How many asparagus plants per person

I want to get them into the ground.. Sproutng tge asparagus seeds was simple…working out what to do with seedlings is more problematic? I planted 20 crowns 4 weeks ago, did it exact to textbook instructions. When should I expect to see any growth? So far, nothing. I am looking at purchasing 3 yr old male crowns. Can they be harvested in the first season? When is the best time to move them? And would I have to make them go dormant before planting them???

The asparagus do we need to cut some of the plant out My asparagus plant grow a lot of new plants Or just leave it and let grow It plant is about six month old. Check out the new Million Gardens Movement website and get gardening! Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and are used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. By Brian Barth on April 3, Brian Barth. Sign up for your Modern Farmer Weekly Newsletter. Notify of. Most Voted Newest Oldest. Inline Feedbacks. Jane McCabe. From the beginning, I was thinking a bout 25 crowns.

Then thinking that is too much, maybe Now I see 25 is only half of the recommended size. I think when in season, we can cook asparagus 3 times a week. Anything more than that seems boring. We need some diversity and varieties. I'm going to get perhaps if I am lucky 1 meal out of a 10 foot row of asparagus? Am I wasting my time and space growing asparagus?

I have about a dozen crowns. They're mature and productive, and I get as many as I want to cook fresh during the season. I don't can or freeze them. Just how many paint colors is too many? How many indoor wreaths is too many?? Enough for good-sized portions about twice a week for 2 people. Sometimes I have to make cream of asparagus soup to use a surplus. The simple answer would be "as many as you have room for" because maturity is the primary issue rather than number.

I agree with the 50 for a family of 4 assuming they all like asparagus. The first few years of harvesting they will give you approx.

With excellent growing conditions provided by year 5 that count will rise to approx. I have 3 beds of approx. One bed is more than 15 years old now and slowly fading out of production. The other 2 beds are approx. The 8 yr old bed is in its prime production years of approx. Don't short yourself when it comes to asparagus. You only harvest a mature crop for 8 weeks and I've seen late frosts and dry weather that reduced yields significantly during that time.

The variety male hybrid and bed health also have much to do with your yield. I won't elaborate on my planting because I grow to sell but I have many customers who have found multiple ways to prepare this crop while it is available fresh locally.

I relish the thought of it grilled daily. If you aren't going to freeze or can any than your overall crop needs are much less than others who preserve. You'll likely have times when you wish you planted more and other times when you just can't eat the amount harvested. You also need to figure that when you allow a spear to fern-out you have lost that spear and future harvests become more burdonsome.

Dave, so you can't dig up the old crowns and divide them? If not, then there is no such thing of renovate it if you'll have to re-plant them again. Well, at least you can buy some new seeds and have some head start. Then this is like re-planting them in a few years. As for the varieties, I think even the mid-season asparagus is still good.

You can still get the harvest before all the other regular vegetables, like tomatoes etc. Most of them do not come that early, April to June. For a family of , that is about 50' double rows for a family. Or 50'x8' bed. I do not know how many folks can do that. I may have the room, but I have other things to plant. I'm thinking of lbs a week in season.

We may be able to harvest about 5 weeks? So that is about 25 lbs per season, that I need. I heard asparagus bed lasts for a long time. But now I heard folks talking about crop declining in about 10 years or so. But what is mature? Harvest a little by 2nd year. Full harvest by 3rd year and beyond. The good thing is that you only plant once, not every year. Some confusion here. You initially said you wanted enough to can and freeze as well as for fresh eating.

If so then as I said 12 crowns per person is NOT high. If not and you only want fresh eating during the few weeks of harvest then plant how ever many you wish. Also please note the different rates of production discussed above all depends on the maturity of the crown.

Talking about two different things. Rejuvenating a soil bed vs. Rejuvenating a soil bed is easy to do once you remove all the old crowns. But no, you can't dig up a year old crown and expect it to live. It would be like trying to dig up a giant squid with a teaspoon. Each crown will be a rootbound mass approx. A ell established asparagus Bed is actually like one giant mass of crowns the size of whatever bed it was allowed.

When it hits the limits of that bed where the roots can't penetrate any further it slowly begins to die back just as any rootbound plant in a pot does. Plant it in an open field and sure it may live for 30 years. Contain it in any way and its lifespan depends on the limits of the container. Folks who have never grown asparagus can't really relate to how big these things can get.

Nor can they relate to how little it will produce at first while sucking up nutrients and water. That is why it isn't a realistic crop for the average backyard gardener. I have acres of gardens but most gardeners don't have that luxury so for many asparagus isn't an efficient use of the available garden space. RedSun - You want 25 lbs per season? By my math that's 50 plants.

And yes Peter, asparagus is only for the very patient gardener who has garden room to spare for the next years. I think the average backyard gardener can do well with asparagus if you want them just for fresh eating during the season.

The advantage is getting a fresh vegetable early in the season before anything else is ready. They don't take a lot of work. They do take patience, but they reward it. What I am reading is that even 5 years in the future I will get about 50 crowns a year out of 10 feet of row Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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