Noticed earlier this week that some of the asparagus spears didn't look normal. Indeed some of them are shrivelled and leathery; some have tiny orange insects on them (<1mm), one had a small hole drilled in it near where I found a small black fly, and some have dried tips or a shrunken midsection, etc.
Arghhhhh
So I cut off the wonky ones and sprayed everything with dish soap / water solution.
Don't remember seeing this last spring, but, I did see an asparagus beetle last summer.
I can't figure out what the cause is, though. Maybe the tiny orange insects are circumstantial because I can't find any info on what they could be in terms a problem for the asparagus.
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