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I'm looking to order some, any recommendations re varieties, the books seem to have two or three varieties in them, just wondered what you've found to be the best.
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Bex
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Do you mind if I join you Bex?
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Not at all, as it's a 'permanent' fixture we want to get it right.Originally posted by pipkins View Post
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There are quite a lot of new-fangled hybrid varieties out there. I grow Dutch fi (supposedly all male but not) crowns. Gijnlym, Grolym and Backlym...because my Mum is Dutch
...and partly because they were available 6 years ago. I have used these to seed another bed.
Before that I grew Connivar's Colossal a trad English OP variety strong growth, big spears and a flavour that I still think takes some beating.Last edited by Paulottie; 30-10-2009, 02:42 AM.Comment
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My experience with asparagus has been so patchy - I planted Connover's collossal originally but only some of them took and others sent up one tiny shoot then died - I now have a mixture of varieties, so my advice it to put in any one that seems to be growing strongly! It also means I have shoots at different times and some are red, some green!Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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Thanks
How many crowns for 2 people?Comment
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Depends how much you like it/ how many people you know. I'd say 24 is a reasonable worthwhile bed.Comment
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