[leemap]

help?
last yr i order asparagus, id forgot id never garden before last yr and ordered in madness. :oops:
its arrived ive got 10 plants and the only space i can put in in a sml 4 x 4 bed. how many plants will i get in (the rest i can give to someone).

my plot is in lincolnshire is it too cold too early to put in any tips would be welcome.
thanks paula :roll:

[Stevens706]

Hi leemap

I am thinking about asparagus, but haven’t made my mind up yet, the books recommend 45cm (18in) between plants and 30cm (12in) between rows

hope this helps

[beansticks]

Hi ,i have just planted 10 crowns in a bed 5ft x 12ft. I planted 2 rows of 5,each 18" apart in rows 3ft apart.You may get away with 5 plants spaced like this.
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Allow 3ft between plants and 2 ft between rows.Dont know if this will solve your problem.Remember you need to trench them

[beansticks]

The asterisks have not come out as i intended,they should have looked like a union jack.

[digital_biscuit]

Hey, i have 5 plants in a 4x4 plot. one in each corner and then one in the middle!

[leemap]

Hi ,i have just planted 10 crowns in a bed 5ft x 12ft. I planted 2 rows of 5,each 18" apart in rows 3ft apart.You may get away with 5 plants spaced like this.
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Allow 3ft between plants and 2 ft between rows.Dont know if this will solve your problem.Remember you need to trench them

thanks for your help i better go and look up trenching-its new to me

[leemap]

Hey, i have 5 plants in a 4x4 plot. one in each corner and then one in the middle!

thanks for that they take up alot more space than i thought-greedy- and they have to stay there for a year maybe i wont get them again....wonder if i say that when i taste them ha ha

[beansticks]

Hi ,asparagus is a perennial plant and will live for upto 20 years

[leemap]

Hi ,asparagus is a perennial plant and will live for upto 20 years

great bit like a child but they dont cost so much. do they stay in the same bed for 20yrs or is that a really stupid question

[DD.]

Don't move them!!!

[DD.]

Don't move them!!!

[leemap]

Don't move them!!!

  thanlsi wont move them, i put them in after reading about trenching.... so as they say ive put them to bed.....................hurray. cant wait to taste them and see them growing.
thanks

[Trillium]

Ours are spaced about a foot apart all around in the best soil we could make for them and they do fine. We  just don't walk on the asparagus bed at all which is where the real problems start. In a 4x4 bed, you can squeeze them in a bit tighter and have access on all 4 sides for easy picking.