not sure if it would survive the upheaval though anyway.Last edited by keat63; 09-04-2020, 12:40 PM.Comment
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Woohoo, after my rant on here the asparagus must have felt ashamed. Up to the plot earlier today and there were 2 nice spears. Picked them both and then spotted a few more just breaking the surface. Brought them home and number 1 daughter and I ate them raw
Thanks QW for shaming the asparagus!Comment
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