Roasted asparagus seasoned with garlic, lemon, and Parmesan cheese. This recipe is super quick to prep and roasting removes any bitterness. Try it next to lamb or grilled fish. If the crown is older by a few years, you’ll get thicker spears. And here’s the thing: those fat spears are just as tender and tasty as the thin ones. (Trust me, I ate a lot of asparagus this spring.) Thinasparagusspears appear for a number of reasons, but the root cause is ultimately the same: the asparagus crown lacks the rigor to create bigger shoots. Preparing thinnerasparagusspears is slightly different to thicker ones. While trimming asparagus is a step you can't skip... If this happens, don’t panic! Once you identify the source of the problem it shouldn’t be too tricky to fix. Read on to learn about causes and solutions for thinasparagusspears. We have a 6 to 8 year old bed of asparagus last year late & now this year the spears only grow to about 1/8 of a inch thick & kind of stringy. What is causing this? Pencil asparagus are varieties that are cultivated and harvested young specifically for their thin, tender spears. Their stems are pistachio green capped with purple- green cruciferous... Marketing and economics hortscience 41(5):1259–1262. 2006. Conjoint Analysis Reveals Consumers Prefer Long, ThinAsparagusSpears Bridget K. Behe1,2 Department of... Asparagusspears are the plant shoots of an underground crown that can produce for up to 20 years. The thickness of a spear has nothing to do with its age—that is, a thinspear will not... Prefer Long, ThinAsparagusSpears. Bridget K. Behe.Fresh asparagusspears were harvested from a Michigan farm 2 d before photograph-ing and stored in a 4.4 °C cooler.
