On 1/28/2015 4:36 AM, wawwiz wrote:
Need a little help here. What I want to do is make a long trough, above ground, deep enough for asparagus to continue to grow for at least 10 years. Don't know a lot about the plant other than it taste good and is very good for you. They say 2 years till the first harvest.
So this is what I'm looking for:

1. Width and depth of the trough
1a.Material, i.e. what type of wood that will not be adverse to the plant

2. Soil composition, sand, clay, moss

3. Full drainage or little drainage

4. Fertilizer numbers, 1st in the beginning, then after the
foliage development stalk numbers i.e.10-5-20

5. And if someone knows where to buy the best starter plants


Thank you in advance

Location: North Texas 30 mi from Oklahoma, north of Dallas

Asparagus plants grow a new crown every year on top of the previous
year's crown. So every year they are 1-2 inches closer to the top of the
soil. I have planted them 18 inches deep, sometimes. They began to crown
on top of the soil in about 10 years.

There is no reason for using a trough. Just dig a deep hole. Put in some
compost and mound it up into a cone shape and put the plant crown over
the cone of compost.

The like manure. Dress the top with a bunch every year and water it in.

Asparagus plants come in male and female. Only the female will have
berries. They also make the nicest looking stems. Some of the male
plants have weird shaped stems. They all taste the same.

You can also peel the older stems and they will cook just like the young
tender ones.

Paul