I've Always Wanted To Grow This!
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2024
- Hi folks! FINALLY planting some asparagus out on the allotment. I've gone for a little bit of a tight squeeze in this bed but hopefully all will be well...
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Asparagus is a lot of fun to grow! (and eat too, if I'm honest 😁)
I've grown a variety called Connover's Colossal from seed, and to be honest I think they've done better for me than the crowns I bought.
I currently grow all my asparagus in large pots. If I topped up with manure over winter and remembered to harvest, I imagine that they would be producing substantially more, but considering how I've neglected them save for water, I'm pleased that they're doing as well as they have.
Just this last weekend I discovered that one of the pots had a crack in the side - and the asparagus had put two spears/ferns out of the hole 😂 I was so amused by it that I'm just going to let it do its thing. I just need to remember to check the side of the pot next spring when I'm harvesting 😆
I was given asparagus crowns decades ago. Those days we were told to plant them three feet apart. Which I did.
OMG! It’s taken 10 years to get good crops from them.
I was then told by a hermit type grower to plant my own grown seedlings BANG next door to each other. So I did.
Yes. 10 years on I now get a somewhat decent harvest of large asparagus from the initial plantings but sooooooo much more from those I planted “much too close”.
A commercial grower has since told me that further apart (3 feet each way) is better, as long as one fertilises with high nitrogen AND sprays with insecticide.
If I were starting again, I’d just whack’em in as close as I can. And let them grow in competition and pick as much as I wanted when I wanted. Lolz.
Oh JB I was just watching another RUclipsr and he was using a power drill with one of those attachments to dig up holes for his transplants! I dont use it since I have Jessies kind of sandy soil and container gardening - but thought of you incase you’re still looking for a diff solution than the 3d printer. Btw dont listen to that stupid comment! You’re doing awesome!
Those are the most beautiful asparagus crowns I have ever seen.
I did feel a bit rude calling them alien face huggers 🤣
My first year doing asparagus and this was so helpful, thanks JB!!
The asparagus crowns remind me of Davy Jones's face in Pirates of the Caribbean 🤣
Really nice to watch you prepare that bed so methodically. It is nice to get your hands in the soil. I wish your asparagus many happy growing years. 😁👍
I love my asparagus plants. They are one of those crops that mostly get eaten before ever getting into the house. Fresh asparagus raw is just delicious and so easy to snap and snack while working in the garden. And towards the part of the season when it's most productive they are just so easy to toss into bags in the freezer for winter!
This is not making it easier for me to ignore the first years of harvesting Mike!!!
@@JBNat I snuck a few the first couple years.🤫
My most absolute favourite, treasured food to come off my allotment, especially when there’s not much else in spring. Had some with roast beef last night 👌. Many happy years to your asparagus!
Oooo this made me hungry!!
You had a bit of a “gangsta” vibe going at the beginning of this vid. 😃 I have a few asparagus that I started from seed last spring just for the fun of it. Those crowns look very healthy.
What a quensidence , I ordered my asparagus roots last week, still waiting for them to arrive. And I am planning to do the same planting method ( bultiding up soil as they grow). And this morning I came across your video 😊
Hope your asparagus grows well x
I hope yours grows well too! Good luck!
My 2nd year asparagus is here,made up cant wait till next year when i can take some of it.
A couple bags of sand mixed into the soil would help with the drainage for your asparagus.
You are going to love having asparagus! We are harvesting our 1st spears of the year today - so incredibly good!
Oooh yumm!!! Hope you enjoyed
I planted my 10 crowns at the weekend. Didn't line my bed though and now I'm thinking I ought to have. I chose Purple Pacific and Green Mondeo. Now it's a waiting game...
Only my sides are lined to help prevent the boards rotting, the bottom is free for the roots to go deep!
Very timely, as I 'should' have planted my asparagus today! Glad I left it: video full of helpful tips. I would have had to pull them out again...
I have two asparagus beds, one is thirty years old and the other about 10 . They do like an annual much of well rotted manure and also a seaweed feed in spring. Something to look forward to for many years to come!
I would love it if that pitiful extra asparagus grows into the strongest plant.
First year of harvesting mine we put some in first year and have been adding. My dog ate some last year I was gutted Iv covered within an inch of it's asparagus life 😂
Thank you so much for showing us what to do when planting asparagus beds, as I would like to grow this soon when I have build a new bed. It’s very informative and helpful to see what you are doing
Great video! Got some on the go from seed this year, with a bit of luck I can harvest my first crop in about 4 years! 😅
I've grown asparagus from seed too - it's well worth the wait, and the years go by faster than you expect they will!
Quality sparrowgrass crowns JB, never seen crowns for sale with roots longer than ~6", good show
Good luck with the asparagus. It looks like the alien that Will Smith dragged across the desert in Independence Day! Very wierd veg.
I have 6 varieties of asparagus but iv not eaten any yet next year i will some of its nearly an inch diameter now and 4ft tall!!!
I will share this with my friend she wants to grow asparagus she bought a packet thinking there were loads in it lol prepared a bed only to discover only get two plants lol
I did that at the garden centre and then googled it whilst it was in the trolley and we were wondering around!! They shouldn't be allowed to sell them in such small packets 😅
OMGOSH, I'm SO envious, JB! I planted some asparagus last season (and yes, totally Aliens Facehugger vibes, lol), and I was shocked how sweet the asparagus is fresh from the garden! I, unfortunately, don't have a permanent space for them, though, so I just harvested everything that came up and then planted other stuff over them. When we have a property of our own, asparagus will most def be one of the first veggies I plant straight away. 🐱Hugs to Jess! 🌺I am super excited that the foxgloves I grew from seed last year are ginormous now!!! I am definitely focusing more on flowers to add color to my garden, and to invite more pollinators this season. 🌼🏵🌿
I've seen some people put a crown in a pot! Not sure how big a harvest you would get but could be worth giving a go
@@JBNat Ooh, that’s an idea. Thx, JB! 🥰
When we took over our plot 5 years ago we dug the asparagus out and composted them 😂. Jo Devon 🙂
Nooo wayyyy!!
The asparagus looks amazing. If you had planted like a 5 dice you maybe could have gained a bit more spacing.😊
🐝Thanks for the great video🌻 love asparagus!!!
They look a bit like Eremurus flower bulb roots - almost like 🐙 octopus
I think that if you had planted some asparagus on your original plot it would have not received enough sun and the beds were lacking in nutrients. Now you have better prepared beds and the bed you have chosen will get more sunlight 👍
Apparently many people grow strawberries in asparagus beds because they are very shallow rooting
Fantastisch Good work jB you the best te moostiun te Compost thé planting te asperges thans te video Top weekend ⛅👍🌱☕🏵️
Haha those plants sure look creepy! And is your wheelbarrow the one-wheeled haystack? 😄This feels like a long term project. Will be cool to see them next year! Hope this works out 🤞
1st time trying to grow asparagus this year too, no idea if the plants I bought in March are still viable. Also, mine look way tinier (younger)😅 so might be waiting for 5 years for a harvest 😂
Happy growing to you though, great work 💚🌿
Thanks Maiju! Loads of people have said these were exceptional crowns so I think I got quite lucky! Maybe I have a fan at DT Brown or something 😂 if yours haven't dried out I'm sure they'll be grand!
@JBNat 🙈 cannot guarantee that mine haven't dried off 😆, JB
I kept postponing the planting because of the weather...I'll soak it, and get it out this weekend. 🤞🤞
Good luck with the asparagus, I love them. But you made me laugh when you 'roughly' check the spacing with measuring tape lol
Asparagus is one of the deepest rooted veg you can grow btw, 10-15 feet. Once established just protect the centre of the plant, do not worry about the roots, they will be just fine.
I kept reading opposite things about their rooting... It seems like once they're mature they go deep but will still have stuff near the surface too?
@@JBNat I have planted loads of strawberries around my asparagus. Didn't see any roots while planting. But I am sure they will have some stuff close to the surface
The worst part of growing asparagus is leaving it for two or three years before harvesting.
I snuck a few here and there the first years.🤫🤫🤫
If nobodies looking, didn’t even happen 🤭
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Asparagus takes up so much room, do you think there's any way to grow it verticality? this would be a game changer I will have to come up with something.
I've never seen it done but there's a good chance there's someone on RUclips who's tried it!
Well done JB, but don't pick them for the first two years, patience in growing asparagus. Steve Colwell
Fantastisch Good work jb you the best te moostuin te compost planting te asperges thans te video Top fried 🌤🌿🏵🌱😅