During April and early May I enjoyed asparagus from an apparently healthy bed that I planted eight years ago. On May 15, I stopped cutting and left for a YangXi River Cruise in China. When I returned on June 1, I found my asparagus had grown to a height of six feet and was totally defoliated. The stalks were green, but the fern-like limbs were brown. I observed quite a substantial infestation of a dark colored insect about 1 cm long. Has my asparagus been struck by a blight or is this the work of the insects observed? I intend to cut the bed back to the ground, fertilize and see what happens. Any insights on what happened and what should be done? I live in Southwest Virginia. The weather while I was gone was apparently pretty wet. The rest of the gardent did great.
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19 years ago