Gardening

intheflow

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7. My boyfriend brought one home theother day.

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 10:58 AM

Feb 2014

Which is when I started researching it and discovered we need a gazillion more. I'm beginning to reconsider this plan. Looked up how deep the roots go - could grow as long as 10'! That takes the pine tree area out of the equation, the pine roots will be far too dense to allow that kind of growth. Maybe next year we'll build a dedicated bed for asparagus, but I think I'm hanging the idea up for this year. And maybe forever, given your experience and the fact I'll need at least 20 plants, maybe 30 to get any kind of good crop return. Egads, we may have to take the garage down to have that kind of room. Sigh.

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Where can I plant my asparagus patch? [View all] intheflow Feb 2014 OP

Dunno, elleng Feb 2014 #1

I'm in Colorado. intheflow Feb 2014 #2

Sorry. elleng Feb 2014 #3

I wouldn't do it NJCher Feb 2014 #4

My boyfriend brought one home theother day. intheflow Feb 2014 #7

Colorado has an abundance of wild asparagus randr Feb 2014 #5

Both my option areas are fence lines. intheflow Feb 2014 #6

Look for 2 to 3 foot tall light brown spiny bushes against fence lines randr Feb 2014 #8

Area B Botany Feb 2014 #9

thanks, botany NJCher Feb 2014 #10

Growing asparagus isn't hard but you have to wait 2 to 3 years until you Botany Feb 2014 #11

Full sunlight.. along a fence line. bvar22 Feb 2014 #12

Is that the entirety of your bed? intheflow Feb 2014 #13

That is our first bed, bvar22 Feb 2014 #14

Wow, that sounds much more reasonable than intheflow Feb 2014 #15