Asparagus bed

HI guys got a couple of questions for you good guys.  I have been organizing and marking out where my new polytunnel is going and the beds which will be around it.

Question one:- is I will be having a raised bed for a asparagus bed which is 820mm x 6820mm (2.69ft x 22.37ft) I was wondering how many asparagus crown would be a safe bet to plant in it?

Question two:- The rhubarb bed is 1500mm x 2100mm (4.92ft x 6.88ft) how many would be a safe bet for here? I think I would need to check but I have 7 rhubarb crowns to go in would I be an ok size bed?

Last one:- I'm make an leaf mould cage and was wondering if once I have it set up and running if it would benefit from a couple of layers of seaweed from time to time (I've been adding to my compost bin) or shale I stick to the compost bin and just add leafs?

Thanks guys.


 

After years of trying it the other way, I've now learned that I would rather have LESS but GOOD poduce.

So for the asparagus bed I would go for around 12 crowns all nicely spaced.

The Rhubarb bed should fir 7 in fine, especially if you zig zag them to make most of the space.

For the leafmould. I would say no. Its a different process to compost. Leafmould uses fungus (mould) to break the leaves down where compost uses microganisms and bacteria. Keep the leafmould pure and add the seaweed to the compost, where it will work best.

Hope this helps!

- Gary.