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Growing Asparagus from seeds
Mozie wrote:
Me again! Is there really noone out there that can help me with the soil composition to grow asparagus seeds? I'll just have to wingit then... Any light potting mix will work for starting the seeds. What I referred to as "Pro-Mix" is a commercial version of the "Cornell formula," which is peat, perlite, sand, some fertilizer. Asparagus likes deep sandy soil, though I do pretty well in heavy clay interspersed with rocks. If you start the seeds in mid-winter, you can transplant them to a nursery bed in the spring, then to a permanent bed the next spring. You'll get excellent plants at a fraction of the cost of commercially grown roots, and incur little or no time penalty for doing so. Confession: I'm economical, verging on downright cheap. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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