The seeds were all planted in containers with 11-15 seeds per container. The germination rate was terrific; I think I only had 3 seeds not germinate. These are the pots before I separated the crowns.
The crowns were intermingled so when I separated them I broke them apart from the bottom and then shook the entire bunch to shake off the dirt and loosen them all up. I didn’t separate the crowns until I was ready to put them in the ground.
At my grandparents I planted a 5’x7’ plot. This is a picture of the area after I dug it up and then dug these 4 trenches.
At the bottom of each trench I spread a 5 gallon bucket of well composted horse manure.
The crowns were all spaced out and slightly covered up before I fully covered them up. The plants were placed approximately 12”x18” apart. For regular spacing this is much too close together but I didn’t want to have to dig up a bunch of their yard. This also means there will be enough even if I lose a couple to the winter.
After they were all planted and the soil leveled I put a couple more buckets of manure on top of everything and then mulched with a couple inches of leaves.
The asparagus that was planted at the field didn’t get the same quality treatment. Because the field is such heavy clay and we have had rain for the last 2 weeks it’s a nice heavy muddy soil. That asparagus was planted in the former potato rows that I dug up yesterday as well. This will be elaborated on later. The rows were planted 18”x 28” apart. I used my hoe to dig a very shallow trench down the middle of each row. I planted the crowns and packed them with some nice sticky mud. I then covered each row with a couple inches of leaves. There is still one row that I have to finish today. Over all I have about 100’ of asparagus planted at the field.
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