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18 Apr 11, Jenny Graham (Australia - temperate climate)

I have a bed at the back of our house facing sort of west. It gets midday to evening sun in the summer but virtually no direct sun in the winter. I have successfully grown summer cropping vegies here before but have moved them to a much bigger full sun patch. I am wondering if the summer sun/winter shade patch could be used as a permanent asparagus bed or do they need all year round sun.

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22 Mar 11, alverna (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi all, I am in Perth, WA. I have been given some Asparagus plants in pots, I think they are 1 to 2 year old crowns. My question is, do I plant directly into the ground, or do I shake all the soil off and just bare plant them?. Thanks, Alverna.

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20 Dec 10, jay (Australia - temperate climate)

thinking of starting some yummy asparagus in my garden for a family of 7. we are in south tasmainia and not shore if to cold,am i temperate or cold mountain.do all types of asparagus need the same conditions.would like to go for all three.thanks much

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22 Nov 10, azdog (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Cow manure is better in the sense of having the seeds broken down, but as everything has been processed several times, the 'goodness' in the manure is depleted somewhat. I use Sheep manure, as it is in handy pellet form, and also I compost chicken and Rabbit manure which breaks down nicely

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19 Oct 10, Tim (Australia - temperate climate)

My asparagus is coming into it's second spring after planting (crowns) and producing nice thick spears. I was planning on leaving the first few spears un harvested but just discovered that on one plant a spear that was about 80cm or so tall was broken in half (by fast running cats...) I've happily eaten the part that broke off but wondering if it's worth leaving the second half in the ground - will it still form fronds fronds etc or am I better off just cutting it out. It's the only spear that plant has at the moment and I already harvested one from it and I'm worried about removing too much. Anyone have any idea if it will still form fronds from the bottom half?

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15 Dec 10, Trevor (Australia - temperate climate)

Yes Tim it will grow fronds from the lower half of the stem, as the same thing happened to me, good luck with the cats,

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09 Oct 10, pete - north brisbane (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

i planted my asparagus about 4 years ago. it has not really performed well at all. it is well fed with rotted horse manure every year, and i cut the fronds back in late winter. this year about half the crowns died. would they have died because i cut them back or is it as i suspect just too warm here for asparagus? any advice welcomed

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29 Sep 10, Glenn Tanti (Australia - temperate climate)

hello il like to more how to grow Asparagus pls thanks

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15 Jul 10, peter (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Seeing as asparagus takes so long to be ready to harvest, can any one give a guide as to how much room to devote to them? We need enough for two. Any ideas?

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11 Jun 11, Margaret (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Dear Peter, we live in Piccadilly in the cool Adelaide Hills (a bit like Tassie weather in winter) and have enjoyed the produce from the same asparagus bed for 31 years feeding our family of 6 (now only 2 members still here). Over the years we have removed parts of some of the 6 original crowns in a bed about 1 metre by half a metre, and the asparagus spears keep coming up. However, raspberry canes are beginning to infest the bed, so I am about to start another asparagus bed elsewhere in the garden. Good luck with yours!

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