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Moved into a rental with insanely established asparagus


I’ve never had to eat so much asparagus in my life. I love it

by AtmosphereAlarming52

44 Comments

  1. Routine_Tie1392

    Daaaaamn that is thick!

    This is my first year eating my asparagus and im so happy.  Its been torture not touching them the past few years. 

  2. TerritorialSeed

    That is certainly some impressive asparagus!

  3. gholmom500

    If you weed the patch- you’ll have it for decades.

  4. 1LakeShow7

    Asparagus as a vegetable is like a wizard to a human being. They are ancient and wise.

  6. ChineseFireball

    What a find! Enjoy responsibly, and share with friends!

  10. Chroney

    They just keep getting thicker???? This is news to me, how do you even eat it?

  15. bluewall7

    I have some I haven’t planted yet. Confused where I should plant them… I guess you can’t mess with the soil once you do.

  18. HoratioTuna27

    I have some stalks like that coming from a plant that I thought was looooooong dead. Seriously, planted it 5 or 6 years ago, got Like 3 spears that season and nothing since. This year, though? Giant, a handful of thick purple stalks. Bizarre.

  21. Willamina03

    Whelp, I’m a little jealous. Just planted six roots this spring. The greens got about as wide as a pencil, but are pushing four foot tall. So I’m hoping they get wider as they age through the years.

  22. VeganMinx

    I am jealous as fuuuuggggg. We put in a patch of one-year ferns this year. They grew but are less than pencil thin. I think we have another 2 summers before we can eat them. That is one big mojumbo!

  24. Embarrassed_Mango679

    Totally jealous! I’m waiting for mine to get old enough.

    I did find one single, perfect morel growing in a bed but haven’t found any since. I saved the morel to seed the woods behind our house.
    edit morel not moDel. Cause I’m a MO-ron.

  25. HatefulHipster

    My former rental house had very well established rhubarb. We had access to it for 5 years and it was great. When the landlord sold the house, he and his wife came and took some. Well when I moved out into my own house I dug up the rest and planted at my house. And it is currently thriving!

  26. tree_nutty

    So lucky…I planted a few this year. If they get established it will take 3-4 years before I can actually see something remotely similar.

  28. MD_Weedman

    Your pee is going to smell funny for a month!

  34. There_Are_No_Gods

    About 15 years ago I planted a handful of varieties of asparagus, starting one type from seed and the rest from crowns. A couple varieties that I started from crowns have always just been much thicker than the others, looking about that size in just a couple years. They have some smaller stalks too, but on average are about 3 or 4 times the size of other varieties.

    At first I was very excited, thinking “bigger is better!” Eventually I realized I much prefer eating skinnier asparagus. They are way easier to cook to a desired tenderness, and they cook way faster.

    I now wish I didn’t have any of those monster varieties, and I’m considering pulling them and letting the other varieties fill into their spots.

  35. hagrid2018

    That’s the asparagus your girlfriends ex grew and she said not to worry about it. 😢

  36. jh937hfiu3hrhv9

    Fatter the better. If you plan to be there next year, pull all the grass out and keep the area weeded. They do not like competition.

  37. ELHorton

    Sorry. Photo rejected. I only accept bananas for scale.

  41. tex91

    Sir, that is of the Asperagus-chodus familia, show some respect….

  42. DraiochtRed

    Make sure that’s not tricky Japanese Knotweed! It basically ruined my life!

    …..

    I posted that out of fear for your sanity and took a closer look after the fact. I may be wrong….still. Be warned. 😂😂

  43. rlharris1992

    Planted 21 plants when we bought our house 5 years ago, 19 made it through the first 2 years. Good thing we like asparagus!

  44. free_based_potato

    that one is load bearing. do not pull this stalk

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