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Re: Asparagus

Just think, if you had started your asparagus bed when you first thought
about it you would be harvesting them now!!  I finally started mine last
year after pondering the same thing. Asparagus like full sun and you should
plant 1 or 2 year roots.  I have heard that the older the roots the less
they like transplanting.  I started 2 yeat roots and have many sprouts
already.  I have been picking and freezing the ones thicker than a pencil
and leaving the rest to fern.  At they end of June I will stop picking them
altogether and let them all go to fronds.  I might even have enough for a
meal.  I can hardly wait.  Let us know what you decide.

Sandra in Kamloops, BC
Zone 6

At 10:37 AM 5/1/97 -0500, you wrote:
>THINK TWINS!!!
>
>I'm thinking the samy thing.  Asparagus and rhubarb.  Two and three year
>waits!!!  I think that once I get back on my feet I will take advantage of
>the lull between sowing/planting and reaping to do that--Probably sometime
>in June.  Hope that's not too late for zone 7.  I figure that gives me
>sometime to do some research as to how to best plan for long healthy
>crops!  MMMMMMMM fresh stir fried asparagus and rhubarb pie!!!!
>
>Fia
>
>On Thu, 1 May 1997, Susan W.Smith wrote:
>
>> I have been debating whether or not to put in an asparagus bed (actually
>> each spring I have this debate).  I keep thinking about the long wait until
>> I can harvest any so I go for the crops that I can grow in one season.  More
>> immediate gratification.  However, i love fresh asparagus.  The local garden
>> center has 1 year roots - 15 for 7.99.  What do you think -  should I go for
>> it?  Where is a good place to plant these.  In an out of the way corner of
>> the garden?
>> 
>> Sue 
>> in Central PA
>> 
>
>--
>Sophia Hansen
>fia@netcentral.net
>
>
>
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