2 Year Old Asparagus Crowns For Sale

Starting asparagus plantings with one year old crowns is still the easiest and most popular method used by eastern and midwestern u s.

2 year old asparagus crowns for sale. Plant healthy certified 1 year old crowns. Planting at the right depth is important. Then again i have over 3 000 plants and sell commercially so cost is more of a factor for me. An alternative to purchasing commercial asparagus crowns is to grow your own crowns from seed.

Several to many stiffly upright stems to 2 feet or more densely clothed with needlelike deep green leaves that give the plant a fluffy look. Research has shown that using one year old crowns is more economical and higher yielding than using two and three year old crowns. May be sold as asparagus meyeri or asparagus myersii. You can start asparagus from seed or from one year old roots called crowns crowns grow vertically and horizontally.

Never use 2 or 3 year old crowns. How is asparagus started. The fat stemmed types with which we are more. Forms a 3 to 4 feet wide clump.

Then you can add delicious asparagus dishes to your family s. Choose its spot in the garden carefully. Frankly i really don t think the gain of a 3rd year crown would be significant. An asparagus plant can last 15 years.

A little less hardy than sprengeri. Judging from illustrations in old herbals the asparagus of the past was rather gawkish tall and narrow very similar in appearance to wild asparagus. I get excellent 2 year crowns of jersey knight from debruyn seed out of mich at 100 26 95. Crowns are the one year old roots of asparagus typically sold in nurseries and garden centers.

Two year old crowns appear to suffer greater transplant shock. But five years later i transplanted some ten year old crowns from a neighbor s garden and when spring. Although asparagus can be grown from seed it is difficult time consuming and. Good soil moisture is important at planting for good root and fern growth.