Nope, the spears cannot produce roots or new shoots. Asparagus is produced by seeds or by crowns.

Thank you.

I think maybe she's confused it with lemon grass. Different plant, same technique.

I had store bought asparagus that I put in the cubbard for about a week and they sprouted 4 to 5 inch sprouts out of the tops.

OK then. Can you post a picture? I suspect they may have just ferned out rather than sprouted. I've never had that happen to mine but of course I keep it in the fridge with the cut ends in water.

LoneJack, I'm pretty sure what happened was that, as you suggested, the tops sprouted the ferny leaves.... not roots, which would have been from the bottom end.

Having said this, I have, on rare occasion, gotten asparagus that had a very woody end on it - cut too far down - and have wondered if it could possibly root on such an end.

Next time I get one of these an experiment will be in order.

Kate

Just want to add, I started asparagus from seeds in 2018, planted them out in 2019 and was trying a few spears in 2020, and harvesting a lot of fat spears in 2021.

So no to growing asparagus at all from grocery bought then?

No, you need to buy crowns

yes you can plant store bought spears and plant them

sure you can stick them in the ground but they won't grow.

yes you can plant the store bought

That would be a waste of good asparagus spears because they won't root!

Just because you can plant it doesn't mean it'll grow. I can plant hot dogs.

LOL!!!!! 😂

Trying it. Perhaps stay tuned a couple years..lol

Please let us know how your experiment goes.

Kate - Are you interested in the results of the asparagus or the hotdogs?

Both, but I have few expectations for the Hot Dogs. 😄

haha!

I BOUGHT A BUNCH OF ASPARAGUS FROM THE SUPER MARKET…CUT THE BOTTOMS

PUT THEM IN WATER….AND ABOUT 3-4 DAYS LATER AFTER CHANGING THE WATER EACH

DAY THEY BEGAN TO SPROUT LIGHT GREEN

SHOOTS FROM THE TOPS OF

MMOST OF THEM!!….AND THEY ARE STILL

FIRM LIKE DAY ONE…..IT SEEMS VERY WEIRD

OVER THE YEARS I’VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN…..,ANY EXPLANATIONS OR COMMENTS????

Please don't yell at us 833958745.

SO SORRY…. NOT YELLING BEESNEEDS…..I ALWAYS TYPE IN CAPS…..AGAIN SORRY…

FLORENCE

Turn your caps lock off, typing in caps is yelling.

Capitals is yelling. Stop typing in capitals or quit posting, simple.

Oh by the way, growing leaves from the top is not rooting anything. You can grow green onion tops from roots, but they will not grow new roots or new bulbs.

Now y'all got me jonesing for fresh garden asparagus and I'm still at least 3 months away from that happening.

Lol Lonejack. I feel though, I could go for some nice fresh asparagus too.

Oh geez.........come on you guys. Maybe people can just see better when they type in caps. Yelling about using caps is yelling too.

Catherinet makes a good point - caps can be easier to read when someone has vision issues.

Many plant stems will continue to grow after cutting. And you can most certainly grow new green onions from the cut-off ends if there are still roots attached. I've done it myself. That's how I got my lemongrass, years ago.

I also grew a cabbage plant from a store bought head that had roots sprouting from the base. I cut out the core, planted it in a container, put it on a sunny windowsill, and it put out new leaves - no heading tho. I've also done the same with celery. If there's enough of the root 'plate' still attached, and it's fairly fresh, it can put out roots and grow.

Here's what the cabbage looked like. Unfortunately, it died off after I transplanted it outside - I think because it was too hot and humid.