I have a quarter acre of asparagus, Lonny, and yes, it does get tall once it quits producing and starts to fern. I am not familiar with any low growing asparagus. That is not to say that it is not out there, I just do not know about it. Once mine begins to fern, I just leave it until after the first freeze and then mow it at the first opportunity. Good luck with it as there is absolutely nothing like fresh picked asparagus.

1/4 acre!!! How many people does that supply and are you freezing it for winter use? I love asparagus but not quite that much, lol.

It does not freeze well, but I have many uses for it during season ---- ALL meals (grin). I also let my friends pick and that gives them a taste of the FRESH.

I can attest to how yummy Carrie's asparagus is! WAY better than anything in the store!

Lin

Mercy! Thanks for the responses, but wow - Carrie, I hope you planted 1/4 ac and not just a bag like I got. That's scaring me.
So it sounds like you don't want to just keep it cut back all the time - maybe that was what Ted was doing with his.
I'm having trouble getting my head around 1/4 ac of asparagus. That's 5 times bigger than our whole garden.
Maybe the problem is I thought potatoes and gravy were the only vegetables until I was 50.
Thanks again. I hope these turn out as tasty as yours.
Lonny

My adult supervisor suggests asparagus might be pickled or canned. For that much asparagus, all you would need is to build a can factory and a pickling juice factory.
Lonny

Hey, have not tried it pickled ... great suggestion.
Lonny, asparagus needs to fern much like daffodils and iris need their top growth to feed. I don't know for sure, but I would think it would not produce unless it could get nutrients through the ferny part. Sometimes, if I have the time, I will mow mine in September, and get a small fall crop off it. I have not done this often.

Lonny, I love your GW name--uhohgardener. How many times have I said "UH OH!!" Or worse. Fresh asparagas is great grilled. A little olive oil and some seasoning if you want. VERY good. Also great as stir fry.

Thanks Carrie. We'll let them get 'ferny' and see what happens - not expecting anything for a couple of years anyway. I admire your hard work!

And thank you chickenmom - I've especially enjoyed reading your comments on GW. Considering hens or guineas here too.
Good luck with your uhoh's.

I am now wondering what is going to happen if my uhoh moments and my senior moments coincide.

I pretend to gag down the asparagus, or anything green. But it is good. Sometimes with Louisiana hot sauce on it.
L

chickenmom, it is also good in omelettes or marinated and broiled. We do this when we aren't grilling. It is also very good in pasta salads or raw in green salads. Believe me, I have tried it many ways, and am always open to suggestions.
Lonny, wish you every success with the asparagus.

Just came in from checking on the asparagus patch, and found a few straglers poking through. If we get a significant amount of rain soon, I may have a pretty good crop, otherwise, probably not!!!!

AFTER the season.
I said, what blight has hit this field? It looks terrible! only to be told it was asparagus, that that was after the harvest and after the ferny growth had almost done its job and was withering.
It did look terrible. It also looks very tiny its first year; the second year it might be another species entirely it looks so much bigger.