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["Robert Walton" <waltonrp AT gmail.com>]

> Harvest when stalk is about ½" across.  Don't want them to get
> big/tough.  Harvest by getting a decent hold on the stalk and giving it
> a good yank; it will come right loose.
>

Thanks for all the information. So it doesn't really get "ripe", you
just harvest at the right size?

> Keep blossom stalks cut out.  It's a heavy feeder, so give it a good
> dose of compost every year.

Last year's drought was tough start anything. I watered it and gave a
generous dose of goat manure in the fall. It seemed to like that.

Rob - Va