Hi! College freshman here experimenting with hydroponics and currently looking for seed donations. If you would like to help me out (and i will be sure to pay it forward) please email me at makenziejordyn@yahoo.com Much appreciated!!! Jordyn

Agree. The odds are 9 to 1 that what you have is one of the hybrid varieties simply because they are far more common. Plus asparagus seeds have a very low germination rate and the greens will be the dominate gene so what you get, if anything, will most likely be green. You will have much better results, faster production, and better quality if you just invest in some additional crowns and plant them instead. Dave

Hi, Wild Haired Mavens The only seeds that I currently have up for trade are Asparagus and mulberry. Let me know if interested.

"there are two distinct stalk types; the asparagus and the fern. I'm not planning on cutting new growth I want to just let this thing grow naturally but similarly to how you trim pepper flowers/buds so the plant can grow I'm curious if I am to trim away these fern stalks till later in the season." Sorry I guess I am not being clear. There is no trimming of anything done except during the brief spring harvesting period and you have no harvesting period this year so you do no trimming. Yes there are two different appearing things that can appear at the same time but they are the same thing - spears become ferns. The spears turn into ferns. Any ferns you are seeing were spears to begin with. You just didn't or couldn't see them. Nothing needs to be trimmed. Dave