Growing Asparagus From Seed
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Growing asparagus from seed. Asparagus can be raised from seed but the most reliable method is to plant one-year-old dormant plants called crowns in March. Once your seedlings are ready plant them deeply in the soil. Good soil moisture is important at planting for good root and fern growth.
How deep to plant them depends on how well the garden soil drains. It also leads to a much earlier harvest. After all danger of frost in your area has passed dig a trench 6 to 8 inches wide.
An asparagus plant can last 15 years. Watch Monty Don s comprehensive guide to planting bare-root asparagus crowns below. This means that mature ferns wont shade other crops.
Asparagus can be grown directly from seed or from crowns. Soil temperatures for seed germination should be between 70 and 85 degrees F. We planted Argenteuil a French heirloom variety.
When growing asparagus from seeds its critical to start early since germination takes up to three weeks. When starting from seed this means waiting two years until the first harvest. Asparagus repels nematodes that attack tomatoes and tomatoes repel asparagus beetles.
A video showing how I start my asparagus seeds successfully and how and when I transplant asparagus seedlingsGrow asparagus from seed is easyhttps. Gardeners used to dig trenches 18 inches deep but todays new and improved varieties. Asparagus is usually grown from crowns but can also be grown from seed these plants take one year longer before you can start cropping three years as opposed to two years grown from crowns.