What We Found When We Dug Up a 15+ Year Old Asparagus was AMAZING

We were digging up perennial asparagus to show everyone how to transplant a perennial properly, so we dug up a 15+ year old asparagus plant from the beach, in soft nutrient-rich sand. What we uncovered was simply amazing.

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[pinkeysherbet]

You guys should do a 1 year update on the asparagus, I'm invested now

[eros]

Wow, 40 year old asparagus. Very cool. Thanks

[karastone]

This is intriguing...its as if perennials are slowly walking across the earth... The older they are, the "farther they travel." I love to see the parallels in plant and animal behavior. There should be a pixar movie made about the plant world

[peanutbutterdragon]

My wife and I were finally after 12 years able to buy our 1st home on 1.77 acres. This our 1st year gardening in our new home. I did get in some brussel sprouts and butter crunch lettuce (my favorite for BLT's) fall of 2019. We began farming in 2014 but we rented and owners either didn't like our chickens, or they didn't like our greenhouse, or they didn't like our dairy goats, soon to be our dairy source and our source for making premium compost. The best. I've never seen so many worms. Love your show. I hope though I'm not as good on camera as you to behind the scenes follow in your footsteps and get my wife who is sparkly on camera to be the face for our show one day. You have done an amazing job over the years. We live in the south because we also have autoimmune diseases we are excited to now be able to enjoy organic food and begin a little produce business.

[nikburton]

the leaves from those wild grapes will really help give your pickles crunch. two washed leaves per pint.

[dhebert]

I have a battery-operated portable camping shower. What I do when I transplant; I dig around the plant just like in the video, then I spray off the dirt away with collected rain water. I might be wrong, I don't have any education in agriculture or anything, but it seems the less dirt left from the previous area the quicker they rebound and start growing in the new area. My mother showed me that trick like 30 years ago. They used to use watering cans back then, but it's the same idea. Anyone else do that?

[ConradCardinal]

Don't be embarrassed about snapping your shovel Luke, if you've never snapped a shovel, you aren't digging hard enough lol

[StarFlower]

If only digging were that easy in my soil. I think it breeds rocks.

[dane]

if u want to get rid of the grape vine wait till buds and brush enzyme blocker on leaves and stem. large stems pound in copper nails or wrap in copper wire. the copper will kill the vines

[aroseu]

rescue more of those asparagus and give them to people to save!

[dsafety]

Dude. Exciting???? You got my vote. Well done

[idahohoosier]

HOLY MOLY!!! THATS A CRAZY ROOT.
BLESSINGS, julie

[ItzMurphh]

You made this video back in 2016, how is the transplant doing 4 years later? I would love to see it!!!!

[RM-xsci]

Love homegrown asparagus. We have a bed that's 30+ years old :)

[potato]

12:31 Today you found out that hockey pucks indeed do not grow.

[margiemolina]

Wow, that's one hard working man!

[theuglykwan]

Ok i had a pretty big and deep planter I was going to grow asparagus in. I think i'll shelve that idea now. These things are gonna need to go in the ground. lol

[GregVasquez]

Looks like an Alien. I think Sci Fi writers got their inspiration from nature lol

[elizabethinnb]

This is so helpful. I bought a house and this spring discovered I had asparagus, along with all sorts of other edibles. There are about 25 shoots that I just let go as it was pretty tasteless. The bed is choked with grass, very little open soil, I can see it needs help but didn't know what was going on in the roots. Now I know how to clean out the bed and hopefully fertilize and mulch for a better crop next year. It will be one of my fall projects.

[Earthy-Artist]

Thanks Luke! I will do this if we ever move away. This year I started asparagus from seed & will want to take them with me if we ever change locations.