Thick Asparagus

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This is a side post from a thread in the 2 cents forum. I have a rental property, now vacant, that I had started a raised garden but it was not maintained and weeded over.

I planted Purple Passion (naturally thick) and one green asparagus type in this bed 5 years ago. About a month ago I weeded the heck out of the bed, dumped 8 bags of miracle grow, and planted strawberries.

I am so excited some made it. We've had droughts and floods these past 5 years. These very thick stalks appeared this week. There is actually a 4th one coming up. I have never seen anything this thick. Any opinions on what is going on? Too much fertilizer? Too buried? Will they ever produce an thin edible stalk?

- Lisa