asparagus

[5rod]

hi all
I'm not sure about male and female asparagus ?.what i wish to know is
males bear  Berry's. do they also grow edible asparagus.if they don't
should i dig them out.

[5rod]

[chriscross1966]

Females bear berries, all plants produce edible asparagus, but the males are a bit heavier cropping as they don't put any energy into making berries... a few females are useful to allow you to keep a few replacement plants growing on in pots...

If you have a lot of females, collect seed from them, germinate them adn grow them on it pots for a couple of years then selectively replace the weaker females with males form the pots.

[gavinjconway]

In Zimbabwe we used to pull the berries off.. and always had loads of spears..

[5rod]

 
thank you
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