How to Grow Asparagus, Complete Growing Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 พ.ค. 2024
- Plant asparagus once and it will feed you for the next 20 years!
Intro- 0:00
5 Year old patch of Asparagus- 0:16
Planting Asparagus- 1:44
Asparagus maintenance and harvesting- 9:04
Outro- 11:41
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STOKED! I need to set up my midlife crisis asparagus bed, cause I'll be having one by the time it's ready to harvest 😂😂😂 nice vid bro!
You are far too young to be having a midlife crisis, young man 😄👍
Haha!! 😂
Thanks bruv 🙋♂️
Amazing I am thrilled to know I'm in good company on hitting the "midlife crisis asparagus bed" milestone
You keep good company. I just saw a post you made on the Self Sufficient Me channel with Mark. We enjoy your videos as well.
Thanks to all of you for the amazing videos you make for us to watch! Kevin, James and Mark! 😊
Nice to see you guys getting along and supporting each other instead talking bad about each other. 😊
"what's going on growers... let's go" my favourite TH-cam intro!
Don’t forget the ‘we out’ sign off
Same! My favorite intro too! ❤
Never seen someone so stoked about asparagus. This dude's energy is overflowing to the point he cant speak straight. Good laughs, thank you. Good information too.
This dudes energy is off the charts 🤟
My Father, May he rest in peace, grew 100 acres of Asparagus, and folks in Toronto, which as the bird flies some 85 miles from the farm, knew it was the best to be had and if Dad used Asparagus from other farms they knew it. My Dad would make a deal with the local chicken farmer for the chicken waste. They would dump it along the side of the field in Winter, and in early spring my Dad would use a loader and manure spreader to distribute these chicken droppings over the fields.
I really like James' teaching method. Many want to go on and on and they wear me out with their unnecessary chatter. James gets right to the point and can actually perform his task while stating the facts. Thank you for be so respectful, that you don't waste our time and keep up the good job.
James, Epic Gardening, and Migardener are the three wise men of the gardening youtubers
@@importedtermite8 lol exactly I’ve been bored so I’m researching James vids lol
@@importedtermite8 oh but u forgot self sufficient me he cool as well
@@cucumberboi945 you're right self sufficient me needs to be on that list too
Amen
James is no novice. I found him years ago and he is full of enthusiasm for growing food in his yard. We are lucky to have him to follow.
Something I was taught as a kid is to cut the asparagus just below the ground level. I think the reasoning was so that the sprout you cut did not dry out, but actually could start another spear.
The way asparagus grows always blows my freaking mind.
Some of my roots were transplanted in 1973 and were about 20 years old then. My grandparents brought them to NM from TX.
Thank you, James. I planted Martha Washington and Pacific Purple asparagus during a kind of warm spell in March. I dug down similar to how you showed here, made the little mounds, spread the roots around the mound and covered it with 2" or so of soil. Nothing has come up. I planted them near young blueberries bushes and a week or so later planted onions in close proximity. I did plant the asparagus much closer than you did, 6-8" apart as my space is limited. Wondering if they're going to come up, or if I should start over? I haven't dug any up to see what's going on, because I'm hoping all is well and they just need a little more time. We are in zone 4a-4b, had a fairly mild winter and a dry spring, but I have been watering every few days if there wasn't much rain. A few weeks after planting the asparagus, I watched a video on companion planting/ food forests, sorry don't remember whose video, wasn't taking notes that day. They mentioned onions and asparagus were best not planted together, but I've seen other videos where they are, so not sure ...
@@virginiaseedsskogen2038 asparagus require alkaline soil 7+ where as blueberries thrive in acidic soil. Could that be the problem?
As a low-budget guy and certified asparagus fiend seed was really the only option. For two bucks and change I got over a hundred plants; my variety of choice--'Conover's Colossal' (a connoisseur's variety from the heyday of asparagus connoisseurship in the 19th century)--wasn't available as plants. And as many plants as I have, NONE of 'em get eaten any other way than raw the minute they're picked. Love those sweet healthy life juices gushing in my mouth!
I tried for a couple of years to grow "crowns" but failed so I just threw a bunch of seeds in the raised bed and "viola"...have had asparagus for some years now. Takes patience!
Sources for seed?
I remember as a kid vegetables like broccoli and asparagus were the "ewww" vegetables that no kid would eat. But as an adult I realized that those are actually two of the best tasting vegetables ever. I'll admit I've never had raw asparagus... but steam some up, sprinkle it lightly with some parmesan cheese... and you've got a veggie that tastes amazing. No sauces or dips needed!
Tuck is so cute. I love fresh aparagus and yorkies! I can't wait to harvest my aparagus this year.
I built a tall raised bed for asparagus and my wife just planted hers today. She's so excited. Thanks for the tips, James!
Update: we already have 5 tiny spears!!
If Tuck likes it ,it’s gotta be good!🤣 thanks James!
Thanks for being an excellent ambassador for THE GARDEN STATE!!!!
Thanks for making this video, 45 years ago an old man told us this is the only way to plant asparagus! No one believes me when I tell them, thanks for spreading the word!!
I planted a 30 ft row last year and it is doing great. Love fresh asparagus
Hey James. I am in central Jersey and have been growing asparagus in my backyard garden for about 10 years now. I probably don't pay as much attention to them as I should (really don't do a thing to them) and get a great harvest every spring. In fact, I don't cut down the plants in the fall. I just remove the dead plants in the early spring before they start to sprout. I do tend to find new sprouts all over the garden in the spring, many far away from where my main bed is. Keep up the great videos.
Asparagus is indeed one of my favorite ferns to eat but the store bought stuff is soooo stringy and tasteless. Most is from Peru. I am going to try to grow some from seed in Florida. I have a green thumb that I inherited. Thanks for inspiring me to produce my own so we can add this back to our diet. My dogs love it as well! I used to eat it raw on salads if fine and not stringy.
My Grandma had an asparagus bed and it was amazing! I've been growing it here in South Florida for 15 years. It never stops. Not a big crop but I love the taste! Great info from u on how to grow it. Very cool!
Have never seen this "mound" technique, brilliant! Makes SO much sense, thank you!!! And your dog is adorable :)
I agree it does make sense I.. bet that will work for flowers with the roots like that as well..
My Dad had an asparagus patch he sowed years ago. After he passed away, the patch was literally taken over by every weed from the field. Heavy thick thick thatch type weeds. I was tasked as administrator of the estate. I spent years harvesting tons of asparagus from that patch that you could not even see except for the spears in the spring. I can tell you, they were TOUGH plants. I let the go to seed and photo-sentheise of course in the summer forwards. I never cooked any of them, I couldn't stop eating them in the field. So amazingly good!!!
i remember picking wild asparagus at a house we bought to flip a few years back. the stuff grew up to my waist and you didn't need to snap anything, the entire stalk was edible. taste way better than the stuff you find in the grocery store, and it's way thicker too
I find asparagus grows easily from seed. I have to wait 2 years but a packet of seed is cheap. I planted 18 seeds last year and all germinated. This year I planted 10 more seeds, 8 germinated. So fun to watch them grow.
Love hearing the seagulls laughing while you work. So blessed to be at the Jersey Shore!!! Thank you James for another great video. Learning so much!!!
I planted asparagus last year because of you! It took off great this year and I’m looking forward to eating some next spring ❤️ Great information as always James and love seeing Tuck eating on veggies 😍
That mound buil technique was a great tip. Love your vids
Tuck is the perfect garden pup! 💗
Oooh. Perfect timing. I was just starting a new bed
Let's Gooo!
Me too. I have a bed of Martha Washington; a bed of Jersey Giants and I just got some Purple Passion asparagus I need to plant. 🤗
Me too. I planted another asparagus bed in 1990 six hundred miles from here and we ended up having to move before it produced anything. Now I’m retired and they’ll have to take me outta my garden in a box. I’m not leaving this garden!
@@juliebarnett9812did you plant them in separate beds or with other stuff? I'm trying to determine where should I plant mine. Should I create another raised bed just for them or put it in a raised bed that I have a sage bush growing and going to add tomato plants in that bed.
@@naturalliving2011 I planted them away from my other plants, in the ground, in a sunny spot by itself.
Best video on planting asparagus. Other videos had a lot more work. Thank you I will do your way!
Love your enthusiasm! Never grew it before, but love eating it....so here we go!
Anyone else watch his videos because he's got such great energy? The growing tips are nice too. :P
I put crowns in this year. I'm excited to watch them grow. Now to wait 3 years to harvest. Thanks James and Tuck. 💕💕
Most informative video I've watched on planting asparagus. Especially the balling up dirt for the roots.
My sad asparagus plant has been growing on my back porch in a pot for almost 3 years now. This thing has been majorly neglected. I kinda forgot about it. I got my first asparagus this week though! I’m going to transplant it somewhere in the yard. It started as a seed.
I looove your videos im so stuck in the city .trying to finish my studies , work and earn money to buy a land and start growing
I just found you, James. I'm
so happy to watch. You
explain things clearly! Love
especially planting seeds and getting them to the garden at the right time.
I can't wait to get more asparagus! I planted my first crowns last year so I have to wait 1 more year! But I love to see it come back this year 😁 what a win 🥳
You are so great to do these videos! They motivate and inform in so many ways. Thank you! … and thanks to Tuck for being so adorable!
Tuck approved. Right on. Love rewatching the older videos over and over. Learn so much.❤️❤️❤️
I always wondered how to grow this vegetable. Thanks for the great explanation of how to cultivate and later harvest the Asparagus.
Good man, I wish to have a garden like your to grow all vegetables these days. Well said and enjoy the reward you put in for life.
I bought my house August 2021. The previous owner planted asparagus. This is April and I just pulled out one of those ferns. Oops! So I have about 6 stems growing now. Guess I will let them grow. This was really helpful. Thanks.
Your energy is EVERYTHING
Thank you for sharing. We just moved into a house with an OLD garden bed and couldn’t figure out what the dry bamboo looking sticks were in the ground. Today I saw this tall spindly twig plants growing and used my what is this plant app and learned it is asparagus (little flower like buds on the top so I am guessing its a female), Asparagus is my FAV veggie so I am stoked and hoping the roots in the bed are out completely dead. I need to rebuild and till so I am hoping I can transplant them.
Great video. So excited to grow my asparagus. You added a lot of details that a lot of people leave out about how long to wait and showing how to harvest the correct way. Thanks.☺️
I am grateful for your channel and inspiring me to not only do better but be better. Fruit from the garden is a fruit of a positive hard working life. Keep it up!
OH!!!! Great tip about cutting out the berries!!! Thanks for all the great content! Great info! I love watching Tuck come and go from the garden 😂🤣😂
Hi yes there is nothing that taste so good as backyard asparagus.. I eat ours in salads.. taste so different than store bought asparagus..I had asparagus the second year I was shocked proud of you around the fence in the sun also have them in containers ..will probably move them to the ground..Thanks for all the tips🥰
I'm so glad you made this video. I live asparagus and bought 8 roots to plant this year.
A great video. I bought four roots today and you give great advice. Thank you from the UK
The more I listened to James' style of delivery the more I really connected. I really grasped where he was going. I have subscribed ... looking for more.
You are a Champion, mate! (from Aus)
PS ... James, you really break down the message into a confident and rationale session without (as someone else said) all the other BS fill-in.
Love your channel ,been binge watching the vid's. Such a happy with great info and ideas for the garden. Thanks James and Tuck and happy gardening all !
I love your intro. It gets me smiling. You are so excited. Thanks for sharing the joy and great info!
Before watching I was planting in my flowers pot now I have a little garden 😊 I have a lot of crops that are doing pretty well without any chemicals. Will start my raised beds soon.. you inspire me to do something constructive in this pandemic thanks 🤞🏾🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️🤸🏾♀️😊
I enjoyed your enthusiasm. I am retiring this year and I am looking forward to starting a garden.
Your videos are so amazing and you've slowly become my favorite youtuber. Nothing but love and appreciation. Thank you for the content James!
My son gave me bare-root asparagus as a gift, I’m on my third season and haven’t harvest it yet to grow the roots. So I wanted to learn more about it and was thrilled your video came up as an option. Your passion and knowledge on your videos are inspiring! Thanks for teaching us!! I learned all about how to harvest it for next year, just what I needed to know! My son loves it as much as me, so I’m looking forward to a life time of reward!! I’m in CT close to you.
I have about 3/4 of a acre of land in Ireland and hope to move there now I am retired. One thing I am looking forward to is having a mixed garden of flowers/veg/and fruit. With a lawn too. I love my gardening. I too hope to grow asparagus and you have shown me the right way to plant it. Thank you.
Tucker is sooo cute. He deserves all the veggies you harvest. Lol..Great video btw.
James, I love your videos! YOu are so knowledgable and fun and upbeat! Thank you for all of your sharing!
Watched this after putting my crowns in earlier this year. Interesting approach of earthing up the trench as the spears grow. I put mine in about 1 foot deep, then started to stress that they wouldn’t make it. Happy to say that all crowns have pushed out some nice spears and starting to fern.
I immediately hit the LIKE button and the SUBSCRIBE button after only 5 seconds into this video. Love your enthusiasm!! I'm a fan!
I just started soaking a couple crowns and figured I'd hop on good ole TH-cam to soak in some asparagus knowledge while I wait. 😁 I came here first, of course! I learned a lot! Thank you 🫶🏼
I grow mine on the south side of my brick house. It gets sun most all day even in winter. I didn't mound them up. I just dug a hole for each crown and spread the roots in the hole and buried up to ground level. I let them seed and they provide a few new plants a year. Sometimes they sprout in adjacent beds if they are close enough.
Your planting method is really helpful!
Hi from OZ James. I love your videos not really thinking of growing Asparagus right now but good info. I always come a way feeling happy after watching your energy rubs off even through screen and seeing tuck is just an added bonus keep up the good work.😃
It is a fascinating plant, the way it keeps coming back each season. Most Americans don't know how to cook it. There is a phrase in Italian about not over cooking the asparagus. It is great in Asparagus / Pasta Salads, etc. There are all kinds of recipes. If you are not growing it, look for asparagus in the early spring and get a jump on everyone else. By the way, my dog loves asparagus, just like Tuck. I eat the tops of the asparagus, Skip gets the bottom.
Thank you for teaching us so much about each individual fruit and vegetable!! You Rock!!!
2019 we planted 100 mature crowns and this year is the first year we can harvest fully until late june :D It takes time, but it is sooo worth it!
That has to be the healthiest dog on the planet! Happy gardening!
James,
South jersey girl here greatly appreciate all of the advice I have gotten from you for over a year. This is my 2nd year having a garden and kicked it up a notch. Got a 15 x 7 x 7 green house from Amazon for 130$ and already got my raddish pink lady, lettuce tomatoe , onion cauliflower and now asparagus. Oh and ground cherry which hasn't popped up yet. Got my heat mat and these baby's are doing great. Wasn't able to get the frog soil near me but started a small compost last year so here's hoping. Thanks from me and my family. Happy growing
Thank you for deconstructing asparagus for us! Took notes and will apply your advice, thank you!
Thank you so much you always teaching me something. I planted my asparagus roots yesterday but buried them totally lol. I will gently remove some soil and add it slowly every couple of weeks like you said. I had a bed that lasted 20 years but finally died. I finally found I new space to start a new growth. Your right it’s so delicious when you grow it yourself. Simply amazing. ❤️❤️❤️ for Tuck
Terrific video. I am just about to plant 2nd and 3rd year crowns and this really helps. Thanks James and Tuck.
Tuck is so sweet! What a good boy!
I just planted my first asparagus crowns today. I wanted to make sure I did it right so I came here on you youtube. You explained it much better than the first several video's I saw. I think I did ok with the planting. Thank you so much on how to take care of them in the future. I think I will buy 10 more crowns tomorrow... I'm addicted now, lol.
I planted asparagus the first time this year I think I blended it too deep I don’t want to attempt to pick it out of the ground again and try to replant it and maybe I even planted it too close together guess I’ll have to hope for the best
@@Rocco25.6 I may have planted mine not deep enough, lol, but that's an easy fix. I live in a northern country and I worry about frost. But, like you said, let's hope for the best. Good luck to you.
I live in Edison, NJ. I can’t wait for my son to get his own home so he can grow his own food too. He’s a restaurant manager and loves to cook fresh veggies.
Very easy to listen to and to follow, and to understand. I love it right out of the garden, too!
I have gangs of plants. I let them grow a bit longer and peel, slice n cook the lower portion with onions.
Best vid I have seen on this.
Look at how tall those asparagus are!!❤❤❤
I did get something out of this, thank you. I was wondering about asparagus but wasn't quite sure where to plant - I have a NE facing garden so lots of shady parts but I know where they'll be happy now - thanks so much x
I have not ordered Snow peas and snap peas AND Asparagus yet. Luckily I listen to you and Tuck First. LEARN AND APPLY !!! THAT'S MY MOTTO.
WHAT a Team you guys are..😀😍❤🤟🤙
Hi from Belgium, I'm conquered! I have never try the asparagus in my garden, now it's to late but next year I will try it for sure, it's already on my list! Thank you so much!
I really love this channel and I love his love for Tucker😍❤️💜‼️
How did you know?!? I was searching for asparagus videos yesterday! Watched your two other videos that mention it, then today you post this! Awesome! Thanks for the great videos.
Super helpful! I need to find another sunny place and plant some more! I have 3 plants but the trees grew up and it’s mostly shade now, while they are kind of productive my husband assumes they are not because well.. they never make it into the house.. they are so amazing from the garden!
Such good advice loved the clear instruction especially the mounding of the soil and spreading the roots.I've done it all wrong planted it in a hole in a deep bucket and left it in the rain .Oh well lesson learned til next year
I was SO excited to see that you're a fellow Jersian! YAY! I currently live in Florida, but I am from Jersey. Thank you for a GREAT video! Looking forward to applying what you taught. THANK YOU!
Love yr enthusiasm, you always make me smile. Yes, learnt a lot from yr video, love how you spoke in Seasons as we are in subtropical Queensland Australia., thank you.
I used a slightly raised bed to ensure my plants dont sit in water. The bed is 10x15... for lunch and dinner i make asparagus just for me all spring. So amazing! Lol
Love your enthusiasm. I've got some asparagus, so this is wonderful. Thank you.
Great info, I just planted mine this year and I can't wait to teast some maybe next year or two. God bless!
your intro is the best. nice video's, literally down to earth 👍
I planted some asparagus this year. I put them in a raised bed.
James is totally awesome . Asparagus is my favorite vegge and I've tried unsuccessfully for years to grow it . Basically, gave up. Thaks to James ad this video, I'm fired up and plan to followhis instructions for a future harvest. Thank you.
I have mostly just hunted wild Asparagus while looking for Morels in Spring, Stumbled across this while just looking around at possibilities to add to my current garden. Like the method, the video and your directed banter is straight to the point but fun. Great work.
Thank you for the simplified instructional video on growing Asparagus. I plan to start growing some this year as well and will try and source some that are already a year old. Great video. 👍😁