Sooo excited!!

[curly_kate]

We moved all our asparagus with us when we moved last year. I'd read here that it doesn't transplant well, so I was worried. I was out there poking around today and saw:

It's hard to see, but it's a little asparagus shoot. I saw signs of life on all of the plants, so I'm thrilled. Also was weeding the strawberries we planted last year and...

I have to say, I'm enjoying this early spring!

 

[trunkman]

isn't it great when everything works out!!

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

that gives me hope for the asparagus i planted a couple of years ago and now we're moving and will have to dig up and take with us. i have to rake off most of my plants this week and see if i can find all the ones i want to take.

 

[vfem]

SPRING!

And I love asparagus but nothing I planted ever came up. Totally bummed, will have to buy more again.

 

[897tgigvib]

I love asparagus too! Nobody around here is growing it. It'd grow in north california, wouldn't it?

 

[hoodat]

They should do quite well in Northern California. I was quite succesful with it in the Ouachita mountain area of Oklahoma where we had cold Winters and very hot Summers. It is very temperature tolerant but needs fertile well drained soil. It is drought tolerant but shouldn't be harvested the next Spring if it has gone through a drought the previous Summer.
A few asparagus tips (no pun intended). Asparagus is a long term crop. It should not be harvested until at least the third year after it is planted to let the roots gain size. That long wait is probably why more people don't plant it or they kill the clump off by harvesting too soon. Never take all the shoots. The clump will need some mature growth to store food for next years crop. A clump can last 20 years or more but if it seems to be thinning out in the center, dig some roots from the edge where they are still young and start a new clump. You can continue to harvest an old clump till it gets weak and the shoots get thin. You can harvest and plant the seed but chances are it will not give you as high a quality plant as a named variety you buy from a seed company. Seeds tend to revert to the wild form which gives you thinner shoots.

 

[897tgigvib]

Thank you hoodat!