Oh right, I thought it was rhubarb. Never grown asparagus, sorry. But when you want to comment on a question you've already ask its best to add it as a comment on the original question, and then all the people who replied will get an email telling them to have a look.

You can tell I'm new to this so thanks for responding ! So far I've been totally unsuccessful via Google or any other means to find an answer to the question so if anyone out there can help ...or even point me i the right direction...I'd be grateful.