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Just picked and eaten the first five spears, 
so looking forward to more soon 
so looking forward to more soon
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I'm having to sit on my hands... no asparagus for me this year!He-Pep! -
It's difficult Bario, but worth the wait.Originally posted by bario1 View PostLocation ... NottinghamComment
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me too, but those few spears next year are going to taste all the more betterOriginally posted by bario1 View Post
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Had my one spear from the old garden a couple of days ago.
It'll be a while before the house is on the market yet so I should get to harvest a nice crop - think it's about 5 years old now.
Got to start all over again in the new house.
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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For those of you who are waiting patiently - perfect with a splash of olive oil and flaked sea salt.
The Mondeo (green spears) was in the wrong place so moved it last December, really pleased how well it's doing.
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Only planted mine this year so a few years to wait yet, this bed was prepared properly, unlike a previous bed that produced zero.
Looking good so far.
That Mondeo looks good!Feed the soil, not the plants.
(helps if you have cluckies)
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BobComment
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Oh yum!
* drools......
What variety are the purple ones?"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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I've got Mondeo and Guelph Millennium.He-Pep!Comment
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Mine are:-
Pacific Purple & Gijnlim which should spread harvesting as one is late and one is early.( 1/2 of the early ones are shaded for about an hour a day, so I should be cropping over 8 weeks(at least that is the plan)Last edited by fishpond; 02-05-2017, 10:15 AM.Feed the soil, not the plants.
(helps if you have cluckies)
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BobComment
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Pacific Purple, this is their first proper year for harvesting.Originally posted by Nicos View PostOh yum!
* drools......
What variety are the purple ones?Location ... NottinghamComment
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Will be trying my first asparagus of the year tomorrow, but if I don't get a decent crop this year they will be getting dumped as I only had one picking from five plants last year, this will be their fourth year so here's hopingit may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.
Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers
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Rary! They do take a little time to get established and produce a decent crop, mine are now on year 4, or is it 5?
But find once the ferns start to discolour and start wilting, chopping them off at base level and covering the bed in a 1 to 2 inch layer of a 50/50 mix of well rotted manure and home made compost gets them off to a flyer the following year!"Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"Comment
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Oh am also sitting on my hands and willing my baby crowns to hurry up and grow!Comment
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I'm on my 1st year, a couple of spears have grown then died. Not too worried as next year will be the tester.sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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