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Not a question, but had to tell you I've just eaten my first asparagus of the year and very yummy it was!!

Not an answer, but i have to ask, are they under cover?

Congratulations by the way, that is early.

Hi

Lucky me too - took some last week (just enough for a taster)
but this week took over 30 spears. I do pamper my asparagus
as I feel what I save by growing my own very nearly pays for
everything else over the year. (Can you believe the price of
bought spears!)
They are 6 yrs old now so well established and get fed well.
However my new Pacific Purple which is in its 2nd year has
not thought about showing yet despite the same TLC.

Westi

Congratulations to you to Westi.

Yipee,

my asparagus is comming up now too, picked the first lot this weekend.

Almost makes up for my shed being broken into and all of my wolf tools being pinched.

Tracie

Sorry to hear about your tools. We have had
activity on the plot as well but weirdly only took
our primus and my big bag of seeds. (really miffed about
seeds as had all my friends pick stuff up on hols and
had some unusual things to experiment with). We
are suspecting someone on the plot as people have
had a single rake or a trowel taken so not really
stretching themselves for the car boot sale.
You are going to have to grow a lot of asparagus to
re-coup the cost of wolf tools though!!

Westi

OH, no, they just sit there in all weather. I do cover them up with compost in the Autumn and again in March. Mine are 5 year's old and I grew them from seed so I'm quite proud of the little fellas!

Dear Angi, i'm even more impressed then.

I also picked my first four spears on sunday I would have had six but last week my dear little 2yr old grandson ran over my asparagus breaking 2 emerging spears, so I had to put a little fence round the bed to deter him from doing it again.

Our first lot was through this weekend too. Seems earlier than usual for this part of the world. So lovely though - first taste of summer!

We have been eating ours for a fortnight now,cheating a bit as some of mine are in the pollytunnel
Arthur

we should be picking in a couple of days.
can anyone tell me why some of my spears are bent?they grow out bent they dont keel over?