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a monster of a crown! 
There is no snow in our area yet, so its a nice sunny morning and just time to dig over my last bed in my new lottie.. but wait what the hell is this...
looks like a large asparagus crown , yes thats a dust bin lid! So I've found an old asparagus bed. Its in the wrong place for me, so..
1) Is it worth moving the crowns, I do have a bed for my own crowns, but they are not as large as these?
2) Get rid of them, if so, in this bed I intend to grow, brassicas and will be adding some lime, will the asparagus roots left in grow new crows or rot away?
3) I was told that asparagus growers replant every 4 years, and yet in some books they say the crowns can be productive for 30 years - who is correct?
I do love asparagus, so this is a lucky find
many thanks in advance,
Steve(spt)
There is no snow in our area yet, so its a nice sunny morning and just time to dig over my last bed in my new lottie.. but wait what the hell is this...
looks like a large asparagus crown , yes thats a dust bin lid! So I've found an old asparagus bed. Its in the wrong place for me, so..
1) Is it worth moving the crowns, I do have a bed for my own crowns, but they are not as large as these?
2) Get rid of them, if so, in this bed I intend to grow, brassicas and will be adding some lime, will the asparagus roots left in grow new crows or rot away?
3) I was told that asparagus growers replant every 4 years, and yet in some books they say the crowns can be productive for 30 years - who is correct?
I do love asparagus, so this is a lucky find
many thanks in advance,
Steve(spt)
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