asparagus?
I want to plant some asparagus but I know they are invasive so what I am thinking of is some kind of container to put them in. I could surround them with flashing or some thing of the sort, I thought of a big plastic tub with holes cut in the bottom. My question is how deep do I need to go to keep the roots from spreading?
Hi TomF, I really can't add to your question on Asparagus. I trying to grow it also so I thought I would ask my question here, please forgive me if this is rude because I thought this might be hijacking your thread, but I thought it would be silly to start another on this subject.
Anyway I bought some asparagus "seedlings" I think they would be called seedlings they came in a plastic bag (6 of them), they were brown and had some short roots. I planted them and 4 weeks later they are still brown and look exactly the same. Since I'm a new gardener I don't know if this normal or if I just stuck dead stuff in the ground. A little info from someone who grows asparagus would be welcome.
Anyway I bought some asparagus "seedlings" I think they would be called seedlings they came in a plastic bag (6 of them), they were brown and had some short roots. I planted them and 4 weeks later they are still brown and look exactly the same. Since I'm a new gardener I don't know if this normal or if I just stuck dead stuff in the ground. A little info from someone who grows asparagus would be welcome.
This is also my 1st attempt at planting purple asparagus. I bought 20, 2 yr roots from gurneys, only recieved 19, called them and they sent me 10 more. I planted them about a month ago so far only about 1/3 of them have come up but they are very slooow...ive dug down and the roots look alive I am going to cover them over anyway and plant the last 10 today just to get it done and what ever comes up comes up. I'm not going to worry about it anymore. planted them close to the fence side of the garden and I plan to plant some purple pole beans up the fence this year while I can get to it. can you tell I love purple! if I could figure out how to post a picture I'd show you the cute little asparaguy that have come up.
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Last year I purchased my crowns from a regional supplier(asparagus king).They were very large and somewhat dry.I placed them in a cooler filled with liquid kelp moistened peat for one week.They went into a prepared bed3' deepx4'widex24'long.An Alabama friend of mine who has grown organic asparagus for decades was so impressed he wants me to help him start his own new beds.
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