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Asparagus Care Guide Asparagus are a perennial vegetable. An asparagus bed can be productive for 30 - 40 years. To begin with the soil should be well worked. A part of the garden that's been cultivated for a few years is a good choice for an asparagus bed. A few years good culture should bring your soil up in organic matter and down in weeds, also the addition of lime and manure should bring Ph levels up to @ 6.5. If you are considering planting asparagus as an ornamental, their beautiful fern like growth is an addition to any flower garden. They can be used as a border but remember their plant height is @ 18" to 36". Our plants are sent to you in pots, so planting is very easy. Simply space plants 18" apart and set plants at 1/4" - 1/2" deeper than the top of the soil mix the plants are growing in. Water very well for the first 3 weeks after planting. Mulching plants to keep weeds down is a good action, it will save you energy later. Start our plants any time the soil can be worked and once they've established themselves harvesting is not too far away. Notice the size of the spears or sprouts as they come from the ground. When larger spears start showing themselves this will be the time to harvest. We have had customers cut spears only a year after planting. This all depends on how much the asparagus plants grow. Every year before the sprouts come up apply manure, leafmold, peat, compost, etc. plus 6 cups of 5-10-10 or 10-10-10 fertilizer per 100 square feet. In the summer apply 1 cup of muriate of potash to each 50' row. Harvest spears 6" - 8" long cutting below the soil surface 1" - 2". The first few years of harvesting should end in @ 4 weeks. Once the bed is mature extend the harvest season to 6 or 7 weeks. If asparagus are planted in rows the row should be maintained @ 3' wide unless the plants are zig zagged, then the row should be 5' wide. The variety Jersey Knight is a very adaptable hardy and disease resistant variety. It does not produce seeds and puts that energy into its spears.
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