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    now what??

    Looks like I could be having fresh asparagus for Christmas dinner Plants have decided they are not going to hibernate over winter and are throwing up big fat shoots . Do I ignore them and hope they come again in Spring or do I snaffle one or two ?
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    Just hang on 2 minutes Bins while I boil an egg.
    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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    • #3
      Mine's doing that too but I think the frosts we're forecast in the next few days will put paid to it. I've decided to leave mine rather than picking so as not to stress it anymore than it already is although have no idea if that's the right approach.

      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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      • #4
        Probably a wise decision . I keep waiting for the old stuff to die off so i can chop it down but it doesn't seem to want to ..Next year will be the first year we can pick some so I hope it's not too confused.
        S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
        a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

        You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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        • #5
          What's the difference between picking it and letting it die with the frosts?

          That would be on a pizza within minutes if it were mine; I'd be mixing that dough up before you could say 'mozzarella'.

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          • #6
            Eat it and enjoy. As Zazen says, the frost will get them soon enough, so they won't produce any useful "ferns".

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            • #7
              Still waiting for mine to die off too, one of mine is still completely green !!
              Little ol' me

              Has just bagged a Lottie!
              Oh and the chickens are taking over my garden!
              FIL and MIL - http://vegblogs.co.uk/chubbly/

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              • #8
                The plants are still a bit young , they were grown from seed 2009........
                S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                • #9
                  I'd have a nibble.. The odd one can't hurt too much

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                  • #10
                    Can you earth them up? I've never grown asparagus (yet) so I'm just guessing!!

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                    • #11
                      Lets hope there's no frost between now and Sat then ........
                      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                      You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                        Can you earth them up? I've never grown asparagus (yet) so I'm just guessing!!
                        I read that when the ferns die off you cut them down and dump a load of manure or compost on them .....
                        S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                        a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                        You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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