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| The Reid 2007-04-25, 9:25 am |
| I think the cutting season is something like may 1st for six weeks.
I've been cutting if for over a week already, will it be best to stop
early at the end of the season?
What about spindly growth, cut and discard or leave in place?
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| On 25/4/07 15:12, in article u9ou23dhhs05napnj88ebm329q02c9ls4l@4ax.com,
"The Reid" <dontuse@fellwalk.co.uk> wrote:
> I think the cutting season is something like may 1st for six weeks.
> I've been cutting if for over a week already, will it be best to stop
> early at the end of the season?
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> What about spindly growth, cut and discard or leave in place?
I've never grown sparrers but isn't that sort of growth called sprue? I
don't know if it comes at the end of the growing season or from young
plants, though. It will be interesting to find out from someone who does
know about it.
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| The Reid <dontuse@fellwalk.co.uk> writes
>I think the cutting season is something like may 1st for six weeks.
>I've been cutting if for over a week already, will it be best to stop
>early at the end of the season?
>
There are two factors a) the amount of energy the plant has wasted in
producing spears that you have cut off b) the length of season that
remains for it to put out new spears and regain all that energy
If you feel it will be a long autumn, then perhaps you don't need to
stop cutting early.
>What about spindly growth, cut and discard or leave in place?
Why not cut and eat? But if you don't want to eat, then leave.
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Kay
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| The Reid 2007-04-25, 5:25 pm |
| On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:12:58 +0100, K <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>Why not cut and eat? But if you don't want to eat, then leave.
right, so it will aid growth but not stop new spears coming?
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Mike Reid
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| The Reid <dontuse@fellwalk.co.uk> writes
>On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:12:58 +0100, K <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>right, so it will aid growth but not stop new spears coming?
Yep.
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Kay
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| Murray Crawford 2007-04-25, 8:25 pm |
| On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:12:02 +0100, The Reid <dontuse@fellwalk.co.uk>
wrote:
>I think the cutting season is something like may 1st for six weeks.
>I've been cutting if for over a week already, will it be best to stop
>early at the end of the season?
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>What about spindly growth, cut and discard or leave in place?
Shove them up your arse?
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| The Reid 2007-04-26, 9:25 am |
| On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:08:53 +0100, K <k@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>Yep.
excellent, I shall pass that on to mt fellow new asparagus grower.
Thanks.
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Mike Reid
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| judith.lea99@googlemail.com 2007-04-26, 9:25 am |
| On Apr 25, 11:08 pm, K <k...@scarboro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> The Reid <dont...@fellwalk.co.uk> writes
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> Yep.
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> Kay
And don't forget to tell him Kay not to cut at the end of the season
even though there is still lucious growth.
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