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> Hello!  My name is Silvia and I just joined this list a couple days ago.
I
> started SFGing 3 years ago, maybe longer (time flies with little ones).
> This is our third move, however, and we plan to be in this house a good
long
> time, so I'm getting much more serious about my gardening.  I live in
> Virginia, and _lovely_ red clay for soil.  I'm going to start an asparagus
> bed, and am planning to add sand to the clay when we till it.  We just
moved

   Don't forget the organic material.  Sand alone with clay is used to
replace
pure dirt roads before they put oil and stone on them as it makes a tuff
hard
surface to drive on.

> here in Dec. so we haven't gotten to till anything yet.  Does anyone have
> any experience with asparagus?  I've ordered 25 crowns, but I only want to
> devote one 4 by 4 square to asparagus.  Should I plant 1 per square, or
> crowd them all in?  I hate to not use all that I've bought.  Any tips
would
> be welcome!  I'm sure I'll have some other questions soon, since I'm going
> to start seedlings myself this year.  I hope I can contribute to answering
> some others' questions, too!  :)
>
   Remember one of the important principles of sqft is to use the same
spacing
 row and columns that is in both directions. I believe that works out like
6in
 between plants allows 4 per square ft.


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