Planning Asparagus in Your Garden:

• The most commonly accepted why to start growing Asparagus is from crowns.
• Asparagus can be planted as soon as the ground is soft enough to be tilled.
• It is important to note that Asparagus plants take 3 or 4 growing season to become established.
• Normally plant around 15 plants per person in your family if you like Asparagus.
  
  

Preparation to Plant Asparagus

• It is very important to select a well drained sight that is in at least partial sunlight.
• Asparagus tends to likely a slightly acidic PH level in its soil.
• Ensure all weeds have been removed from the area by repeating tilling
• One or two weeks before planting your Asparagus crowns you should prep the trenches.
  Planting Your Asparagus
• Always soak your Asparagus crowns in warn water for a few hours prior to planting.
• Plant your Asparagus Crowns 18 - 20 inches apart in your trenches.
• Next cover your Asparagus plants with two inches of a mixture of soil & fertilizer.
• Water your Asparagus and the trenches that contain the crowns heavily.

Caring for Your Asparagus Plants

• During the first year of your Asparagus garden ensure that you weed your garden often and carefully. You should also occasionally add additional topsoil around new shoots to keep you trench level with the surrounding ground. Most people will also cover the garden in the fall in preparation of winter with 2-4 inches of compost in the form of dead leaves or mulch.
• During the second year it is recommended that you keep you bed covered with aged compost of some type of mulch. Also you should apply fertilizer and water through out the season.
  Harvesting Asparagus Plants From Your Garden
• Asparagus plant normally can be harvested at the end of the second year or at some point during the third season
• Asparagus plants are normally ready to harvest once their circumference is a pencil thick.
• To harvest simply cut the stalks of the Asparagus just above ground level.

Also See our Vegetable Guide

If you like Vegetables....These pages might also interest you:

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