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RE: Hunting wild Asparagus ( walk with me)
35 is my guess. It's interesting that your European asparagus is thin. In North America, our wild asparagus is like our garden asparagus -- fat! it gets think only after the plant has been harvested several times. When the shoots get the thickness of a pencil, that's when we stop harvesting -- and leave those thin stalks to grow and replenish the plant for next spring.
Do you mark the area where you harvest? Or do you just know that area from using for a few years? I think it's easiest to make a note of the asparagus patches in the fall, when the fronds turn bright yellow.
Enjoy your asparagus -- it looks like you will have a great spring of good eating!
Yes, we have been picking in the same places for years. We know plenty of places to get more, there are also several sub varieties so you can travel to diferent locations and choose which type. They are quite easy to spot for a well seasoned picker like myself We also have some thick Asparagus planted in the garden but it doesnt produce more than 3 or 4 a year.
Those are some great asparagus-foraging tips, right there! Here's to lots of springtime asparagus for all the foragers out there! :D