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[–] LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 hour ago

While asparagus does grow single shoots like this, I suspect this picture is staged. I grow asparagus and you never get that many pop up at once and all grow the same exact height. They're also too spread out for a single plant, usually they will grow from a fairly central point per plant.

It looks more like this:

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 9 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

It grows super fast as well. Something like 6 inches a day. Second only to bamboo, apparently. (Source: my one brief flirtation with manual labour was picking asparagus in the Northern Territory)

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 2 points 12 minutes ago

The Northern Territory of Australia?

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 5 points 1 hour ago

Sounds like a bad pickup line.

"Hey babe, guess what can grow 6 inches today".

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Asparagrass

[–] daveywaveyboy@feddit.nl 28 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You are going to be delighted when you see a pineapple growing too

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Probably something like this