Grow What You Eat
EFB 496/796
Tuesday/Thursday - 12:30 p.m. to 1:50 p.m., Illick Hall 530
Friday - 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Illick Hall 530
Instructor: Terry Ettinger, Greenhouse Manager
Office: 529 Illick Hall
Phone: 315-470-6772
Mobile: 315-471-5854
Course Content - Family Asparagaceae
As mentioned on the Course Content Introduction page, "Assigned readings," "assigned video lectures" and "assigned web resources" are the key content for this course and information within these assignments will be used in the development of assessment tools - i.e., quizzes, exams, etc.
Also note that the first link under each "Assigned Video Lectures" heading is to the original Prezi content. If you'd like to learn more about how I've created the video lectures you'll be watching (hopefully) throughout the semester, I've actually recorded a video about the process I use for recording videos the you can watch by clicking here!
"Supplemental" readings, web resources, and video content can be helpful in providing additional context to the assigned materials. It's likely that over the course of the semester additional supplemental resources will be added to this page, so plan to check back frequently.
And, if you come across a resource you believe would be a helpful addition to this content page, please do share it with me.
"Vegetable Production and Practices"
Chapter 18 - Family Asparagaceae
"2017 Cornell Integrated Crop and Pest Management Guidelines for Commercial Vegetable Production"
Chapter 12 - Asparagus
"Growing Asparagus at Home" (Link)
This is an easy-to-digest, step-by-step guide for growing asparagus in a home garden from Michigan State University.
"Ten-Year Replicated Asparagus Cultivar Evaluation Summary" (Link)
Over ten years modern male hybrid asparagus varieties can produce between fifteen and twenty TONS of asparagus under commerical production practices! Note, however, that under the field conditions in North Carolina where this trial was conducted, Cercospora leaf blight dramatically reduced yields during several growing seasons.
None currently assigned.
Assigned Online Resources:
None currently assigned.
Coming soon.
Supplemental Online Resources:
"Patent Award Caps Seven Decades of Asparagus Breeding at Rutgers" (Link)
Chances are that any asparagus you at home or at a restaraunt in the eastern/northern U.S. from April through July originated from the asparagus breeding program at Rutgers! (Note: Rutgers currently (November 2017) suggests that the relatively recently variety ‘NJ1113’ (also known as `Sequoia') is the highest rated variety from its program.
"Sex and the Single Asparagus" (Link)
This short online article explains the genetics behind the development of the Rutgers hybris male asparagus varieties.
"Male Asparagus Hybrids: `Jersey Gem,' `Jersey General,' `Jersey King,' `Jersey Knight,' and `Jersey Titan'." (Link)
A detailed description of the development of these five male hybrid asparagus varieties appeared in the July 1990 issue of HortScience (Volume 25, Issue 7).
Supplemental Video Content:
"What We Found When We Dug Up a 15+ Year-Old Asparagus Was AMAZING (YouTube)." (Link)
While a bit over the top, this YouTube video does illustrate how large a single asparagus crown can grow over time.