How easy is to grow Asparagus

**Two_Sheds** · 18-04-2009, 05:51 PM

It's not hard at all. Buy some crowns, stick them in the ground, then wait four years until you eat them!

**soph696** · 18-04-2009, 05:54 PM

4 years is a very long time. Is there not a type that will crop before then?

THANKS

**Capsid** · 18-04-2009, 06:32 PM

You can crop the small spears before the 4 year wait but then you won't maintain a decent sized plant. You need to let the plant establish a big root system by allowing the ferns to grow which provide vital food for plant growth.

**rogesse** · 18-04-2009, 08:05 PM

4yrs - I thought it was two- oh

At least this year it is working, little shoots everywhere -unlike last year when itall died

**Demeter** · 18-04-2009, 08:12 PM

You can buy older crowns as well, if you buy 2yo or 3yo crowns instead of the usual 1yo crowns then obviously that will get you a quicker crop - but experts seem to recommend 1yo crowns as they transplant better at that age and it gives them longer to get properly established.

Incidentally, I thought the cropping began "in the fourth year" rather than "after four years"? i.e. I sowed in 2008, planted in 2009, will get a taster harvest in 2010 and my first "real" harvest in 2011. Hopefully the experts can clarify (please?!) cos I don't want to have to wait until 2012 unless I really have to!!

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