wdukes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 2008-05-30, Jo <joannaglass@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 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
>
> If you have ferns everywhere, then you should have had asparagus. You
> cannot have a fern without having had a harvestable stalk of asparagus.
> It is only when you stop harvesting do ferns form.
>
> I am confused. Now some stalks do come up very thin, and I just pick
> those and eat them too if they are tender. Are you saying all your
> stalks are too thin?
>
> How deep did you plant them? Some instructions say up to 18 inches
> deep, but some sites said this is not critical and I think I remember
> their tests planted as shallow as 6 inches and did not even put the
> crowns upright but tossed them in and covered them. Those did as well
> as any of the others.
> Did you add plenty of organic matter
> with the soil? How much did you fertilize?
>
I only planted about 6 inches deep. I didn't fertilize very much at all.
I told hubby that we need to put another 6 inches of soil on that back
garden area anyway so perhaps next year will be our year.
:)
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