Growing Asparagus In The Home Garden
Name : Growing Asparagus In The Home Garden.
Category : Home and Garden
Files Source: www.hort.purdue.edu
File Added : August 3, 2010
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This online pdf files about growing asparagus in the home garden includes Soil requirements, Cultivars, Planting, Insects, Disease, Weed Control, Harvesting, Storage, and Removal of Old Tops.
Content summary :
“Buy one-year-old, healthy, disease-free crowns from a reputable garden center or mail-order company. A crown is the compressed stem and attached root system of a young asparagus plant raised from hybrid seed. Each crown can produce 1/2 lb. of spears per year when fully established. Gardeners can plant asparagus from seed. However, caring for the small seedlings until they become established can be time consuming. Also, because the seeds are spaced a few inches apart, the crowns will have to be dug and transplanted to their permanent, wider-spaced location in the garden after one year. Thus, one year of potential spear production is lost due to transplanting.
Asparagus can be planted throughout Indiana from early April to late May, after the soil has warmed up to about 50 degrees F. There is no advantage to planting the crowns in cold, wet soils. They will not grow until the soil warms and there is danger of the plants being more susceptible to Fusarium rot if crowns are exposed to cold, wet soils over a prolonged period. Plant the asparagus at either the west or north side of the garden so that it will not shade the other vegetables and will not be injured when the rest of the garden is tilled. Dig a furrow no deeper than 5 to 6 inches. Research has shown that the deeper asparagus crowns are planted, the more the total yield is reduced. Apply about 1 lb. of 0-46-0 (triple superphosphate) or 2 lbs. of 0-20-0 (superphosphate), or 4 pounds of steamed bone meal per 50 feet of row in the bottom of the furrow before planting. This will make phosphorus immediately available to the crowns. Omitting this procedure will result in decreased yields and the spear production will not be as vigorous…….” Download for more information!!
