PENMART01 wrote:

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> >PENMART01 wrote:
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> >> Asparagus don't go to seed...
> >
> >Asparagus doesn't go to seed??? Perhaps you should explain that to >the people
> who seed asparagus seed, or to the suckers who bought > it and started their
> asparagus plants.
>
> Asparagus does not go to seed, ie. bolt, as does lettuce, cabbage, basil, etc.
> Asparagus is most typically grown from "crowns". Asparagus can be grown from
> seed but is hardly worth the effort as the results are typically dismal, because
> the seeds first need to produce crowns, and then their sex must be determined.
> In any event asparagus spears (the edible portion) does not go to
> seed. Asparagus spears are produced only from male plants and male plants do
> not produce seed...try to ingest that.

Just where the hell do you think they get the seeds that, as you admit, can be
planted? I am quite aware of the fact that most people who grow their own
asparagus start with roots. The roots they plant come from nurseries who started
them from seed.

Asparagus grows wild around here. I have grown asparagus in my garden, started
with roots from a nursery. There is no question that it is better to start with
year old roots than to plant seeds. Oddly, there are always some stalks that grow
up too straggly to be cut for dinner. Left uncut, those plants develop little
round seeds.

People who wish to grow their own strawberries usually buy strawberry plants. Once
those things take root they start to sending out rhizomes to create new plants.
Yet, the strawberry plant produces seeds. Farmers and home gardeners rarely buy
seed to start their plants, preferring to buy established plants and transplanting
them.

Similarly, there is a tremendous market for raspberry canes. It is the quickest
and easiest way to establish enough plants to get a decent crop. For some reason,
raspberries also produce their own seed.

For some reason, who would have us believe that asparagus does not go to seed, but
I have seen enough asparagus that has gone to seed to know that, once again, you
are wrong.