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    Nov 23, 2021 3 minutes

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    ASPARAGUS FROM SEED

    I grew the asparagus from seed and have some healthy fern stems growing in one of my raised beds. Can you advise on what I do next?

    Steve Watkin, Wingate

    There is not too much to do at this stage. Simply keep the plants weed free and once they die down remove old growth and give them a light mulch with some well-rotted garden compost, leafmould or manure and repeat this each year. The mulch can be thicker as time goes on and the plants establish and

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