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    Focus on… Asparagus

    May 05, 2020 5 minutes

    ITS specific season and time from starting off until cropping has earned this perennial veg accolades such as ‘luxury’ and ‘gourmet’–but everyone can afford a patch of asparagus on their plot! Let’s look at less costly growing methods, plus some growing techniques that guarantee decadence for us all!

    Patience will be well rewarded

    Don’t let the time needed to wait before your first cut put you off: just get on with it! Once started off, a well-tended bed can last for 20 years. You’ve got two propagation options: open-pollinated or more modern all-male F1 hybrids (see page 16). Open-pollinated seed (which is less vigorous than F1 hybrids, and therefore cheaper) sown direct needs at least three years to bulk up, one-year-old crowns two years, and F1 hybrid modular plants

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