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Jul 15, 2014 12:16 PM CST
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Name: Mike Keough
Antioch, CA. (Zone 10a)
Can this really be Asparagus?
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Jul 16, 2014 12:32 AM CST
Name: Lori
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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No, no resemblance whatsoever to asparagus.
It's chickweed, Stellaria media, a common weed.
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Jul 16, 2014 6:46 AM CST
Name: Horseshoe Griffin
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Ditto, looks like chickweed to me, too. But you can eat it, too!

When your asparagus comes up it'll look just like what you buy in the store, only much smaller in diameter (until they begin to fill out or plump up a bit.) If you don't pick them the foliage will grow more "ferny" looking, or maybe "feathery" would be a better word.

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Jul 19, 2014 10:04 AM CST
Name: Tom Cagle
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Asparagus will when it first erupts from the soil, look like a supermarket spear (or skinnier) and as a mature leaf looks like a fern.

A fern with a string of red berries, is a good indication of it being asparagus.
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Jul 20, 2014 10:41 AM CST
Name: Juli
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Here is a photo of asparagus coming up from seed that I found in the database. Maybe this will help.

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Jul 23, 2014 12:16 PM CST
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Name: Mike Keough
Antioch, CA. (Zone 10a)
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Jul 23, 2014 12:34 PM CST
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