Asparagus officinalis

Asparagus at Mount Majura

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Identification history

	Asparagus officinalis	24 Apr 2024	Tapirlord
	Asparagus officinalis	22 Apr 2024	mcosgrove

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4 comments

waltraud wrote:

27 Apr 2024

Many thanks for record and Id. What is the best way to control?

abread111 wrote:

27 Apr 2024

See https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-25/asparagus-assassin-tool-invented-fight-invasive-weed/103561264
I like the name - asparagus assassin!

Mike wrote:

27 Apr 2024

I am not sure the asparagus assassin would be big enough to get all the rhizomes. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents/Animals-and-plants/Pests-and-weeds/asparagus-weeds-management-manual-130486.pdf does not include specific treatment for Asparagus officinalis but I have dug out a dense patch, careful to get all rhizomes, then followed up the next year to get seedlings. I have also used stem scrape and poison. However, it is spreading widely and can be hard to find and treat.

waltraud wrote:

28 Apr 2024

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/users/22862, I think the asparagus that is mentioned in the article to which you refer is A. aethiopicus (there is one CNM record by Mike); it probably spreads in the same way as the A. officinalis (birds for larger distances / rhizomes). Thanks Mike for treatment hints; I have a damaged back and 2 tennis elbows from parkcare work so I can't dig and need to use other means of control. What poison did you use?

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