wdukes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On 2008-05-27, Jo <joannaglass@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> wdukes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>> On 2008-05-08, Jo <joannaglass@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> I wanted to see how everyone is doing with their gardens this year. I
>>>> haven't posted in awhile. I have managed to get my garden in this
year.
>>>> It is all organic and doing very well, thanks to rain barrels, well
rain
>>>> barrels and one HUGE one I had made that is 300+ gallons.
>>>>
>>>> So who is gardening this year?
>>>>
>>>> Jo
>>> Beans blue lake pole, 14 tomatoes, peppers, cukes, okra, eggplant.
Got
>>> great asparagus this is the 5 th year since we started harvesting the
>>> year our daughter got married. Also sugar peas and onions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I haven't had luck with my asparagus yet. I planted the crowns two
years
>> ago and it doesn't seem to do well enough to harvest. I am not sure
what
>> I am doing wrong.
>>
>> We sound like we have similar gardens, with the exception of tomato
>> plants. I have too many, all organic too. :)
>>
>> Any suggestions on the aspargus?
>>
>> Jo
>
> Tell me how you planted it. You need some prep, but it is forgiving. I
> searched the web and found several ag school sites that had good (and
> varying) info.
>
> The first year you should not harvest, but
> let the stalks grow to ferns. I sup****t mine with 3 runs of wire on
> each side and at the ends. The second year maybe 2-4 weeks of
> harvesting then let the ferns grow. But last year's drought may have
> been a factor. I watered some because they are in partially raised
> beds.
>
I put them in a back bed in my yard in the center, dug out a small area
and put in manure, then some soil put in crowns them soil again and then
let them go. That is probably where I made the mistake, although this is
year two and there are ferns everywhere. I will have to get the lime and
I didn't think about sup****t. I had never grown it before so it was me
just flying by the seat of my gardening pants to try something new.
Jo
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