Asparagus

[BRIANB]

Hi all ,Im a new member,,and new to growing veg,i am growing the usual veg like peas, beans ,carrots ,and potatoes,but i want to try to grow asparagus,can anyone give me any tips as how to start?

[Lesley Jay]

Hi Brian, I wrote a short article about growing asparagus - just follow this link:-

Vegetable Gardens » Blog Archive » Growing Asparagus

I hope it might help!

[paul]

Hi Brian,

I had 30 free seeds from MOreVeg.com and grew them from seed this year. I started them off in the usual way and when they started sprouting, i put them in weed free ground with plenty of compost. They seem to be growing really well nad i'll let you know how it goes.Apparently though, i can't use the spears for 3 years !!

[DavidT]

Eeerr Paul, make that SEVEN years. It`s 3 years if you plant crowns.

[paul]

Hi David,

Thanks for that Doh !!!! I guess its back to Tesco's for the next 7 years then !!

[DavidT]

Paul, when I had an allotment I tried growing Asparagus from seed, I nutured the plants for six and a half years, then moved plot.

[ropericu]

You can find some useful information here:

How to grow asparagus in your garden | Asparagus

[ginger]

Handy links, thanks.

Will be giving my first asparagus trench a go this week...

[Pacey]

Originally Posted by asley2010

Welcome u to this forum!

That post is from 2009 but hello there! Welcome to you

[Lesley Jay]

Originally Posted by Pacey

That post is from 2009 but hello there! Welcome to you

It was spam Pacey so the post you replied to has been deleted and the so called member banned.