How To GROW Asparagus The LAZY Way!
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Check out my new book that you can pre-order now. Simplify Vegetable Gardening will be available on 16th Feb 2024. Pre-order now to be the first to get a copy of this book that has all my personal tips. geni.us/SimplifyVegGardening How to grow Asparagus - The Lazy Way is a quick video showing you the quickest method on how to grow Asparagus. Not only that you do the work once and feed yourself for the next 20 years.
An Asparagus plant can be grown from seed, but it is easier to plant one-year-old dormant plants, known as asparagus crowns, in Late Feb or March. when planting asparagus you need to dig a trench 30cm (12in) wide and 20cm (8in) deep. Work in well-rotted manure to the bottom of the trench and cover the base with a 5cm (2in) layer of the excavated soil.
In this episode on growing asparagus, I explain about asparagus harvesting time, When to cut asparagus ferns or frongs. And how to plant your crowns in the best ways to prevent rotting off.
It is important to start Asparagus soon as it can take up to 3 years to get a full crop, but once you have done this and the asparagus plants are established they will continue to crop for around 20 years.
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I jus planted my asparagus in pots with worm castings. Gonna remove the trays so they don't rot. Good video 👍
Jangan ganggu kau gongkiaa
Ngomong aja kau mana pohon nyaa
I have crowns that I bought last year... Not sure if they are still good. Kept them in original packaging in my pantry. I planted them yesterday, do you think they will still be able to grow?
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A little hint. Try to harvest out of the center of the plant and leave the outside spears to grow. That helps the plant crown expand and makes for a healthier plant.
Thank you. Nice
Thank you
In Germany as a young girl, it was my job to harvest my Grandfather's asparagus. He had very sandy soil in the suburbs of Frankfurt. He planted the trench, but built up a hill along the length of the hill. The hill stood about a foot above the garden base. As the asparagus tips showed through the hill, I used my first two fingers to form a V and put one finger on each side of the tip and pulled back the soil to expose the white asparagus and cut it off at the base with a sharp knife. Then I pushed the soil back into the hill and moved onto the next tip on both sides of the hill. Harvesting was done around 5: P.M. The next evening I was out there again collecting the asparagus. The hill was about 12 feet long. They grew everything in the way of herbs, fruits and veggies.
Those sorts of memories are worth gold, hold on to them
Was the hill a hugelkultur mound?
@@zachyates8440 It was only about 2 ft high at the top and maybe 2 ft wide with plants along each side. The soil was very sandy and easy to remove from around each stalk and then push back. The whole line of plants must have been about 10 ft long or so. He grew everything and used compost and peat moss. From AtoZ he grew it all. When the asparagus grew in the sandy hill, they stayed white. Exposed to the sunlight, they would turn green.
They grow on the sides of the road in Arthur Illinois. Amish country. When the seed trucks drive by the seeds fall to the side of the road. I got 4lbs of asparagus last year that way when visiting my brother in law.
Hey! We're in central Illinois too! We have a lot growing on the side of the road near me, too! There used to be an asparagus farm near here but they razed it for corn and soy.
I grow asparagus, sown from seed. I started in 2013 - 2015 and have about 50 plants in my garden. Last year I harvested fully. I love asparagus. This year I also have sown some seeds from my own plants. Not because I need more plants, but I will try if they germinate. Asparagus is a beach plant so they love seaweed and sand. I have sandy soil in the garden and I collect seaweed and use it as fertilizer and mulch.
Best wishes from Norway.
Benni Seaweed is a fantastic fertiliser and i use it a lot too. Great idea to keep your own seed
The seed has not germinated yet, but they take some time. My plants are a variety that has both male and female plants. It is said that one should remove female plants because they do not produce as much as male plants. Asparagus crowns you buy I think are varieties that only have male plants and you get no seeds.
@@BenniLkitchengarden I may look at doing them from seed if i need to expand, So will have to look more into the male female ratio to ensure I get the best results
Hi Benin, just planted seeds in pots last week. How long do they take to peep out. In cold greenhouse. Thanks
Oliver Claffey. I soaked the seeds for 24 hour before sowing, and they germinateded in 10 days. Maybe because they were my own fresh seeds. When I grew them from bought seeds it took about 30 days.
I live in the SE US. We have poor clay soil, so I just put the crowns on top of the ground in a raised bed and fill with dirt. I use compost and my neighbor's rabbits manure in the fall to fertilize. We grow potatoes basically the same way, but not in a contained bed and using mulch, grass clippings and ash from our grill. Best potatoes ever!
You have a lovely channel. Thanks!
I had a great day at your plot Tony, thank you for the shout out. I'm looking forward to seeing the asparagus grow over the coming years!
Will be fantastic to be able to harvest those too Liz :) Always welcome for the shout out
Hope you can share in on some of the asparagus since you helped.
I planted 24 asparagus plants in 2016, and started harvesting last year. When people saw me coming from my allotment with a nice bundle of asparagus, they were all surprised that asparagus could grow in this hard clay soil. The plants are doing great, in fact the asparagus patch is the only planting I did not water at all in extremely dry 2018. Everything else got watered regularly, grapes, figs, hardy kiwi, even young fruit trees, but the asparagus I totally dry farmed and it did great.
Yeah when planted right they send their roots down well and this gives them access to moisture you dont get normally
That's reassuring! I planted mine in a VERY sandy hill. I amended with peat/coconut coir, worm castings, biotone, and some muriate of potash. The largest, oldest asparagus plant I ever saw was up on a bank on a beach.
Asparagus grows like a weed where I live. It's on the side of the roads, in our yard, everywhere! Something I'm very thankful for! :)
Wow how lucky is that
Eric wow!!🤠what area are you in!?
What area
@@annabeejones5147 South Dakota!
I saw a wild plant on roadside in KS...I was tempted to dig it up & take it home.
Your voice is so pleasant, Tony, you really don’t need any background music- in fact, the music is a bit distracting, to be honest.
Its very annoying. I couldn't finish watching. I also dislike when YTers tell me to make sure to watch to the end. That's only for watch time.
I agree. Hate background music
Have you ever tried turning the volume off? I have mine off all the time unless there's something I want to listen to.
My thoughts exactly👍
@@maryanny80 Can you read lips??? I can’t. How else will I be able to HEAR what he’s saying?
I've grown asparagus for about 26 or 27 years now. I grew crowns from seed in the greenhouse, and planted them out at the end of their second year: I dug a trench about four feet deep (we have very poor, heavy clay soil), and back-filled it with well-rotted stable muck. I built an eight-inch raised border around it, and every autumn top it off with more dung. The original plants are still producing, and I've allowed some to produce seed, and have left that to germinate in the bed. Given time (about twenty years), it will start to spread.
Yeah they are such long lasting plants
2 of the best gardeners well done
Thanks
Folks please leave a thumb up for this video :)
Thanks for the great tips. My asparagus needs to be fed and now I know how to do it.
Done
Perfect timing Tony - we've got ours arriving in a couple of weeks and I want to be sure we've got everything ready before they get here. Thank you!
Jane I will look forward to your video getting them in, then we can harvest at the same time :)
Hello, thank you for this edition. It's good for me. My partner and I planted 84 asparagus wreaths this spring. Unfortunately they weren't as big and beautiful as yours. Everything happened in Romania, but in a month I return back to the Kingdom. Please, let me know, a supplier of F1 hybrid asparagus.
I am looking forward to your next editions. Enjoy.
PS: next Monday I will also install the drip irrigation line
Flamin heck, those are great crowns!!
Yes they are fantastic quality Clare. Always helps to start with good things if you can
I remember my grandfathers asparagus rows.
He would take the digger over the row every year right away before weeds and the spears would get damaged as they were already growing. The first spears always came up looking rough but still edible.
Thanks again! I've never grown asparagus but one of my grandsons loves it so going to try it. I don't have lots of garden space but I will fit in a small area of it. Your videos are great; I am learning. Thanks for sharing! Blessings!🌱🍅🌱🌽🌱🍓🌱🌹
Melody, I really appreciate the compliments. I really hope you can try and fit a couple in, even if its just enough for the odd meal here and there, they are really worth it
My sister picked a bunch of asparagus yesterday on our northern Iowa family farm. This patch has been growing for over 40 years. It likes the rich black soil. Years ago when my dad was still alive, he would find wild asparagus in the ditches along the country roads. They were his secret spots. Our garden asparagus patch comes up every year in the spring, after our cold snowy winters. As a child, I didn't care for the taste of asparagus, but as an adult, I love it!!! It's fun to find new recipes online and try them. My latest recipe is baked asparagus fries in Panko. My sister made that for her husband and me last night. It was very delicious!!!
Wow thats awesome. nothing like that here
do share the recipe :)
Thanks!
Thanks Tony, Growing my first crop this year and doing it your way.
Fantastic SMN brill stuff
Wonderful. Cheers from Ottawa, Canada.
Thanks for sharing Tony! Great video!
glad you enjoyed it :) Hapy New Year
Asparagustastic
Love it Mark :)
I planted about 20 crowns about 24 years ago. Still producing well. I have a sandy soil so ti does do better with some extra watering. It seems to resow itself too, so there are always new tiny plants coming up if I don't accidentally till it under. I'm in southeast Wisconsin, in the US.
That is excellent always great to here others producing well over time
This is a superb video Tony. Been thinking about Asparagus but as you point out, its a commitment giving ground to it and I've not yet decided on that area. Love the taste of it so it will almost certainly be part of my veg for the future. Thank you so much for showing us the trench for the crowns, information that is so useful!
Glad its of help to you :) your wise holding off until you have the ground thats perfect for them
Great info👍
Love your vid, thank you for the tips Tony.
Great tips! Going to plant asparagus for the first time today 😀
I would love to grow asparagus, it’s why I looked for your video. Thank you for the valuable information.
Very helpful Tony
You with your nibble fingers , enthusiasm make everything look so simple . I am sure its lot of hard work.Thanks
Thanks a lot
Really enjoyed your video thank you very much.Not only are enjoying I learned also
Oh Thanks so much. I am really glad it was of interest to you :)
This was very helpful, started only 20 crowns three years ago but planed them incorrectly and only have 4 plants this year. I am starting again, this time with your method. I was curious when to cut the high growth back. Thank you for your work and sharing it!
Glad it was helpful! Leave the growth until it does back you will know when its died then cut it and leave it on the ground as a mulch to protect them during the winter
Thanks for info
I have grown asparagus before but am starting a new bed at my new place. Definitely learned from your video. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this video. I grew up in a house that had an established asparagus garden. I have just purchased plants and am looking forward to my new garden.
Sounds great! I bet you cant wait
I am growing 10 purple asparagus plants in a new bed in my city backyard garden. Thanks for your advice!
Thats great Marco, Let me know how they do for you
I just watched this video for first time. So informative & direct. So appreciatied! I have thought about growing asparagus; now I WILL grow it This video was just what I needed to bump me into going for it. BTW, this video was just the right length and content was easily digested. Thanks!
Thanks Kimberley glad you enjoyed it
THANKSGIVING
I was just wandering about the time of harvesting. Here in South Africa it is common to harvest them as "white" shoots because they are still underneath the soil and enable to be influence by photosenthesis and are therefore still white in colour. These are usually tinned in factories and are delicious. One trick is to "ridge" your beds to make sure you get cuttings of at least 12-15cm long. You also get a special tool that you press into the soil next to the asparagus and then twist it to cut it!! To harvest white asparagus you have to do it dayly to prevent green parts on it. Try it it is far more delicious than the green one. Greetings from Sout Africa!!
Between may and july
Hello from the U. S. I enjoyed you video. It was very straightforward and made it look so easy to grow my favorite veggie. 💖Psalm 91
Thanks you will have to try and give it a go
Thank you for the great video mate!
your welcome
Thank you. I hope you are well. I am now subscribed! Yes, I liked it that much!
Hey Kathryn. Welcome to the channel. Its great to have you here. We are all ok here, stay safe
Yes, I did grow some one spring.. the next spring I had asparagus to eat .. I did not know you weren’t supposed to eat it the first year..or ether I forgot.. anyway, the following year and even now this year I got asparagus. I like your method. Thanks for sharing.🥰
30 plants is indeed plenty enough for a small family, otherwise one gets tired of the stuff and sometimes it goes to waste for not getting around to using it all. I lucked out when planting mine, the best deep humus rich soil just happened to be where I had intended to situate the asparagus, and that also is very nearby to the compost pile!😊
Perfect
APRIL: I have just planted 20 dormant asparagus plants in 2 areas. That was the easy bit. Digging each trench turned out to be an unforeseen lot of hard work. Had deep invasive roots in first trench from bordering plants that were 3feet away, couldn't believe those thick, dense, woody roots travelled so far from their mother plant. That trench took one weekend of painful deep digging. The second trench in another area found old bricks and stones about 10 inches down from a Victorian dumping site. That trench took another weekend of painful digging. On the bright side, all 20 plants are now settled and watered in and I look forward to any growth activity above ground. It will all be worth it in the end I know, but so glad I did the digging in my 50s, not in my 70s! I was amazed at the 'alien' tentacle roots of the asparagus plant, no wonder they take 2-3 years to get established, they're so weird. Thanks for the growing tips, & no wonder you got Liz around to help... :)
Wow but they are done now
Here from Vegas it's hard finding plants that do well in this environment but I'll try this asparagus!!
Its hot there. let me know how it does for you Angel
I have grown asparagus from seed,. I was completely ignorant but my husband was enthusiastic about it, so I bought the seeds. I have about 18 plants and they are now about 18 months old. We are now in the heart of summer. I am relieved that they don't need much water. Thank you for this enlightening video.. Can't wait to eat the crop!
Good video Tony kept up the good work.
Cheers Rocco glad you enjoyed it mate
Thank you this video is off 2 my sister she is daft over asparagus. Fantastic information and easily understood.
Thanks Shirley, Does your sister grow?
@@simplifygardening We both grow to keep us out of the grocery stores and freeze and can our goodies for all winter.
Hi Tony! I wanted to tell you that I have planted my asparagus crowns today!!! Thanks alot For your Tutorial! Hope it will work!
Wait a few weeks you will see some of those spears stick their head through and your golden
SUCH A DELIGHTFUL CHAP I LOVE YOUR CONTENT ALSO FOR THIS REASON I HAVE SUBSCRIBED FOR MORE OF THE SAME THANK YOU SIR!
Very useful and valuable video. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Helpful for getting started 😅
Thank You. We just planted our Asparagus for the first time two weeks ago. We are so surprised to see shoots coming up. Can't wait to harvest in two years.
Wonderful! dont pick for 3 years mind
Really good upload regarding this 20 year perennial... I liked and I shared... Very tempted to have a go at it now and will take a look and see where they may fit into the double plot... Cant wait for the weekend now Tony... Got a lot of work to do and the weather is so fine... Cheers for the great upload mate.
Take Care
Tony
Tony you really should get a few and plant them up mate they will be great to have harvest after harvest
No Prostrate Cancer wit goodly intake of these baby's Tone... I'm Sold... Gotta source the roots now mat.. Cheers@@simplifygardening
@@thelittlefarmersfarm5706 yes full of good stuff
Thank you
Thank
you! This video helped!
I'm so glad!
Thank you for sharing how to plant aspragus
You are welcome
Seriously going to give it a go now i've watched this.
Thats excellent Lesley. Let me know how you get on
@@simplifygardening Will do, Tony.
thanks for sharing
Thanks
Grows wild here... Its great
Wow how lucky is that
Very nice!
Thanks
I love asparagus!
A great vegetable Sanches :)
sounds great
Cheers Steven
I love asparagus! I've grown it for years and can't get enough of it. Most of it doesn't make it past the garden because I'll eat it as soon as I pick it. lolol So this year I'm starting 40 more from seed. Three years is a long time to wait for that delicious goodness but it is well worth it. Thank You and Much Love
Jan You Reap What You Sow. but even better because the best things come to those who wait. If you have a garden then you dont intend to give it up so plant for the future too :)
great video-informative and not full of fluff.
Glad you liked it!
Yes. I have wanted to grow asparagus. Great video. New subscriber you got me. Thanks for sharing your talents.
Hey thanks for taking the time to comment. Welcome to the channel I am glad you enjoyed the video. New ones come out every week including todays :) Look forward to chatting to you more. Tony
thank you
3,000 roots and counting. Yes we sell some. It's my favorite time of year. Sure sign of spring.
Wow thats a huge amount Brandon
Just planted some last spring,
As always you explained it great but I'm not going to replant but you did great
Thanks
Good luck!
Love the editing
Thanks Sarah :)
We threw some asparagus out the front door at my folks' house about 20 years ago, it still grows in the flowerbed every year.
Wow. Now thats easy lol
Awesome video! Subbed from Atlanta, GA, USA
Hey Zein, Welcome to the channel. hope you enjoy it here and if I can help let me know. Sorry for the late reply I have had some personal issues
@@simplifygardening No problem at all. Thank you for replying! Watching your tomato videos now.
You are by far the best advice for gardening , much appreciated guestion: my new asparagus bed is with two yr old crowns, I used some straw that was full of grass and seeds. Now almost every asparagus produced one shoot but its a grass weed bed now. Can I cover it all with compost and cardboard this fall to kill the weeds and will the asparagus be ok? Much appreciated
We’re starting asparagus for the first time this year. Thank you for this video. ~Heather
Thanks Heather. I look forward to seeing your first harvests as I harvest mine :)
I planted six crowns three years ago, and this year Ive had a first bumper crop! Delicious! I have a very small garden but it is worth it to have them.
Awesome David i will be looking forward to some next year
its in my top 10 dream garden crops
Get some planted and see how they so Virginia
Mine are 4 years old this year ☺️ I'm thinking of doing another bed where did you get yours from ? Great video 😍 Easy to grow by seed too, just takes 3 years before you get a good crop 😊 Happy growing Annette x
They are fantastic Mine came from Thomson and Morgan Annette
I have tried asparagus a few years back...I only managed to keep it alive for a few years, and didn't get to harvest much. Good video. I would like to give it another shot. 👍
Give it a go again and let me know how you get on
I always believed it was really tough to grow asparagus, def gonna give it a shot
🌱🌿🌱THANK YOU‼️🌱🌿🌱
Thanks ☺️🙏
Welcome!
Perfect timing! I have 3 crowns here ready for planting, and about 20 seedlings. Thanks Tony 🌺
Thats perfect. So many folks planting them this year. We are all going to swapped in them in a few years :)
I haven't got enough space at the moment but sounds great
♥️ from California
Don’t know how I’m here but I like it
welcome to the channel
Thank u 🇺🇸👍🏻
I watched this video in long as it very much. At the end, you are given information about how to feed the plants for the upcoming year however I did not hear what I was supposed to be adding to the rows, something about 1 to 1 and 1/2 pounds per 100 square feet. The problem is I never caught what was supposed to be added. I tried to listen to it several times but I never could make it out. Can you please get back with me about what it was? I'm looking forward to using your method. Thank you in advance for your response.
Sorry Donna i think id mistakenly cut it in the ediy. Add blood fish and bone meal
Thank you. I also couldn’t figure it out. Glad he put a response in. 😁
@@simplifygardening Sorry but where the heck do you get that? I don't even know what a blood fish is:)
@@MissWitchiepoo I think he might mean blood and bone - you can get it in the hardware or gardening stores in powder form...stinks but works a treat!!
Ty
We've got an Asparagus bed. Planted Crowns of 'Jersey Supreme', and 'Purple Passion'. 'Purple Passion' seems to love our soil/climate. 'Jersey Supreme', not so much. I just over planted the Jersey supreme with a hundred crowns of Purple Passion. Being real lazy, I laid the crowns out, and then mulched over them. I'll add more mulch as they emerge, to at least six inches. We've a very clay soil, so planting above, and mulching, seems to work well. Love Asparagus. I'm going to do an experiment with half the bed, and not harvest through July. Then I'll mow it down. I hope to get a Fall crop. I think it will work, having seen Wild Asparagus sprout lovely stalks after being mowed.
Great, thank you! Do you need to harden the plants before planting them out?
Nice one I'm subbed and all 👍
Welcome tot he channel ;)
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Wow I have to wait that long I think mine in my garden is coming up now
Yes but leave it to establish it will pay you dividends in the long run
3 years?! Now I understand why it's so friggin expensive to buy at the grocery store! Never knew they grew this way, so fascinating!
I agree 3 years is a little long
I want to start growing aspergus!
Lori get them early Spring and follow this video to get them in the ground, The quicker you do it the sooner you harvest mmmmmm
I haven't planted my asparagus seeds! Thanks for the info, Tony!
Hey great to have you on the channel. Been loving your watch parties too😀
UK Here We Grow Likewise! Thanks for joining the parties! I need to find your videos to and add them to the playlist. 😊
I have grown Asparagus in 2010 and I get 6 plants every year, I put mulch on them that's all Thanks Tony for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks Patrick, Do you have many spears mate?
My neighbor had a mondo crop. He mulched heavily with peanut hulls. ???
Never heard of that
I soak mine in between a soaked paper towel. I put them in a Tupperware bowl with the lid on for a little over a week until they popped open. Roots we're about 1/4 in long. Then planted them and the sprouted in 3 days.