How to Grow Asparagus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ม.ค. 2018
- Growing asparagus is very easy and when well maintained can produce wonderful Aparagus spears for many years ahead. During this video Steve describes how to look after your own asparagus in your vegetable garden.
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We are now well into winter in NE Victoria (June 26) and only about 1/3 of the fern like fronds have yellowed off. They are not even woody/brittle yet. They were transplanted in early autumn from my sister's place. Should I cut them off or wait? If they don't die off completely through winter should I just leave them growing/dormant or should I cut them off regardless, say by end of July?
Interesting! My asparagus is so tall it means over onto the ground. Does one need to prop it up over a fence or something?
@@matrixdecoded4226 I think he said NOT TO CUT IT, LOUDLY!
I would just leave it and observe it, then you will know for next year.
Humans are so impatient, haha
This is the best video for growing asparagus that I've seen on you tube.
Definitely agree with your observation.
Agreed
Clear, direct, practical; excellent video.
Our asparagus grows year after year and our winters get to -40°C. Last winter we had 2 weeks of -40 and it went as cold as -50°. They came back like nothing happened and they live in a raised bed. Amazing hardy plant.
We have -30… question, what exactly did you plant to start? Brand or type etc. ? I’ve been wanting to get some started but am completely in the dark about type or variety.
TY 😊 Michella Payne
Alberta here,yep that's IT cold 🥶
I really love the purple ones you might want to consider giving them a try
Wowww..very beautiful and healthy plants really wonderful sharing my dear good luck.👍👌🙋
Thank you so much :)
this is the only video that has thorough explanation going on, you usually see vids with roots aND HARVEST thanks...
Thank you for your feedback - really appreciate it.
Glad you found the video useful 😄
This has been the best explanation I have heard yet.
Thank you for your comment - glad it has been useful 😄.
Happy gardening 🌱🌽
Agree me too i thought that
Agree
Yes I too
Same here, I always see how to plant and harvest but never the in-between process as this
Excellent information, it is just what I needed. I didn’t know that the berries are poisonous. Thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge.
You are very welcome - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know that it was helpful 😊
I've been growing my asparagus patch about 20 year or more and this advice jibes with everything I've learned. Thanks
You are welcome, and thank you for commenting and confirming that it works 😊.
Happy gardening 😊
My fifty foot long row is twenty five years old and still productive . I burn the plants in late winter because it is easy and fun . Wood ashes and compost are added . The bed was planted in a deep heavily amended trench as per recommendation .
Hi Greg. Thanks for this information ........ I love the idea of burning and in some situations it may even be better. Thank you once again!
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought and we are caring for our asparagus as suggested by you. Thanks.
Greetings to you also :)
I am so glad that the details provided in this video are helpful to you. I hope the drought doesn't last long and you get some wonderful gardening/farming weather :)
Finally an asparagus video that answers ALL my questions!!!
Thank you so much for explaining so thoroughly and clearly!
Glad it was helpful!
To neaten up the appearance of my asparagus fern bed, I loosely gather and tie the fronds together in bunches with garden jute. I staple the jute to the wood fence behind the bed or stake them to keep the bunches from falling over. When the fronds turn golden, I simply cut the bunches off at ground level and dispose of them.
Great advice! Thank you for sharing.
Ceccinct and to the point. 👍 Overdid the smile, but I can't discount a guy for smiling. 🤠
Hahaha, glad you liked it 😊
Love his smile is very genuine..
Thank you planted last year and it came up. Left it be. I did not know that it needed to be feed. Have been a wild asparagus forager for years and was gifted two bags of roots. Thank you n keep smiling
I planted 2 asparagus crowns. Then someone thought the garden bed was empty and turned over the soil. I couldn't find the crowns but now I have a huge amount of asparagus furn (which was a real surprise, having never seen this before). Good to learn that this is totally normal. What I gather from this video is that I should just leave it be to grow wild, go dormant, grow wild, go dormant for several years at least. (Adding compost is something I always do)
I love what you have described here. It goes to show how resilient asparagus is when planted in the right place. Your description about how to manage it is mostly correct - they are an easy to manage plant in the garden :)
Would love to hear more about how it goes. Happy gardening !
PS. would love to see more about your asparagus if you would like to share it to the iCultivate community: icultivate.net/
Thank you so much. I couldn't find anyone else telling me when to trim!!
You are very welcome. I am glad you found it useful 😀
I bought asparagus plants last years. I had no idea how to plant or what was to happen. Excellent video to explain my very tall plants. So glad I didn’t cut them! Looking forward to next year and the years after. Thanks!
You are very welcome, and thank you for your feedback. I hope you get to enjoy your asparagus for many years to come.
Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Loved the video, but one important thing you could add is that the berries contain seeds that you can save for next planting. Yes you can’t eat them but they are of vital importance to us gardeners!
But, if it's a perennial crop, you don't need to plant again, right?
Confusing!
Planting seed is a lot of work.. simply adds more plants ...aka.. crowns though
Growing from seed is less expensive but it takes more time, like another year or two I think. Where I’m at, the crowns are about 4 dollars each. To expand the size of your garden, your asparagus patch. Yes they are perrennial.
That’s great to know! I planted 2 years ago and I want more plants. I have 3 plants this year that are producing some nice big berries. Do you know when I can pick the berries to harvest the seeds?
Very helpful video. I'll wait for a little more die back before I trim them back. Thankyou.
You are very welcome. I am glad that you found this video useful :)
Very detailed and yet precise. Thank you for sharing 💚💚💚💚💚
You are so welcome. Glad it was helpful :)
I wait until a hard killing frost, usually early-to-mid November (in NE Ohio) to cut back my ferns, then mulch with leaves and lawn debris.
Great advice - thank you. A difference between your climate and mine 😊
I'm so excited! I planted mine back in the spring and the growth is already so huge! I have two plants and the larger of the two is about 3 or 4 feet tall already. A longterm goal is to cook myself dinner with my own asparagus :'-)
By the way, thank you so much for your clear and concise way of educating! I was worrying that maybe I *should* trim it back, but I'm glad I found your video. I bought a ~6 pack of asparagus crowns and split it between me and two friends. Gardening is such a sacred and healing act.
I ate some of the red berries, cause I've been waiting for some asparagus since lockdown 2020.
Sorry about my slow reply. Hahaha, lock down has caused a lot of crazy things to happen!
Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing 😊
You are very welcome. Glad it was helpful 😊
We just got our 1st asparagus plant. Thanks for teaching me I'm new here
Thank you 🙏. I am very glad that you found this helpful. I would love to see how you asparagus plants grow in to the future 😊
@@iCultivate1 my only thing is where should I put them in full sun sun / shade. I can't find that info. I will show them on my TH-cam channel. I'm getting ready to do a garden tour soon. God bless
@@cookingonthefarm They will tolerate a bit of shade, but full sun is definitely better.
This answered all of my questions. I already have it growing but really didn't know what to do with the fronds.
Glad it was useful 😄. Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱
That was good news both times thanks.
Glad you liked it 😊
Thanks for the info. Although three yearsnlate foe me. great vid.
I am pleased to have watched this today, when I came here I was so fed up with the fronds and planning to cut them!
I am glad that you saw the video also, glad it has been useful 😀
Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱🌱
This was the most informative video I’ve found about growing asparagus. It answered all of my questions.
I am glad you found it useful 😄 Happy gardening 😄
Thanks for good information.
Sorry about my slow reply. So glad you found it helpful.
Love my asparagus ☮️🇨🇦
Nothing better than your own homegrown asparagus 😊
Excellent video. Thank you!
Excellent.
Very helpful. Thanks so much
Great video. Very informative. Thank you
Marvellous, great video
Thank you so much. Appreciate you taking the time to provide this feedback 😊
From Canada, for sure, one of the best videos and explanation on growing this beautiful plant. I am a rookie and am really looking forward in a couple years to harvest my soon-to-be planted roots. Cheers……
Thank you so much Steve...I just found your channel and I found it so user friendly that I have subscribed...
Most excellent, 🎸
My MIL just gave me some asparagus today and I noticed how big and tall her asparagus was and I had to TH-cam it and found your channel and now not only am I excited about the plant but I have also subscribed 😄 thank you for the info!
thank you for the informative video
Glad it was helpful :)
Sharing..
very good information
I’m on year 4 of growing from seed. We picked for six weeks during year 4. We decided to allow it to grow to get even stronger.
Thank you for sharing. It sounds like you are being rewarded for your patience - I am confident you will enjoy your asparagus for years to come.
Thank you! Just what I needed to know!
You are very welcome. I am very glad that you found it helpful.
Happy gardening :)
Thanks for all the great info! First video I've found on how to maintain!
You are very welcome. Glad it was useful 😄
Very helpful! Thanks!
You are very welcome. I am very happy you found it helpful :)
So glad I watched this video. I was just about to trim it to the ground when it was full bloom. Thank you
Great informative video! Thankyou..shared..😁
this was perfect, THANK YOU!
Thank you ……. I am very glad it was helpful :)
Thanks for the helpful info
You are very welcome 😄
Great info
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing
You are very welcome :)
Thank you
You're welcome
Very, very good information - thankyou!
Sorry I haven't replied earlier. You are very welcome, and thank you for your wonderful feedback
Thank you for a nicely narrated video.
Thanks Charles 😄
Great information, covering the highlights to remember about how to winter over and care for those beautiful crowns! Thank you!!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😄
Thank you so much for putting this video together and sharing, kind regards Roy
You are very welcome ....... I am glad it has been useful :)
Thank you for your info
You are very welcome ........ happy gardening :)
Excellent thank you
You are very welcome
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Well explained, thanks
Thank you, I hope you found it useful 😄
Best video. Answered all of my questions.
Thank you for the feedback - very glad it was helpful 😄. Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱🌿
Very good information. Thanks!
You are very welcome. Tank you for taking the time to let m know that it was useful :)
thanks! needed that info about when to cut back!
You are very welcome. I am glad the information was useful :)
Thank you! I learned! Cheers from my urban homestead in California, USA
You are very welcome - glad you found it useful 😄
Very detailed explanation.
Thank you for your feedback. I am glad that the video was useful to you :)
Thanks for sharing! Have a great harvest 😃, Enjoy!😊
So glad you found it useful 😄
Very helpful video! This is year one for me!
Sorry about my slow reply. Glad it was helpful!
Really well explained! Exactly the knowledge I was after, thanks you and happy picking
So glad this was helpful 😄.
Happy gardening and picking to you also 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
That was so helpful. Now I get it. Now I understand my asparagus. You explain that very well.
Thank you for your feedback. I ma very glad this was helpful :)
Happy gardening :)
Thanks for all that.very helpful explanation of the stages of growing asparagus. Im starting now!
Sorry about the slow reply ........ I am glad you found it useful. I hope you get some wonderful asparagus harvests i the years to come :)
YOU HELP US SO MUCH THANK YOU GOD BLESS
Thank you so much ...... glad you found this video helpful :)
I guess I’m staying put for two years. Lol. Great advice! Thanks.
Your explanation is the best. Thank you very much.
Thank you :)
I am glad you found this video and information useful :)
Thanks for the video and the great explanation of how long to harvest for and when to start harvesting asparagus!
You are very welcome. I hope you found the information useful and that it helps you grow and harvest your own asparagus :)
@@iCultivate1 - Thank you again, your info is a lot of help, indeed!
one of the more informative videos i've seen yet. i found some growing wild along our gravel road and used plantnet to id it in its frond phase. was loaded up in red berries. i think ill go back and harvest some for planting next year.
Thank you 🙏. I am glad you found it useful. You are very lucky to have found it growing wild! Would love to hear how it goes.
Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱🌱
@@iCultivate1 we also found some growing along the road. It looks exactly the same as your video you can see it from far away because of the fronds! ❤
Very very interesting
Glad you found it interesting 😄. Hope it was useful.
Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱🌱
Excellent video. Just planted for first time
Thank you for the feedback. I hope your asparagus grows well and you get to enjoy them for many years to come :)
Great video, Steve. Looking forward to planting some crowns in my new garden
Tim Young do you know him in person?
No just a subscriber. Hoping he won't take exception to the familiarity. :-)
Well you seem like a caring subscriber
Thanks for the feedback Tim. I hope your asparagus goes well - I would love to hear back in the future about them 😄
Love it, Tim. I love the way TH-cam and various other platforms enable people with similar interests around the world to connect ...... community is what it is all about for me 😄
I really enjoyed your video, but it would have been nice if you would show us what a CROWN looks like. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the feedback. I will be planting some more sometime in the next 12 months, so I will definitely show the crowns then 😀
Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱
This is a wonderful video. It gives me some basic guidelines for growing asparagus. If I follow these simple steps I know I'll have an abundant crop next spring. Thank you.
Thank you .... I am glad you enjoyed the video :)
My local birds/parrots eat the berries and poop them everywhere so i have a LOT of 'wild' asparagus, mostly under the orchard fruit trees
This good or bad depending on how you look at it - easy to control by mowing or trimming, or wonderful to have growing wild 😊.
Thanks for contributing and being a part of the conversation - happy gardening 😊
Sending greetings from Madoc, Ontario. Thanks for the wonderful information. I will be putting your advice into practice. I’ve made mistakes ut, I’m going to do it right now
I hope it all goes well. Would love to see how it progresses :)
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Great information very good and useful video excellent
I am glad you found it useful 😄.
Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱
Oh good I have the rite seed. I thought I was growing dill
Thanks for being the only informative video on youtube. Saved and subbed and growing...u nz or auz
So glad you found this video informative. I live in Australia 😄
Very helpful. Haven’t been brave enough to plant something that takes so long before you can harvest a crop but think I’m going to give it a try next year
Glad you found it helpful. I would encourage you to give asparagus a go, after about 3 years you will be glad you did for many years to come 😄
If you really like asparagus, I'd recommend you go all in from the start. We planted only 2 crowns and they've done very well now 3 years on , but now we regret planting so few as it takes about a week for us to harvest just one good family size serving. Best of luck:)
Oh geez. I just cut all my asparagus greens today. I didn't cut down to the ground though.
Don't panic, I am sure all will be ok. But in the future do let them go through their full cycle and die back. That way you know that the crown gets the full benefit of all the sugars and other nutrients that can be produced by the green growth through the warmer months of the year.
Thank you for this informative video. I have been searching for this information and you have explained everything I need to know.
Thank you for this video, my asparagus looks much like yours and I was unsure whether to cut it back or not! Luckily it hasnt been strimmed!
You are very welcome. I am very glad it was helpful 😄. Happy gardening 🌱
Another point...I have a large area on the farm here near dubbo...mine had died back so I just got my slasher mower out...mowed it down..put chicken manure over them and old straw...Never had any trouble...😊😊
Yeh, I remember someone else telling me that they just ran the mower over it each year! Anything that makes the job easier 😄
Thank you so much, this is my first try and it didn’t start out well. Lol... I put the crown in backwards and was wondering why it wasn’t growing. 🤦🏻♀️ I figured it out and reversed them. I was so lucky that I think I only lost one crown. I’ve been gardening since childhood, I should’ve known better then to wing it. I’ve subscribed and will be following you. Thank you again.
It is so easy to make mistakes ...... I have certainly made many. In fact that is probably how I have leaned the most :) Would love to hear more about how it all goes.
I did the same thing, I should have known better also. This was a great explanation for us.
@Garden Goddess I did that with tulip bulbs and garlic cloves when I gardened for my very first time. Its a learning process LOL
I just found your channel! Thank you for one of the most comprehensive, thorough and concise explanations I have seen. It is Very helpful in my 2nd year of growing Asparagus.
i do have what I think may be an issue. I have my plants in a tall raised bed, and although I staked and "corralled" most of the plants so they wouldn't fall over, several large plants have fallen over to the ground at the soil level and others have bent in half and look like they are dying. Will they be ok, or should I put in more stakes and "corral" them too?
Thank You for your time, and I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
I am so glad you enjoyed the video and found it useful 😄
You might like to consider joining the gardening community at ICultivate.net
Happy gardening 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱
Quite helpful, we've, (here in the UK,) got Asparagus growing in a pot and it certainly does all that stuff and this is about the third year and it's put up a few new spears so we're up to about 5 from 3 so I think it's still going to quite a while before we can actually harvest any ?
Good morn my friend, I am going to try to grow this year, your info is much needed..
Growing in Nor Cal..Paradise
I would love to hear how your growing goes during the year 😀
Cool, I’ve been doing it right all these years. Weird happenings this year though - the die back didn’t happen until June, and 2 weeks later new shoots are appearing. Bonkers 🤪
I have also found the same thing ...... I put it down to some unusual climate activity in my area ....... summer seemed to last a bit longer than normal!
Great video! You are a great teacher, it's a gift. Is it possible to move an established bed? And, if so, what time of year? Thanks for vid. It was great!
Thank you so much for your feedback 😄. I really enjoy sharing this information - very glad you have enjoyed it.
Yes, you can move an asparagus bed. It is important that it is done while the plants are dormant and not actively growing. Most likely, this is going to be very early spring.
I would love to hear how it goes 😄
Hi, thank for excellent video, answers all in one.When you say harvest for only 10 weeks which period are we looking mid spring to end summer, starts summer to mid autum, etc?
HI Andy, thanks for your question. Assuming your plants are mature enough, when the spears begin to appear, you can then start to harvest them - this will most likely be mid-spring. You can then continue to harvest for up to about 10 weeks. But please remember that this only applies to plants that are several years old - 3 or 4 years at least.
Hope this helps :)
My asparagus is rocking. I’m following your instructions. Question. At end of season when they die off and I cut them down. Can I cover with fresh manure?