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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

holy shit man, that's hardcore. running a nursery sounds pretty cool. i believe springtime will be year 3 for about 6 of my asparagus plants, so that's exciting. i'm overwintering peppers for the first time, baby steps...

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Oh, nice. How many asparagus do you have total? Before my parents got so old, I ordered a whole box of asparagus, got a tractor, and put in 3 or 4 50 foot rows beside their existing garden. They got tons of asparagus once the plants started producing.

Peppers hate to be too cold. If it gets anywhere close to freezing, bring them inside, or if they're in the ground, cover them with a cardboard box or plastic garbage bags. I saw frost on rooftops a few years ago, but am too close to the ocean to freeze. Plus, microclimate.

Bamboo is very much like asparagus, at least in the way the shoots come up. Pretty cool to see a 4 inch diameter shoot come out of the ground and shoot up to 30 or 50 feet in a month or so.

The reason everyone hires mexicans as farm and nursery workers is due to the amount of work involved, and thin margins for potential profits. My bamboo nursery was basically a hobby gone wild, and I wasn't exactly buying cars and houses with the profits. Extremely enjoyable though.

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I have about 20 asparagus plants total, but only 4 or 6 of them are anywhere close to ready: https://i.imgur.com/HoafPMS.jpg I had to start the small ones from seed because they are California varieties that I couldn't find for sale as crowns. I need heat tolerance in zone 9A. Maybe I'm too hot too even be growing these but I want them bad. In this spot you see they are shaded from heavy afternoon sun.

3 or 4 50 foot rows

Holy shit man, you are a king who enabled your family to eat like royalty. I wish I had that kind of space.

4 inch diameter shoot come out of the ground and shoot up to 30 or 50 feet in a month or so

Wow, you could almost sit there and see it growing.

My bamboo nursery was basically a hobby gone wild, and I wasn't exactly buying cars and houses with the profits. Extremely enjoyable though.

Way cool. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to not sit down in order to make a living. Mushroom farming seems pretty cool and somewhat profitable in citites.

[–]Heterophobe4Life 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Said the racist