In article ,
Jan Flora wrote:

In article .com,
"toonartist" wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone else have trouble with asparagus plants that get bent over
by winds?


I planted asparagus last year and have let them fern out, but the
plants get so tall (seems about 4-5 feet) that they blow over in the
winds. I'm afraid this will damage the plants.


A friend told me NOT to stake them because it would make the plant
weaker. But I'm thinking if the fern snaps in two before it can suck up

enough energy for next year that would be worse.


Does anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions?


Thanks.


Can you put up a visqueen windbreak on the windward side?

I don't know if wind will hurt the fern stage of asparagus or not.

I put visqueen on the windward side of my strawberries, just
so the bed won't dry out so fast.

Jan
Zone 3

I use tomato cages to "stake" my asparagus ferns.
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