How to Plant Asparagus Crowns
Step-by-step instructions for planting live asparagus roots (crowns) to grow a perennial asparagus patch. These are traditional instructions shared by gardeners for decades.
Makes: 10 plants
Cost: $50.00
Equipment
- 10 Asparagus crowns suited to your growing region
Ingredients
- 1 8x3-foot Garden bed
Instructions
- Water planting area so soil is thoroughly moist.
- Dig planting trenches 15-inches deep and 18-inches apart.
- Refill middle of trench with a 6-inch mound of garden soil combined with compost.
- Sit a crown on the mound with roots aiming down. The neck, where the roots all originate from, is the top.
- Cover crown with soil and gentle tamp down with hands to secure in place.
- Plant all remaining crowns the same way, spacing them 18-inches apart.
- Reserve remaining soil for next step.
- When first shoots appear, cover them with 3-inches of soil.
- Keep area weed-free and water as needed.
Notes
Plant crowns in early spring when ground is workable. If purchased by mail order, the supplier will likely ship them at planting time.
Choose a perennial variety of asparagus known to thrive in your area and hardiness zone.
New shoots (asparagus spears) may appear as early as 1 to 2 weeks.
Each plant will multiply over time, providing many spears.
Many advise not to harvest shoots until the plants are several years old. I have always ignored this and harvest in the first year.
Read the article at How to Plant Asparagus Crowns (empressofdirt.net) for more growing and harvesting tips.
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