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Gardening

librechik

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3. Asparagi like to spread their roots out vastly into a boggy soil

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sun May 7, 2017, 12:26 PM

May 2017

if confined to a cup or smallish area, will fall over. Your backyard site looks adequate, though. Maybe not enough sun?

(why I gave up growing asparagus in my urban backyard)

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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