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Old April 5, 2011   #24
Medbury Gardens
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Originally Posted by grapenut View Post
On average you can expect around 1/2 pound per plant +/- and for eating raw, Purple Passion is the only way to go, very sweet.
Yes the purple types are the best for sweetness,ive got the Pacific Purple variety which i grew from seed,i'm fortunately that i live in a remote area so there no other asparagus within five miles, so now that my plants are 6 years old the seed i'm now harvesting seed thats true to type,ive got truck loads of seed pods turning red now if anyone would like some seed to do a trade send me a PM.
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