Asparagus advice
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04/19/22 03:58 PM
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We planted two year crowns last year and let them grow with zero harvest.
Asparagus is doing very well this year, but I know this is the first year for harvest.
How much can I harvest? When should I stop harvesting?
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Re: Asparagus advice
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By rock salt do you mean magnesium sulphate? Epsom salt? Just curious.
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Re: Asparagus advice
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That sounds so weird. I will go look up salt and asparagus.
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Re: Asparagus advice
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Put rock salt around the plants, they like salty conditions. My son did that and now the second year he has more than he can handle. He started with some roots from my mother's plants. That's impossible to have too much. Always a friend who wants some.
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Re: Asparagus advice
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Articles I have read state salt around the plant was an old practice used to prevent annual weeds. It has no benefit to the asparagus other than eliminating annual weed competition.
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Re: Asparagus advice
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Interesting. I have heard of people using epsom salts or sul-po-mag to correct deficiencies but usually in very small amounts. Never heard of using salt as an herbicide. Asparagus must be pretty sodium tolerant.
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Re: Asparagus advice
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Articles I have read state salt around the plant was an old practice used to prevent annual weeds. It has no benefit to the asparagus other than eliminating annual weed competition. Correct,use 10-10-10 they are heavy feeders.
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Re: Asparagus advice
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Articles I have read state salt around the plant was an old practice used to prevent annual weeds. It has no benefit to the asparagus other than eliminating annual weed competition. That sounds right cause salt kills just about everything. I accidently spilled some solar salt from my water softener on the ground. Nothing grew there for years.
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