Growing Asparagus..

[crazy_red]

They are very difficult to sex and often don't flower till the second year...from seed I pot on and grow in larger pots for a 2nd year(need a lot of feed and water though) still one or two get through.

That said when I ordered crowns originally years ago 25% turned out to be female!!...I replaced a couple and saved the rest for seed production. I don't let them stay there for long in autumn so they don't set little babies everywhere

Thanks Paulottie.

So they both get flowers, but only the female plants get seed heads - is that right? Are the babies not viable then, is that why you don't want them?

Red

[Paulottie]

Yes, only the girlies produce the berries. The reason you don't want them is, apart from being slightly less productive as plants, the berries drop all over the bed and without removal the bed will soon become overcrowded.