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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/24/20 05:52 PM
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Asparagus is not good to dig and transplant from my experience
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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/24/20 07:08 PM
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I haven't transplanted live plants. I bought roots from the farm supply store that looked dead.......planted them and they grew. Some of them.......had to replant a couple times to get it all filled in. I've heard once they're well-established you can't hardly get rid of them.
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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/24/20 07:18 PM
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My buddy has a patch It's about 10 years old and still going strong. He gave me 10 lbs today and I pickled about 7 Lbs.
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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/24/20 07:56 PM
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All is forgiven by dormancy.
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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/24/20 08:06 PM
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It is best to dig them in the spring like stated and make you have alot of dirt with the crowns. Make sure you water them when no rain and if you can get some old manure of cow you put it in the bottom of the hole before you plant the crown and once they are planted the next year let them go and then after that you can cut them the years after. You will not need to move them after Just have to keep the weeds down in the spring to find them for you to cut them. I transplant some some years ago from out around me it grows in the ditches and found some and dig it up in the spring and now that is some years ago and still produce .
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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/24/20 08:56 PM
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I just transplanted a bunch of volunteer asparagus that has been growing in my grapes for the last couple of years. Since they must have been started from seed, I have no idea what variety they are. I have Jersey Knight, Mary Washington, and Purple Passion in my patch so these are probably some combination of these three.
The last couple of years they put up good looking asparagus (never tried it) so I moved them into the asparagus patch. I moved them after the stalks were a few inches long. When I've planted asparagus before it was from dormant roots so I didn't know if this would work or not. The transplants wilted pretty bad the next day and I thought they weren't going to make it but a good soaking brought them back. It's been 2 or 3 weeks and all looks good so far.
I moved them with a root ball the size of my shovel head.
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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/25/20 06:55 AM
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Re: Asparagus Question
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05/25/20 03:15 PM
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That's true beeman, Digging established plants are like digging tree stumps. Yep!! Dug some volunteer plants along the pasture.Will get the backhoe next time. I'd say a couple year maybe three year old plants. Never got them to take a hold. I just mark them now and go around and cut them when ready. I will look for new plants in the fall when they turn golden color. Russ
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