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Gardening

teezy

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1. I too would like to know.

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sun May 7, 2017, 11:09 AM

May 2017

I'm a first-time asparagus grower this year too. Mine are in trays and as with you, they're tall and falling over. I'll be putting them in my garden towards the end of the month.

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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