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Gardening

Sedona

(3,835 posts) Sun May 7, 2017, 10:55 AM May 2017

any asparagus growers out there? I need advice [View all]

All the info I'm finding on line has advice for established beds. I need advice for my first year seedings. I have my bed in and the plants are about 6 inches tall. They keep falling over but seem to be sprouting new growth from the fallen over part. Is this what is supposed to happen?

Should I be propping them up? Should I leave them alone?

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any asparagus growers out there? I need advice [View all] Sedona May 2017 OP

I too would like to know. teezy May 2017 #1

wow thats tall!..only asparagus i have seen like that was after it went to seed samnsara May 2017 #2

Asparagi like to spread their roots out vastly into a boggy soil librechik May 2017 #3

When I created our asparagus bed, we dug the trench 8' long and 12" deep WhiteTara May 2017 #4

Which roots did you use, Mary Washington or Jersey king? dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #5

I've had asparagus for years and BeekeeperInVermont May 2017 #6

The interface between gravel and soil OxQQme May 2017 #7

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