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Old 21-02-2021, 10:56 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Asparagus (wild?)

In article ,
Derek wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 18:37:06 +0000, Bob Hobden
wrote:

On 20 Feb 2021 12:00, TimW wrote:
I might plant some asparagus along the
edge of the sth facing stone wall, not as a clultivated bed so much but
just as it might grow wild in the grass.


Would you be better putting in two or three crowns of standard
Asparugus, adding plenty of grit under the crowns to aid drainage, and
then just let them get on with it, in time they will self seed


as I said, you need plants of both sexes, and many commercial crowns
are male-only.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.