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24 Jul 20, SueEllen LePage (Australia - temperate climate)

I am currently growing white asparagus and the plants are in their 3rd year. It is winter and the asparagus is giving me some large spears that I have harvested and eaten. I am leaving the smaller spears. Now that the smaller spears are growing into ferns, should I continue to cut the larger spears or should I leave them all to grow? Also I always thought asparagus was a spring crop, why am I getting such a crop?

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27 Jul 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Why a crop this time of year, probably because you have kept watering them. I did that establishing my asparagus the first two years. I'm sub-tropical and I stop watering mine the end of April, just the odd watering, not heavy, we have had very little rain since mid March. I actually cut my ferns yesterday, will not fertilise, compost and water until the end of August. I only eat my asparagus for about 5 weeks last year in the spring. But I cut my ferns off in Jan and had about 3-4 weeks of spears before letting them fern again. If the crown is biggish 9-12

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06 Aug 20, Diane (Australia - tropical climate)

Hi i have just moved to Gladstone and i have always tried to grow Asparagus however i am never in a place long enough to eat any of it. i was told to wait until the ferns have gone yellow before you cut them down is this a fact or fiction. thanks

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24 Jun 20, Alice (Australia - temperate climate)

I have bought some asparagus crowns and grew them yesterday, should I take them out and leave them until August?

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25 Jun 20, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

You could take them out of the soil. If you leave in the soil don't water them much. They won't start sending up spears until August-Sept.

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21 Jun 20, Maggie (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

I have just purchased some asparagus crowns and read that it is best to wait until at least August/ September to plant them. Should I keep the crowns moist in the meantime or let them dry out?

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22 Jun 20, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

When you bought them they should have been dry, leave them the way they are. They are in a dormancy state over winter. A tip, don't buy things until it is time to plant.

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16 Jun 20, Deidre Girdler (Australia - temperate climate)

Have just purchased 4 crowns of asparagus They have very long roots Should I trim before planting?

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19 Jun 20, Anonymous (Australia - temperate climate)

Trim back to about 200mm long. Read up how to plant them and don't plant until August..

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19 May 20, Helen (Australia - temperate climate)

I bedded my 4 year old crowns down for winter, ie, cut back fronds, fed, remulched - and now I have at least 2 new spears per head. Should I just let them go to frond and cut back in mid June ..... or can I harvest and eat them (preferred option of course .... but a healthy plant is a better one ). Thanks for any advice. Helen.

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