Need asparagus info, please

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Sep 16, 2007

While I've been a gardener several years, I've not grown vegetables before this year so I feel quite a novice.

This spring I planted a few asparagus crowns and let them grow ferny instead of eating a few. Now about half have green berries that are beginning to turn orange. Are these seeds?

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LTilton Glen Ellyn, IL(Zone 5b) Sep 16, 2007

They contain the seeds.

A lot of people like to plant all-male asparagus, instead of getting the seeds.

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Sep 16, 2007

Do you know how long from seeds to edible size spears?

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Sep 16, 2007

three years on average

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darius So.App.Mtns., United States(Zone 5b) Sep 16, 2007

Thanks. When should they be planted, and should they be started in a seed tray? (Sorry, I should have asked that above with the time.)

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Brisbane_Bonnie Brisbane, Australia Sep 30, 2007

Hi there :)

I was looking up info on asparagus which grows like a weed in our garden - we never get thick spears so I wanted to find out why.

Anyway, check this link out for general planting information http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/veggies/asparagus1.html

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