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11. Growing asparagus isn't hard but you have to wait 2 to 3 years until you
Tue Feb 25, 2014, 11:31 AM
Feb 2014

.... can harvest it. The important thing is to spend the time and energy
in getting the planting bed ready, hoeing out weeds, cutting them back to
about 6" in the fall, and then when it is cold enough mulching the plants w/
some compost. A few minutes a week with a hoe or cultivator during the
growing season in your asparagus patch will pay off big time. If you do it
right and give the plants the needed time you should get lots of produce
every year.

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Dunno, elleng Feb 2014 #1
I'm in Colorado. intheflow Feb 2014 #2
Sorry. elleng Feb 2014 #3
I wouldn't do it NJCher Feb 2014 #4
My boyfriend brought one home theother day. intheflow Feb 2014 #7
Colorado has an abundance of wild asparagus randr Feb 2014 #5
Both my option areas are fence lines. intheflow Feb 2014 #6
Look for 2 to 3 foot tall light brown spiny bushes against fence lines randr Feb 2014 #8
Area B Botany Feb 2014 #9
thanks, botany NJCher Feb 2014 #10
Growing asparagus isn't hard but you have to wait 2 to 3 years until you Botany Feb 2014 #11
Full sunlight.. along a fence line. bvar22 Feb 2014 #12
Is that the entirety of your bed? intheflow Feb 2014 #13
That is our first bed, bvar22 Feb 2014 #14
Wow, that sounds much more reasonable than intheflow Feb 2014 #15
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