Asparagus

[homesteadmom]

I have staggered plantings of asparagus & this yr will be the first yr I get to harvest any & I can't wait!! Next yr we will be able to start on the other half too. I am planting 10 more crowns this yr too. I had 9 out of the the last 2 ten come up so 18 in all right now. I am hoping that will be enough to sustain my family(who loves it) & parents too with it for the yr(can it). This past fall when I was inspecting it I discovered a few new shoots form the oldest plants, so I may get 2 tmes to cut it a yr due to our weather patterns.

 

[obsessed]

Does anyone grow asperagus in the south? I dream of a bed but I think our winters are too mild and the summer too hot?

 

[me&thegals]

It looks like homesteadmom in Arizona grows it (the post right before yours). Sounds like it might work! The catalogues would give a range of zones where asparagus grows.

 

[mattmatts-momma]

Does anyone grow asperagus in the south? I dream of a bed but I think our winters are too mild and the summer too hot?

I am able to grow them in Georgia. I planted them in a raised bed. I think we filled the bed with compost and horse manure and I just topped it again with some aged manure.

Our weather here has been extremely cold this year. A couple of weeks ago when I cleaned the bed up, I did find one lonely asparagus spear. The freezes we have had lately, did knock back the one lonely spear. I think they all will start coming up soon.

:mowI am ready for spring time, I'm not a big fan of the cold!!:watering

 

[homesteadmom]

Obsessed, I grow it in the desert of Az & so far the plants have done great! The heat has not hurt them at all, I do have mine in a raised bed too. I have to water a lot anyway for everything else, so it does not make any difference. I use the straw from the nesting boxes to mulch with. We have mild winters most of the time too, a few nights of freezing temps & that is it.