Growing asparagus
We nurtured some asparagus plants from seed in a planter box
for a year, trnplanting to the well cultivated soil in the garden in June. They are growing well, I believe. Small shoots come up, which taste delicious, but not big enough in diameter to prepare for a meal. Left alonw, they shoot up into tall, thin lacy growth. I understand they have to go through 2-3 seasons before big enough. In the meanwhile, should I be trimming them back once in a while? I did cut them back to nearly nothing when I transplanted them. TIA Ed |
Ed:
No, they need all the foliage to grow roots. Cutting them back will make more foliage, not roots. Roots are what you want. John! Jag Man wrote: We nurtured some asparagus plants from seed in a planter box for a year, trnplanting to the well cultivated soil in the garden in June. They are growing well, I believe. Small shoots come up, which taste delicious, but not big enough in diameter to prepare for a meal. Left alonw, they shoot up into tall, thin lacy growth. I understand they have to go through 2-3 seasons before big enough. In the meanwhile, should I be trimming them back once in a while? I did cut them back to nearly nothing when I transplanted them. TIA Ed |
I agree. I dont eat mine until they get as big as a pencil.
Dwayne "GA Pinhead" wrote in message ... Ed: No, they need all the foliage to grow roots. Cutting them back will make more foliage, not roots. Roots are what you want. John! Jag Man wrote: We nurtured some asparagus plants from seed in a planter box for a year, trnplanting to the well cultivated soil in the garden in June. They are growing well, I believe. Small shoots come up, which taste delicious, but not big enough in diameter to prepare for a meal. Left alonw, they shoot up into tall, thin lacy growth. I understand they have to go through 2-3 seasons before big enough. In the meanwhile, should I be trimming them back once in a while? I did cut them back to nearly nothing when I transplanted them. TIA Ed |
Thanks, both!
Ed "Jag Man" wrote in message ... We nurtured some asparagus plants from seed in a planter box for a year, trnplanting to the well cultivated soil in the garden in June. They are growing well, I believe. Small shoots come up, which taste delicious, but not big enough in diameter to prepare for a meal. Left alonw, they shoot up into tall, thin lacy growth. I understand they have to go through 2-3 seasons before big enough. In the meanwhile, should I be trimming them back once in a while? I did cut them back to nearly nothing when I transplanted them. TIA Ed |
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