Asparagus

[timmyalex]

Hi all,

Despite all the bad weather i have been up to my asparagus bed this morning and the first shoots are just emerging. How is everybody else's doing.? We are located about 35 miles north of London.

[The Large One]

goody, have not been up to my plot for a fortnight so hoping have something emerging as this is year 3 ....so can harvest some this year .......yay......

[BUFFS]

i found some small shoots the other week as the planks making the raised bed collapsed,i have put a new boarding around them and increased the soil depth by about 4ins,so they wont be far off,when the rain eases up a bit i will have a good look,last years funny weather meant that it didnt produce til 3rd week of june onwards,this year looks earlier despite the long cold spell,so its fingers crossed time again

[Jardiniere]

have a very small bed of asparagus, its been moved there about three years ago and this week we have already eaten 8 shoots - 2 a day each today and yesterday ...luxury. but its very sparse - dont think there will be much.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Oh! I'd better have a look at mine at the weekend - I can eat a few stems of mine AT LONG LAST as it is it's third year.

[cptncrackoff]

I planted mine in november IIRC, theres no sign of it yet, I am resisiting the temptation to 'furtle' but thinking it should be popping up soon.
I'm looking forward to leaving it alone for 2 years!

[PMW]

Well I'm in Reading a similar distance west of London and found these today



These were planted as 1 year old crowns last year and I wasn't expecting to see anything yet so haven't got around to buying an asparagus knife yet. The advice from the supplier is that it is okay to harvest for a couple of weeks this year. Just wondering if anyone has further advice on how and when (what size etc) to harvest?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Oh! I'd better have a look at mine at the weekend - I can eat a few stems of mine AT LONG LAST as it is it's third year.

Pah! Not a sign of mine as yet.