continueation of the Asparagus thread

Just received my asparagus roots from Daisy farms. The roots are powder dry, should I soak them in water before planting?

Thanks for any help.

Yes. Here's a down and dirty panting guide...
http://www.gardenguides.com/99997-plant-dormant-perernnial-asparagus-roots.html

I am in NC and Daisy Farms is shipping mine on March 12th, so I should have them on Marth 15th. What variety did you get from them? Do they look like good quality?

I got the Jersey Knight, bundled 25 roots to the bundle.long roots but very dry. I don't know anything about asparagus plants so I can' really comment on quality.
They will be planted next week so soon as I see them sprout I'll post a few pics..

Thanks for the link, that is what I needed to know..

Sounds good. I ordered 50 Jersey Giant crowns from them. I plan on planting mine within 2 days of receiving them. The guy I ordered from on the phone said to put them in the refrigerator until I plant them so they stay dormant. Did they come with any planting instructions? I have read a lot of info online about planting and most all of it is about the same. I am going to put down some triple superphosphate in my trenches before I plant them. This is suppose to really help them. I would love to see some pics. Good luck.

No instructions included.....thanks for the fridge tip.
I am useing a modified Mel's mix to plant mine in. My spacing will be closer than the 18" recommended, we'll see how that works.

I am planting mine 12 inches apart and my two rows will be 4 feet apart. I have read anywhere from 12 to 20 inches apart for the crowns and 4 to 5 feet apart for the rows. Here is another link that might help
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8002.html

looks like I may need to rethink the row spacing for my raised bed.

Thanks for the link..

Any update? Did you get them planted and have they come up yet?

not sure about his but mine are popping. It's actually pretty funny. I walked out 2 days ago and was checking them. One was peeking but nothing special. today it was already 14 inches and thick. I saw 3 more popping today but nothing special yet. this is my 3rd year on the patch.

also my rhubarb has a couple 4 sprouts popping also. its the same age

Sorry I haven't posted back..

I did get them planted, raised bed 4' wide and 40' long 50 plants total in the bed.
As of Monday afternoon they have not started to sprout yet.

Enjoyed my first pick this weekend, abou3 3 weeks early.

Atlanta area. I made my second cutting this week. Thanks to the Global Warming, I'm almost a month ahead of schedule and loving it (especially with Hollandaise Sauce ).
Every spring I spread MOOnure along the rows and cut the stalks off in the winter. Otherwise I don’t do any maintenance and it just gets better every year.

For an extra special treat, try growing Spargel (white asparagus). This can be any type of asparagus. As soon as a shoot breaks through the ground, cover it with a tall clay flower pot (stick tin foil in the drain hole). You can use any other light proof covering. The stalk will continue to grow. But with no sunlight, it won’t develop Chlorophyll. It will stay white with a mild,mellow flavor. Harvest it like normal and enjoy.

I just checked the new plantings and I have small (about 2" high) shoots on several of the roots.........time to add some more Mel's mix

Mine are coming up now. Should have enough for a meal in a day or two if it stays warm.

I ordered mine yesterday, and asked them to hold them two weeks. Hopefully they'll arrive about the right time for planting.

The daisy farms guys seemed nice.

really nice folks.

Mine are up about 10", I just put more mix in the bed, been raining every day and today was the 1st nice day so I went ahead and added the mix, I hope I didn't screw up.

I was thinking about mulching my bed with pine straw, is there any reason why I should not do this?

I see no reason why pinestraw would not work fine, especially if you have access to that clean long leaf pinestraw in your area. I just planted some new young asparagus plants yesterday so I need to mulch some as well. Next pinestraw load I get for the landscape will include some for the garden as well.

Pine straw will make your soil more acidic, if your looking for that then use the pinestraw as mulch

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