How to Grow Asparagus 101, Seed to Kitchen, Everything You Want to Know, Problems, Planting, More
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- Asparagus - very little work but the most reward! This little perennial vegetable will continue to produce, possibly longer than your lifetime, if you give it a little attention and start it this spring. Be careful not to eat the poisonous part! Don't delay, you will be happy when you have fresh asparagus growing fresh in your yard for years to come!. YUM!
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This is the most comprehensive asparagus video I've seen so far. I love it - wonderful tips and how to's that will get me started as a new asparagus grower! Thanks so much 😍🙌🏾
You are so welcome!
I live in Southern Michigan, My former Landlords have a 1 acre patch that has been going since the 1950's
That's incredible! thanks for sharing!
Very complete video Thanks! Not sure why someone would blanch the asparagus to make it white when the green asparagus is so beautiful and appetizing.
Exactly!
My Grandfather used to put copper tubing for plumbing over the spears to block out light. He did it also on green onions and leeks for extra long white parts. My father used PCV plastic plumbing tube, it is cheaper. Just an old timer trick
I live in NYC I have no garden, but boy do I love these videos! You guys that have a little bit of dirt are so lucky!
Hi! If you have a sunny balcony, you can grow too! Have you seen this? ruclips.net/video/ksc9UvMBw-4/видео.html
Thank you
Asparagus juice is very good for my high blood n heart, tq
Thank you!
This is the most comprehensive video I've found on asparagus. Thank you for all of the information you provided. Finally, I understand how to grow asparagus!
Love the way you break down these plants- and the footage years back to now! Very well planning and presentation! Thank you
You are an amazing gardener! I'm trying to get a gardening club going at my school and I look at your videos for inspiration all the time. :)
Listening to you speak is soothing. You’ve got a great voice and know what you’re talking about. Excellent video!
I finally bought that Square Foot Gardening on my e-reader because you kept recommending it. I'm sure it's an awesome book with a lot of good information. Thank you for all your videos. I love watching your channel
A friend gave me a seedling and told me it was dill. I had no previous gardening experience. The dill never turned into dill. The next year, in the spring I saw a spear coming up and I realized it was an aspargus. 😃 I was so happy. Well, fast forward a few years I got lots of spears coming up and my favorite way to eat aspargus is raw. I break the spears off and nibble away as I garden. After tasting freshly harvested aspargus from my garden I can never buy aspargus at the store anymore. they never taste the same. :/ tku for this video.
So true! Delicious! What a great surprise, asparagus instead of dill, it was your lucky day. :)
Here in New Mexico, Green Chilie Capitol of the U.S., where we are known for our green chilie harvest every year, what I do is chop up asparagus in bite-sized pieces and cook them right in my green or red chilie stew. They can be added to spaghetti sauce and just about any casserole. Get creative the smaller the pieces are cut the less visible it becomes. Out of sight out of mind is a great way to easily fool some children who dislike eating anything green or veggies of any kind. What they are not aware of and cannot taste boldly as a result will be consumed without hesitation. CJ Candelaria Author/Artist of LAST STAND OF THE WOLVES pub. 7/2012 by Xlibris.
You know.......if you aren't in the process of writing a book, there is something wrong with you. You are a wealth of knowledge!
Haha, something like that... .. thank you!
agree!
Even better, a TV series.
Oh! And I love Ruth Stout! She and Paul (Back to Eden) are my garden muses. I love mulch gardening. Can never go back to a bare dirt garden.
Thank you I grew everything I recently found some in a box at a dollar store never planted it ever ,I did so hey try those cheap crowns at end of growing season but don’t be afraid of cheap dollar store crown mine came out beautiful still growing beautiful so tender my husband picks and he comes in with nothing they were so tender I just ate them ,I laugh and weight a few days I get some to eat thanks the seed was what I was wanting to plant not many people grow them in Louisiana but I am a got to try it at least once happy gardening
Hi Donna this is the first time i c asparagus grow! : ))
Omg..BEST GARDENING VIDEO EVER...DO MORE PLEASE
I absolutely love your videos. Your voice is so relaxing. Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank you for a wonderful presentation!
This was a fantastic video, Very well put together. I learned so much. Great job
Thank you so much! I am so happy you enjoyed it and found it informative.
Thanks so much! I've been thinking about growing asparagus. It's expensive at the store.
Sure! I hope you can give it a try this spring. It is a very rewarding plant to grow.
thank you! 18:13 is gold information💐
that was great! Thanks! It was really nice to see everything over the years. I have been starting to eat mine this year already.
Thank you! Hopefully, I will enjoy some very soon too! It is always the first to greet me, along with chives, in the very early spring unless I also have some spinach which overwintered.
Rainbow Gardens I'm hoping this is the last frost but probably not likely as we have over a month until the last frost date here.
Love this book!
Great video, thanks for sharing. Loved it
Thank you Donna for another great resource! I just love your seed to table videos! So complete and helpful. Just this week I winter sowed a container of asparagus seeds. I can't wait to see how they progress! We have a heavy deer population but I might try transplanting these into an unprotected area to keep the fenced Garden for veggies the deer would surely devour. Hmmmmm. . .maybe I should winter see another container and just use up those seeds! thanks again for your complete and concise information!!!!! Blessings from northeast Oh zone 6b.
Thank you! Let me know how it goes, you sure will enjoy having a bed of asparagus and I hope the deer don't like them when they are little! :) Maybe pop one or two in your protected area for added insurance, lol.
I had 5 viable starts from seedlings last fall which are in the fenced area. Not sure yet if they will come back up because they were started so late in the season. Didn't realize when I started them how much space they need! Yikes! Will let you know how things go!
Excellent video, extremely detailed, and just what I was looking for. I really appreciate you showing the difference in planting crowns vs seeds. Well done and thank you! 💖💖
You're very welcome!
Except, what happened between frond trees to harvesting 1 foot spears?? Did the trees die back? Did the fronds fall off? 🤔 Where did the trees/fronds go? I have searched other videos on YT and can not find the answer. I am planning where to plant my asparagus, but I wanted to know how big they grow, how tall, how much space will be required? When you showed the harvesting, they looked very different from when growing.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This video is perfect timing for me. I'm getting ready to plant seeds. I bought 12 2 year crowns last year and 3 survived. After watching your video I think they received too much water. Another good way to cook: Equal amounts of bacon grease, soy and brown sugar--YUMYUM!
Sounds delicious! Yes, too much water is the enemy of asparagus for sure - well draining bed is key. Let me know how it goes for you this year. :)
I really love watching your videos. They are so informative and your narration is so easy to listen to that I have really learned a lot from them. I have been able to take a lot of notes as you cover everything so thoroughly. I want to thank you so very much for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. Here is my husband's favorite way to eat asparagus... I have some very large cookie trays (I believe they're called half-sheet), anyways after I have covered the cookie sheet with some aluminum foil, I will take some thick center-cut pork chops and brown them really well on all sides in some olive oil (In my cast-iron skillet), with some salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder, I place them at one end of the foil-lined cookie sheet. Then I wash and quarter some Red Northern and Yukon gold baby potatoes, place them in a bowl, cut up some onions (either large dice or half-moon slivers), and place them into the bowl with the potatoes. To the potatoes, I add some salt, pepper, and some diced fresh rosemary from the garden, and toss with some olive oil. These potatoes are placed at the opposite end of the cookie sheet from the pork shops. I cover them with aluminum foil lightly and oven cook them at 400 degrees for about 20-25 minutes. While those are cooking, I will wash and snap the asparagus and get them ready (I always freeze the hard ends for our homemade dog food). When the timer goes off for the oven I will take out the cookie sheet and place the asparagus in the center, between the meat and potatoes. I coat the asparagus really well with the oily broth that forms from the meat and potatoes. Then cover the cookie sheet once more (very lightly) and put the food back into the oven for about 5-10 minutes, at which point I remove the aluminum foil cover and set the oven to broil for another 5-10 minutes to brown the potatoes a bit more. Remove from the oven for a fantastic one-sheet meal of pork chops, roasted potatoes, and asparagus. YUM.!!
You always present wonderful vidoes. Thanks
Thank you so much. I sure appreciate it.
Lots of good information! Thanks for sharing!
Very good info .In depth too! I've been growing asparagus for 3 years now only from seed .I will start eating next year...as far as staking them up, I do not ...I let them lay where they lay because I have enough space ...If you plant them next to other stuff , then yes I would stake them , like in a raised bed or such...I remember after a bad wind storm, my corn would get blown over...I used to stand them back up ,but learned later that they would stand themselves back up..
I don't think asparagus is like that...I'm still testing them...Anyways, Great video and info!
Thanks so much!!
Thank you for the video. I am in my first year from seed indoors. They're still so long, skinny and fern looking. I suspect the few that are together would be happier in a larger pot with room. Also, your voice is simply lovely. Very comforting. You should be recording audio books 😘
I agree, your voice is very calming and pleasant.
Except for all the inhales.
I have very successfully grown asparagus in seed trays,their roots grow sideways so work well, add extra compost if needed, if you would like thick spears try Connovers Colosal, do watch out for asparagus beetle they are Bright red you must at all cost remove them!! Look on line how to deal with them
Thanks for the details. Very informative!
I love love love your voice, so calming and relaxing. Thank You for sharing!
Tq your advice are very useful to me🤩
if i started when this video came out id finally have asparagus by now
lol
Great video. Very informative.
Thank you!
Excellent, thorough video. Many thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been wanting to try growing asparagus! Thank you so much for such an informative video. 😊🌱💚
Thanks Misilla! You will love it, so little work and delicious!
OMG i love your voice and accent! Have you thought about reading children's stories? I always read or let my child read at night before bed time but for those children who have problems sleeping, your voice over would be so calming. First time clicking on one of you videos.
We are currently in the process of preparing our bed for our seeded asparagus. Our Rhubarb is doing great so thought we would take this on too as a long investment project on a patch border that is neglected, mainly because of the poor clay soil content. We just dug it all out. We learnt that the plant came from swampy sandy water. Indirect sunlight but loves the warmth. Wish us luck as it is south side but along a fence! We have 2 bags of sand for 4 plants. Each plant can take up 2 ft.
I am going to add some clay soil back with the sand, organic compost and refined store compost. Peat is banned in the UK i think so i am going to add some pearlite.
what will happen, we don't know! lol
YUMMMM I AM GROWING NOW
Hello, thank you so much for this detailed instructions on how to plant asparagus. I sow some seeds and thought that they're not going to sprout since it was already more than 10 days, but suddenly they emerged. I'm so excited to have our own asparagus. Can i transplant them during summer? It's summer time here in Spain. Thank you
Wow amazing share...thank you!!
You are amazing!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
You are so welcome!
Fantastic video. Thank you!
Thank you too!
Lots of good info. Thanks.
You bet!
Thank you! 😎👍🏻
I like to add some diced garlic and squeeze some lemon when I roast it.
Oh, that just sounds wonderful! Simple, fresh, and delicious!
I have a 20 year old asparagus garden. My fronds grow 25 to 30 feet tall.
Thank you Madam. Can I get the plant seeds. I am from India. Few of my friends stay at USA.
Very detailed
I try
Great video! One Question remained for me.... The taller growth shown (where it was staked or fenced), is that just for the first year to establish the plants? I watched the video twice and never fully understood why it was left to grow that tall before harvesting. I’m starting my bed this spring and plan to use 2 year crowns so wasn’t sure if I needed to leave that much growth for the 2 year old plants. I will probably let some grow to full height to get the seeds but wasn’t sure.
Great video...
Thank you!
Thank you for your nice Video. where can I get this Asparagus Jercey veraity seeds .
Hi!, good day, nice video. I learn a lot about the asparagus...I interested to plant but how I can have a good seeds?
Excelente video, muy completo con deliciosas recetas. Ya cuentas con una nueva suscriptora. Muy hermoso el lugar donde vives. Es Cañada?
Please subtitles in spanish. 🌸👍🦋
I was just given a lot of Martha Washington crowns probably about 5 years old, would it be ok to plant them now? Almost end of May..I have a raised bed,,thanks
Can I use pine needles to work into the soil?
How many asparagus spears will you get from each seed planted (not planting crowns, only have seeds)? Thank you!
What size is the 2nd garden bed you showed please thank you!!!
Please, can you let me know to whom I would inquire about getting seeds...any seeds...from Ruth Stout's garden. I know many people who would pay dearly to grow grandchildren of Ruth!
If you haven't tried pickled asparagus you should.
First timer here...plant from seed...
🌱 I started some from seeds last year and this year they are already sending their first real shoots! They are at least a foot tall. I know we still can't touch them , ideally not till the year after next. They seen to do very well here so I might make a very large area for them so we can sell our surplus, or can it, or both. People comment on how patient I am, but I am watering the garden anyway and for us, the few years of nurturing them will last us the rest of our lives as we are 55+. (When we are older the years seem to go by much faster.) This winter seems to have sped by faster than any I can remember! Waiting another 2 years till we can harvest our asparagus really isn't very long considering how many years they will pay us back 🌱 By the way.. We are expecting several nights under 30 degrees next week, will they need to be covered?
Remember a large plot could mean you will have to tread on the bed to remove weeds, make them long,so you can reach to hand weed!
leave those weeds in your asparagus patch alone. the asparagus will pop up before weeds and other plants so they are easier to harvest. after harvesting is done, let the weeds grow. plants form a symbiosis with each other and the more roots that are in the soil, the stronger your asparagus will grow in the spring. Plants "competing" for nutrients only happens in commercial crops or potted plants with sterile soil. In natural soil, plants share nutrients via mycorrhizal fungi.
I heard egg shell would deter cutworm
Is it rabbit resistant?
After you cut/snap off a shoot...does it grow back? Does it die? Does it grow back thinner? This is my biggest question that I can't find an answer to.
Yes, it grows back for many years! Mine is around 13 years old!
It grows back from the same exact stalk? I know other stalks will grow from the same 'crown' root...but I want to make sure that precisely the stalks that are cut grow back, and wondering if they grow back thinner or different in any other way. Thank you
When I cut a stalk, the bottom part (attached to the crown), dies and turns brown by the end of the growing season. I remove it. I don't typically cut all of my stalks and so some grow into a fern at which I cut in the late fall or winter. The next spring, they grow back bigger than the previous year. My newer crowns produce skinny stalks and my oldest crown produces thick stalks. Hope that helps.
I've been harvesting since I was a kid. It grew along the railroad next to our house. You cut it just below the soil so that it will regrow. If you snap it or cut it above the soil that shoot will no longer grow.
Thank you for this informative video. However, what do you do when the raised bed's wood's life is over before that of the asparagus? How can you change the wood without damaging the plant
Hi,
I have not experienced it personally, but if I needed to change the wood, I'd just chop it out and build another frame around the soil. It would not damage the plant because I would not touch the soil, just the wood.
Thanks for that information. But wouldn't the soil crumble and fall out when the wood was being changed?
A little may but the extensive root system of the asparagus should keep most of it intact. Just be careful not to knock it around much. It may be easier to do this in the fall/winter when you have cut back your fronds.
Thank you very much. Do you think that it's significantly better to grow asparagus in a raised bed than to dig a hole in the ground and fill it with goodies and coconut coir from now until the spring when I can plant the asparagus? Surely it must be too late to plant now (I live in Nova Scotia).
I would wait until late winter/early spring to move it around. I have enjoyed growing asparagus in raised beds and in the ground. If you grow in the ground, give them plenty of room to spread, if that is your wish. Otherwise, you should grow in a bed to keep them contained.
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Something is causing my asparagus leaves to dry and fall off and the branches to yellow and die off. I don't know what is causing it to die and the stem is just standing alone without its ferns. Please can you help me figure out what's wrong and what to do?? There's a bug that's around but isn't an asparagus beetle its Grey and black on its head and its got two red dots on its wings. I haven't been able to identify it yet either. So I'm not sure its even hurting my asparagus plants. I almost killed my asparagus plants by not watering it for a long time in the beginning of summer but it made it. But now there's these issues and I don't know what's wrong and how to fix it!?
Add some wood ashes to your asparagus , probably is potassium deficient.
I was told if you break the asparagus off down really low, kinda wiggle and snap it off low at the crown, it will stimulate the asparagus to grow my spears. Don't know if it's true, but there ya go! Lol!
You dont have to wiggle it of anything. After the third year just cut off low and the crown will be like "I need another stock, better grown one". Dont harvest early or the crown will not have the energy to make more and it wont return the next year.
Cut it just below the soil and the shoot will regrow. If cut above the soil that shoot will not regrow.
I don't see the link for frost dates. Did I miss it?
I planted asparagus once and the gopher's ate every single plant!
Oh my! That is terrible.
TosTinMan EasyCooking plant castor plants. They get about 6 feet tall in just a month or two. They worked. They are poisonous so wash your hands if you touch them.
My problem is I don't have seeds of asparagus to plant here
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Someone made me this stuff once and it was like eating tree limbs. Nasty taste!
I keep hearing “crayons”🤷♂️
its so easy to grow its a weed
You do spend more on topics of this or that and less about asparagus. Just pointing that put.
just throw them out there! NO NEED TO BABY SET EM > THEY DO JUST FINE> DAM SQUIRREL CAN PLANT EM ! 8 YRS NOW AND I MOW OVER THEM, COME RITE BACK! You got to have a lot of them IF YOU WANT TO EAT EM> JERSEY KNIGHTS> I THINK THEY LOVE GRASS
Anybody that cuts asparagus like that doesn't know how to grow asparagus.