Asparagus is hailed as the king of vegetables, so how do you grow it?

Asparagus is the young shoot of garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis), a green vegetable with extremely high nutritional value and a crisp, fresh taste, enjoying the reputation of the “king of vegetables”. So, how do you grow asparagus? Let's find out together!

1. Planting preparation

1. Before planting, you need to find out whether your local area is suitable for growing asparagus, and observe whether asparagus can grow well where you live. If the local soil freezes solid in winter, that means it is not feasible. Although asparagus is cold-tolerant, it is very troublesome to grow in places that are very humid in summer and relatively cold in winter.

2. Asparagus can be grown from seed or from crowns. Asparagus takes three years to bear before it produces results, so asparagus is a plant with a very long growth cycle. After sprouting, it still needs to grow for another two years before its roots can be planted into the soil. If you start from crowns, you can go straight to the rooting stage, which means you can plant two years earlier.

3. The germination rate of asparagus seeds is not high, so it is very difficult for us to estimate the survival rate and harvest rate at the beginning. However, once its seeds have grown, they can survive longer than crowns and can produce more tender spears, which is the only way to make it grow more tender spears.

4. Choose a planting site. We need to choose a place where asparagus can be grown for a long time, because asparagus can keep producing tender spears for twenty-five years in a row, so the planting site must be able to exist for the long term, which is the only way to guarantee its growing time. The growing site must have plenty of sunlight, which is the only way to make it grow better.

2. Growing from seed

1. After sowing, wait until seedlings have emerged. Once the seedlings have grown to 30 cm tall, they can be planted out into the seedbed, and then a 7.5 cm hole is dug, which is better for their development.

2. When transplanting to the seedbed, you need to prepare the seedbed first. The first thing is to weed the seedbed, and once you have made sure there are no leftover roots, you can apply fertilizer. Then dig trenches, about thirty cm deep. If you are planting many rows, the spacing should be extended by double or more, and the spacing between plants should be adjusted flexibly according to the number planted.

3. Plant the crowns into the trenches, cover the crowns and roots with soil, water the soil after planting, and then fill the soil back in. When the asparagus starts to grow, you need to add soil over the crowns, continuing for two or three weeks, until the added soil reaches the same height as the trench.

4. The last thing is preventing pests and diseases. Asparagus is very susceptible to certain beetles. The asparagus beetle mainly bites the tender spears of fern plants and lays eggs on them. Once you spot them, you must take measures to wipe them out, so as to prevent them from affecting the yield and quality of the asparagus.

The above is the asparagus growing method compiled for you by the Tuliu website editors. We hope it can help you!