On May 9, 8:19�pm, Omelet > wrote:
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> > Sheldon spewed:
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> > : Anyone can do that at home... asparagus continues to grow after
> > : harvesting... in fact asparagus farmers have developed packaging for
> > : shipping with about 4" head room because that's about how much more
> > : they grow on the way to your stupidmarket. *Asparagus for shipment are
> > : harvested prematurely, which is primarily why they don't taste nearly
> > : as good as those harvested from ones own patch... plus anyone who buys
> > : asparagus from the stupidmarket has never tasted fresh, those at the
> > : market are a minimum of a week since harvested and even thouhg they
> > : look attractive they are actually very poor quality.
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> > Excuse me? *Asparagus is harvested by cutting the spear, after which
> > it has been cut off from its' root system. *It cannot and does not
> > grow after that because it is no longer receiving any moisture or
> > nutrients. *You must have magic asparagus!!! * It's that little
> > asparagus between your legs that grows to 4" head, moron.
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> Wrong.
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> All plants grow from the tip, the terminal bud.
> If the asparagus has light and water, it can indeed continue to lengthen.
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> I suggest you trim the base of an asparagus spear and place the base in
> water, and watch it fern out.
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> I have grown many an Ivy from cuttings, with no soil, just placed in
> water...
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> I have grown pineapple tops, just placed in water with plenty of light.
> I do stick them in soil after a week or so, but they do grow in the mean
> time.

Who hasn't had sprouted potatoes and onions, and by doing nothing.
And asparagus grow really fast, spears can grow 6-8 inches in a day...
a gal can faint!