If you would like to know how to get a massive harvest of asparagus from the one raised garden bed or container then this is the video to watch! I give my 5 top tips on how to increase asparagus production.
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I was wondering can the asparagus get too crowded? Dont know if splitting them is a thing. Getting more and more harvest each year but it is in the same area. I thought they would spread out.
Wow, planted way to shallow. I suggest the crown be 4 to 6 inches below the surface.
Really well done! Good info. Seems like you prefer organic as well. I think I am now on Year 2 –ready for Spring of yr 3!
If you plant the crowns do you still have to wait a couple years for harvest?
does each root system produce multiple spears. for example can i take 2 spear and leave 2 spears to keep the plant healthy? great video
Can I buy the roots? I live in SA Australia
Hard lockdown in Melbourne right now and can only shop for essentials but good old Aldi came through with the gardening goodies and I got myself 4 Mary Washington crowns today… do you think they noticed my unessential additions to my trolley?! Haha.. thanks for the tips and I’m looking forward to harvests!!
Great entertainment and advice. How about 5 tips on growing Radishes. Im hooked1
So if the root system can grow down to 5 feet deep. Does that mean the 9 I planted this year that look amazing are going to die because I put them in 2 foot deep containers?
This is my first time ever growing Asparagus. Some were started from seeds and others were 2 years old root starts. They are the Mary Washington and the New Jersey varieties. Do I have to wait another two years for the root starts to harvest them or just next year? Virginia zone 7a.
Thanks so much for this incredible video!! It was really helpful 🙂
Is that the only asparagus bed you have? Does that small section feed your entire family? I was told asparagus takes up heaps of room and almost put me off planting them in my average sized residential block
Thanks for the tips. This is my first year growing and just noticed the plants are turning brown. I panicked thinking I was killing them. Turns out, they’re just doing their thing. Whew! Thanks for the peace of mind. Happy growing!
Though I don't have a garden, I have been watching your video for years, cheers! hahaha
Thank You : ) Have a raised bed that I did not know what to plant with : ) Asparagus is perfect : )
I planted asparagus from seeds. Now it's the end of the growing season, what do I do? Do I cut the fern to the ground? Bright Blessings!!!
I am learning from watching videos but I just don't understand how you harvest the asparagus ? I keep seeing leafy thin plants and later on your hand, it is a fatter asparagus ? Which part of the plant did you cut it off from the fine leafy plants ?
Thank you for your very interesting videos. I live in Malta and cannot find the raised bed containers you show nicely in your videos. Do you think if I bought undulating sheets I can bend them to make containers like the ones you have? Does the sheet metal have to be of zinc or steel and what would be the ideal thickness so as to be able to bend it? thank you for any help you can provide.
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Gianfranco
Iv just started growing asparagus do I cut back the growth or just leave it?
you crack me up.. cant wait to start growing this veggie
I throw an inch of peat moss over my asparagus bed, 1/2 inch in the spring, and 1/2 inch in late summer. When I started doing that, my asparagus went crazy. Now I not only get about three times more harvest, I also get a lot of new seedlings sprouting, which I use to fill in areas, expand the bed, or give to friends for growing. Also, I always allow one stalk to grow from each plant, without ever cutting it. If I cut all of the stalks from a plant, it sometimes takes a month or two for a new stalk to emerge. But if I make sure that each plant always has a large, growing stalk, then the plants sprout continuously. The plants never die using this method, and I get a lot longer harvest season, almost 4 months in Illinois. Also, I keep weeds and non-asparagus plants from growing among the asparagus. This eliminates the hiding places for asparagus beetles, and allows birds and wasps to catch and eat them. Asparagus beetles usually drop to the ground and hide when they sense a disturbance. By using only a thin layer of peat moss, and keeping the ground otherwise clean, I no longer have any significant issue with asparagus beetles. The occasional Japanese beetles still get a soapy water bath, since they don't seem to have predators where I live. I put a sturdy steel garden post at each corner of my 4X4 meter asparagus garden which support a loop of string or rope around the garden. Asparagus likes to sprout up and then fall over. The string containment helps to keep the main stalk from each plant growing tall and healthy, about 7 feet. I noticed that sometimes an asparagus head will emerge with a curved or crooked shape. These never grow more than about 20 cm/8 inches, so I harvest them, even when they're the only stalk from a plant. Usually a new and healthy sprout emerges pretty quickly.
Whats the best variety yo grow in the trópicos with heat between 70 and 95 degrees?
I am wondering if anyone uses the fern as a herb?
Once the plant goes to bush you can still ‘tip & eat’ while gardening. Nice snack.
Is there a difference in growing green asparagus and white asparagus
So, I noticed in the video that you had some asparagus ferned out and were picking new spears. Just wondering if that is the way you should do it. I have been cutting all the spears and only when I am done cutting for the season do I let them fern all at once
I was looking for asparagus
But I found a cactus
At first I thought it was lettuce
But all three are good when feeding a walrus
we put ours in a year ago. We are hoping to nibble a little this next summer. We put in purple passion, and the couple spears we tasted were amazing!