It’s been my experience that you either really like asparagus or you really don’t. For those of you that don’t, give it a second chance. For those of you who do, try growing it in your own yard.
Pick a spot in your garden that you’ll never till again because asparagus is a perennial plant. It will come up year to year in the same spot.
And second the biggest key to success with asparagus is great bed preparation. Work the soil very deep. Work in large amounts of organic matter like peat moss and manure, and when you’ve got the bed worked good and deep, dig a trench through it.
When you buy your asparagus crowns they’ll be bone dry and packed in sawdust or shingle toe, you’ve got to rehydrate them. Simply soak them in a bucket of water for 4-6 hours prior to planting.
Once the crowns have rehydrated, we put them in our trench. It’s six to eight inches deep. Make a small mound in the bottom and spread the roots over it as best we can and cover it with only a few inches of soil.
The new growth will begin to emerge in just a few days and when it does we’ll rake more soil over the top and more soil over the top as it grows until our trench is level with the surrounding soil and in only two years, we’ll have all the asparagus we want.
How To Grow Asparagus…
Pick a spot in your garden you’ll never till again for this perennial plant
Work in large amounts of peat moss and manure deeply to the soil
Dig a trench through the bed
Rehydrate the asparagus crowns by soaking in water 4-6 hours prior to planting
Plant the crowns 6-8 inches in the trench by making a small mound in the bottom and spreading the roots over it, then covering with a few inches of soil
Rake the soil over the top again and again as the new growth emerges until the trench is level
In 2 years, you’ll have all the asparagus you’ll want