asparagus

Hi ! 🙂 We have a large asparagus field . My Husband planted one year old crowns back in 2003. He said that they’re Jersey Knights ( Spelling ) . He has always told me not to pick the smaller asparagus because they’re the females . I’ve noticed that it we leave those to go to seed early on in the season , it doesn’t seem like we get anymore out of that particular crown? We live in Central Maine , our asparagus starts coming the first part of May , and we usually pick for about 6 weeks. Do you recommend that we don’t pick the asparagus that is really small in diameter ? Thank you for any help! 🙂

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 05/19/2018 @ 7:44 pm

With a well established bed, I would not worry about leaving all the female Asparagus.

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