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Gardening

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2. They take awhile if I remember correctly.

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 04:46 PM

Apr 2014

Then you aren't supposed to pick them for three years! I have yet to harvest a single spear but I get huge ferny stems all summer.

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Starting an asparagus patch [View all] Elad Apr 2014 OP

Kicking-hope you get an answer. n/t JimDandy Apr 2014 #1

They take awhile if I remember correctly. femmocrat Apr 2014 #2

Depends on what zone you are in. postulater Apr 2014 #3

mine never did take hold ginnyinWI Apr 2014 #6

Oh, I hope you get good crops! pengillian101 Apr 2014 #5

Wait them out a while longer alfie Apr 2014 #7

Give them some more time. bvar22 Apr 2014 #8