We planted male Asparagus crowns last spring. They are really quite easy to plant. The site needs a bit of preparation, you dig a trench, work in compost and organic matter, make small mounds for each individual crown and carefully fill in around the roots. It is a very similar procedure to planting strawberry crowns. The hardest part about growing asparagus is the wait. The first year you cannot harvest the spears. There is some debate as to whether you can harvest any the second year, some say you can for the first couple of weeks and others say not until the third year. I think we'll wait until the third year to be on the safe side. We should have lots of greens growing in our cold frames to keep us from snagging any spears. Weeds can be a problem with asparagus so it's important to keep on top of the weeding. If we take good care of our Asparagus bed we should have asparagus welcoming us into spring for years to come.
You can learn more from this Mother Earth News online article right here- Growing Asparagus.
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