Hi all, I planted three crowns of asparagus (bought for one pound each from a sale bin in Morrisons!), two years ago. I'm not expecting miracles here, i just wanted enough for a wee spring treat. Last year they each put up spears, just two or three each, and i was optimistic about this year's potential.
(I expected the number of spears to increase as the crowns developed year on year?

)
This year they managed four spears between the three of them and one of the spears is now about seven feet tall! The others are what i think is a reasonable height for unharvested spears to get to (about four or five feet).
So, am i doing something wrong resulting in few very energetic spears?

Or am i simply expecting too much of my three little crowns?

Would their vigour be improved if i cut some spears next year?

Or should i leave them alone again?

And (most importantly) how can i grow enough Aspargus to have for lunch sometime???
All thoughts gratefully received!
Kate
