new asparagus spear popped up

[gwynnethmary]

Help!  I planted some asparagus crowns in early spring, and they put up some spindly, feathery shoots over the summer, which have started to turn yellow.  I know that I have to cut them down when they get to that stage and burn them.  However, today I noticed a new shoot had come up, and is now about 10 inches tall, and it looks just like an asparagus spear.  Do I cut that down as well, even though it looks young and healthy/  I kow you're not supposed to cut the spears the first season.  It seems very late to have put on new growth like this.  I'm just a bit confused!

[gwynnethmary]

[artichoke]

Well, if it happened on my bed, I would let it develop until I get round to chopping the whole lot down. It might just feed something into the roots, but frosts are going to do for it soon anyway.

I noticed an apple tree flowering recently - the sudden cold weather followed by long mild wet autumn is confusing everything and everyone!

[Ninnyscrops.]

I'd leave it alone too, until you chop the rest down.

I noticed an apple tree flowering recently - the sudden cold weather followed by long mild wet autumn is confusing everything and everyone!

Japanese quince is flowering here too!

Ninny

[qahtan]

I'd cut that asparagus steam it and eat it, even if it is only one it is more than I have........ qahtan

[Ninnyscrops.]

I'd cut that asparagus steam it and eat it, even if it is only one it is more than I have........ qahtan

But it's like having just the one chocolate Qahtan, you just have to dip in for another one........and when there's not another one there  :'(

I had a couple that were still there until a couple of weeks ago, then the frosts had them, and was strong 'cos hubby bought me a special knife last Crimble and next year I'll be delving away like a wild woman for my first ever picking  :)

Have you not thought about growing them?

Ninny  ;)

[qahtan]

Yes I did grow it in England for a while before coming to Canada, Then I bought 10 crowns here and they did pretty well then some how they sorta I dunno, just went...
but we do have a lot of wild asparagus here, if you can remember where the devil you saw it,,,,,, it's not all that expencive to buy, at the moment a couple of our shops have some nice thin stuff, I like it thin, I think it is called sprew in UK, this that is here is from Peru, but it's very nice.
qahtan