Once the asparagus harvest is done for the year, the remaining spears should be left to grow into tall, ferny foliage - perfect for camouflaging fences or providing a feathery backdrop for the rest of the garden.
It's the stalk before it goes to seed.
Male asparagus does not go to seed. That makes it much easier to manage. Male asparagus are resistant to rust, which is a fungus disease to which asparagus is highly susceptible. The males are also resistant to fusarium rot and crown rot. Another benefit to male asparagus is that is produces more than a female plant. Jersey male asparagus is considered to the premium asparagus.
Stem
Hollandaise sauce is good with it.
An asparagus plant is a monocot. Monocots have one seed leaf (cotyledon), parallel leaf veins, and scattered vascular bundles in the stem. Asparagus plants possess these characteristics, making them a monocot.
Asparagus can be stored in the fridge for about 3-4 days before it starts to go bad.
Asparagus is typically good in the fridge for about 3-4 days before it starts to go bad.
Asparagus can typically be kept in the refrigerator for about 3-4 days before it starts to go bad.
Fresh asparagus typically lasts for about 3-4 days in the refrigerator before it starts to go bad.
Corn, wheat, rice, grass, orchids, tulips, onions, asparagus, lilies, all palms
Monocot seed include all cereals, all grasses, lilies, and palm kernels. All monocot seed are endospermic or albuminous. Asparagus, palms and orchids are also monocots.
Most vegetables are perennial or biaennial as they grow in the first year and seed in the second.