Our asparagus get a top up of worm castings and aged horse manure in the fall. We cut the canes down just before Christmas. Unfortunately, roots from our neighbour's new hedge are infiltrating the bed. Not much we can do about it except move the entire bed. We're selling our home, so that's something we will leave for the new owners to sort out. ~ Sandra
@NanasWorms hi Sandra, Asparagus can be lifted any time during the dormant stage as long as the ground isn't frozen, but the longer you leave it the later you will get a harvest the following season. There is nothing wrong with potting some up and then they can be planted when it suits you in their new spot which of course you will well prepare weed free and lots of lovely worm castings. Remember the roots are very long so get what you can before trimming them and potting up.
Great finds with the compost ,trays, pots mate ,plots looking healthy with all that compost , I've got a few little jobs I need to get done but on roses plot ,I need to give the greenhouses a good wash down and disenfect 😊
I grew my Asparagus plants from seed this year so it will be years before I get any crops. Your Asparagus looks massive so must be getting the special Terry King homemade feed😄.
@ibrstellar1080 well worth only harvesting very little as it matures and when it is matured only harvest for 6 weeks and yes good management will give us an abundance.
Love all the berries on the asparagus looks very festive for the birds. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Sandra had a nice quiet day ❤. Here’s to a much calmer 2025 where the only shit you have to deal with is on the beds. Happy New Year, Ali 🥶🇨🇦
@myrustygarden some of the berries have gone, but it is so mild here considering the time of the season so don't expect them to disappear until February. Hopefully no more shit for 3 years Ali.
I will definitely add a worm farm if i create a new asparagus bed, i was actually thinking about it so excellent timing Terry. Hope to post your potatoes on new year's Eve if it's open.👍😁😁👌🥔❤️
@terrykingsallotmentgardening it's already wrapped up but I will check Steve's video and write it on the package. I can't remember the name of them but it begins with a M I think 🤣👍🙏🥔
I've put some compost on the asparagus and some leaves 🍁🍂🍁 on top. That's what I had. The underground worm 🐛 farm is a great idea. I was anyhow planning to put one in my pumpkin bed. Have a great new gardening season.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Yes, that;s true. I have bottles in my containers that work as a mini worm farms. Like that I don't need extra fertilizer.
I, hope you and Mrs K had a great Christmas. I have only just cut my asparagus back today. My hubster then went to the local stables and got me 6 bags of well rotted stable manure for my home kitchen garden, so I mulched my asparagus beds with 3 bags and the rest will go in the fruit cage. I have a further 8 bags at the allotment to top up the beds as I harvest the winter crops. Wishing you both a wonderful New year with everything you hope for. Happy growing 🙂
@RobinGardens as long as it is weed free they will do well, getting established crowns do speed up the process and you can't beat cutting them and eating raw or steaming for a few minutes.
@takethatshushu remember that we only harvest small amounts the first couple of years so the crowns get established, mine are from seed so needed 4 years before I harvested for the full 6 weeks.
@jollyjollyme I personally didn't harvest anything in the first 2 years, but they were from seed so hopefully if your crowns were mature you will be rewarded with some nice ones in spring.
This coming spring with be Year 3 from having grown my Asparagus plants from seeds ... so I'm looking to enjoy at least 1 meal off of them for the two of us. I'll be taking off the ferns tomorrow and adding a mulch on top of home made compost doused with a litre or two of my "worm pee" liquid so it can soak in to the soil over the rest of the winter
I'm hoping to be able to pick a stalk or two next year from my asparagus. I grew it from seed last year and the plants were quite strong by the end of summer
My mother-in-law gave me asparagus seeds off her plant. I've just potted them on - lots grew, but 10 survived and doing well - I thought I had some dead flower heads/dried little berries on the old stems - turned out to be tiny snails! Little beasts! I'll plant them in the veg bed next year - hopefully not with the snails.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening a friend of ours finds some occasionally, but understandably doesn't say where it's found. A farmer told us where stuff is dumped occasionally near him, but we've never been lucky enough to find any. 😂🤣
Our asparagus get a top up of worm castings and aged horse manure in the fall. We cut the canes down just before Christmas. Unfortunately, roots from our neighbour's new hedge are infiltrating the bed. Not much we can do about it except move the entire bed. We're selling our home, so that's something we will leave for the new owners to sort out.
~ Sandra
Did you not consider taking them with you as it takes years to grow from seeds?
@ Good point. We only have 10 crowns, so it shouldn't be too hard. What time of year would be best to lift them?
~ Sandra
@NanasWorms hi Sandra, Asparagus can be lifted any time during the dormant stage as long as the ground isn't frozen, but the longer you leave it the later you will get a harvest the following season. There is nothing wrong with potting some up and then they can be planted when it suits you in their new spot which of course you will well prepare weed free and lots of lovely worm castings. Remember the roots are very long so get what you can before trimming them and potting up.
Thanks Terry!
~ Sandra
@NanasWorms 😁
Good job, well done Mr King 🤴 😊🐄🐄🐄
Merry Christmas Manda moo👌😁👍🎁❤️
@mandamoosgardeningadventur8305 thank you my friend.
@nickthegardener.1120 merry Christmas and a happy new year to you Nick...😊🐄🐄🐄
Great finds with the compost ,trays, pots mate ,plots looking healthy with all that compost , I've got a few little jobs I need to get done but on roses plot ,I need to give the greenhouses a good wash down and disenfect 😊
@@nidge2822 I thought my greenhouse was green naturally......🤣 need to do mine in February.
Have to do my bed as well in the near future. Nice Terry!
@C3Voyage cheers Brent, it's nice to have some permanent beds and the Asparagus is high on my list of something to look forward to.
Heres to a nice set of spears next spring.
@sowgroweat6987 I had a wonderful harvest this year Mike, hopefully the same next year.
I grew my Asparagus plants from seed this year so it will be years before I get any crops. Your Asparagus looks massive so must be getting the special Terry King homemade feed😄.
@ibrstellar1080 well worth only harvesting very little as it matures and when it is matured only harvest for 6 weeks and yes good management will give us an abundance.
Love all the berries on the asparagus looks very festive for the birds. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and Sandra had a nice quiet day ❤. Here’s to a much calmer 2025 where the only shit you have to deal with is on the beds. Happy New Year, Ali 🥶🇨🇦
@myrustygarden some of the berries have gone, but it is so mild here considering the time of the season so don't expect them to disappear until February. Hopefully no more shit for 3 years Ali.
Great job as always Terry
@@CoastalGardensNW cheers Duncan, looks so much better now it's done.
I will definitely add a worm farm if i create a new asparagus bed, i was actually thinking about it so excellent timing Terry. Hope to post your potatoes on new year's Eve if it's open.👍😁😁👌🥔❤️
@nickthegardener.1120 remind me of the variety in the package Nick.......😁.
@terrykingsallotmentgardening it's already wrapped up but I will check Steve's video and write it on the package. I can't remember the name of them but it begins with a M I think 🤣👍🙏🥔
@nickthegardener.1120 I knew I should have written it down......🤣🥔🥔🥔🥔
@terrykingsallotmentgardening they are called Manitou I just checked.👍🙏🥔😁👌
It's in my book, thanks.
I've put some compost on the asparagus and some leaves 🍁🍂🍁 on top. That's what I had. The underground worm 🐛 farm is a great idea. I was anyhow planning to put one in my pumpkin bed. Have a great new gardening season.
@gardentours thank you my friend and if the worm farms are managed properly they do add some lovely material for the roots to feed on.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening Yes, that;s true. I have bottles in my containers that work as a mini worm farms. Like that I don't need extra fertilizer.
@gardentours 👍❤️👍
I, hope you and Mrs K had a great Christmas. I have only just cut my asparagus back today. My hubster then went to the local stables and got me 6 bags of well rotted stable manure for my home kitchen garden, so I mulched my asparagus beds with 3 bags and the rest will go in the fruit cage. I have a further 8 bags at the allotment to top up the beds as I harvest the winter crops. Wishing you both a wonderful New year with everything you hope for. Happy growing 🙂
@bewoodford2807 thank you my friend and the well rotted manure will give your vegetables that extra boost. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Quality content as usual. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@jmawdsley2 cheers John.
I am looking forward to having a tiny harvest from my 3rd. year aspagus plants grown from seed.
@Brenda-xc7sq you will be surprised how much you get, but of course the 4 year will give you an abundance for the 6 weeks of harvesting.
Nice to be able to harvest your own asparagus. I've never started a patch.....couldn't figure out a a perm spot for them.
@RobinGardens as long as it is weed free they will do well, getting established crowns do speed up the process and you can't beat cutting them and eating raw or steaming for a few minutes.
I only planted my asparagus last year so thank you for the tips on how to care for it :)
@takethatshushu remember that we only harvest small amounts the first couple of years so the crowns get established, mine are from seed so needed 4 years before I harvested for the full 6 weeks.
I put 5x crowns in last January so hope to be able to harvest some spears this coming spring 😊
@jollyjollyme I personally didn't harvest anything in the first 2 years, but they were from seed so hopefully if your crowns were mature you will be rewarded with some nice ones in spring.
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@@nigelslack-x5v 👍❤️😁❤️👍
This coming spring with be Year 3 from having grown my Asparagus plants from seeds ... so I'm looking to enjoy at least 1 meal off of them for the two of us.
I'll be taking off the ferns tomorrow and adding a mulch on top of home made compost doused with a litre or two of my "worm pee" liquid so it can soak in to the soil over the rest of the winter
@DavidCinUK thank you David, getting Asparagus for nothing is inspiring and well worth waiting for.
I'm hoping to be able to pick a stalk or two next year from my asparagus. I grew it from seed last year and the plants were quite strong by the end of summer
@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden you will be tempted to take more once you have tryed them, but I was patient and now it's paying off.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardeningI'll definitely be patient with them
@@TheEnglishladyskitchengarden 👍❤️😋❤️👍
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@@babetteisinthegarden6920 👍❤️👍
My mother-in-law gave me asparagus seeds off her plant. I've just potted them on - lots grew, but 10 survived and doing well - I thought I had some dead flower heads/dried little berries on the old stems - turned out to be tiny snails! Little beasts! I'll plant them in the veg bed next year - hopefully not with the snails.
@kerryl4031 thank you for the smile Kerry.
I put some Asparagus in with my Rhubarb as an experiment and wild garlic to see if it deters some pests but so try anything once.
@ibrstellar1080 always worth trying anything to help give us healthy plants.
Terry hope you had a good Christmas I wish you and your family a great 2025 will keep watching BA94Antrim n Ireland
@williamallison1029 we had a couple of nice quiet days, then back to DIY........🤣 Happy New year to you and your family.
Not got any Asparagus might get some though :)
@leewozzashomeveggiegarden ideal for a bed that is weed free and a 6 week harvest every year once established Lee.
I wish I could find a local compost dump. 😂
@jeanhelliwell8160 I only find these places because of the area that I cover at work so need to get as much as I can while I can.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening a friend of ours finds some occasionally, but understandably doesn't say where it's found. A farmer told us where stuff is dumped occasionally near him, but we've never been lucky enough to find any. 😂🤣
once you find the first one it will keep coming.
@@terrykingsallotmentgardening lol. I hope so.
Nothing like a late Christmas present from the cannabis growers lol 😆 👍👍
@@allotmentjoy should be enough to last a few months Elaine........🤣.
Do you get moles after you worms in the underground unit?
No moles here Roland, well not at the moment, our site is mole free. I think they prefer the cemetery next door.....lol.