Gus has left the building

17 years ago

Ha ha, got my asparaGUS planted today, after a week or more of waiting, first a non working tiller, then lots of heat, I have finally gotten them in.

It doesn't look like it but they are about a foot or so apart. The row is about 30 feet long and it filled the whole row.

I didn't have a lot of fancy material to use, so I used what I had...mushroom compost, soil conditioner and then composted material that I got from the city (it's good mix of animal and tree material, has always proven to be quite rich and nice and well composted).

I covered the row with chicken wire (to keep my furry four legged's out...seems then always find the newly dug soil, guess it makes their "job" easier, less digging? So the chicken wire will deter any diggers, I'll make it more permanent with some garden stakes.

Here are some pics of my not so straight rows...oh and my gus came from Henry fields and having ZERO experience ordering this stuff online or anywhere for that matter, I thought it looked pretty good. And my order of 20, 2year old crowns turned into 24!! cant beat that...not to mention that they were a BOGO.

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Comments (8)

cyrus_gardner
17 years ago
Good work!
That is a lot of asparaGUS, rj.
But from what I hear it will take a long time before you can have asparagus on your dinner plate. But the , patient is a virtue. Maybe next year? or the year after?

But it is fun and exitement to watch things grow and one day you harvest. Anticipation is a form of enjoyment.
Good luck!
heather38
17 years ago
oh wow! thanks for the photos, sometimes its hard for new gardeners like me to envisage what a plant looks like before it becomes the food!! hope that make sence! I like seeing the pictures before and early stages as it helps me, so thank you
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midnightgardener
17 years ago
Good luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: Start a growers diary here
skagit_goat_man_
17 years ago
They look great and you'll surely get paid back well for all your work. If I can make one comment- all that grass next to your row is going to cause you grief in the future. It will compete for water and nutrition and give shelter to pests. I'd suggest keeping 2.5 feet clear on each side of the row. Tom
rjinga
Original Author
17 years ago
Tom, YES, the grass has been a pain in the behind all along. I'm working on killing it off. I will do what I need to keep it at bay. I will have some time to get it sprayed several times before the gus arrives. I'm going to try a product called ornamec which is supposed to be safe to use amongst your plants.
glib
17 years ago
If you plan to refill completely, aren't they too deep?
rjinga
Original Author
17 years ago
I did not fill them in completely. My holes were at least a foot deep to start with, I added the 2 composts and that was maybe 3 or 4 inches? then I added only 2 or 3 at most inches of soil on top (didn't take those pics ;)

That is what I read to do, and as it grows, you continue to fill in around them..

I do have a question though, the plants at the very end of the row didnt have as deep a trench to start with (I didn't think I was going to need that space but with the extra crowns, I had to make room for them!!!

so IF I need to keep adding soil around them as the instructions say, will they ever be ok in more of a mound? when i finished filling the compost and then the 2 or 3 inches of soil they were closer back to ground level then the others.

Just curious
berry-nut
17 years ago
rj
they should be fine at that depth, the one thing that always amazes me is the will of every living thing to fight to survive. Most plants are forgiving. As far as the grass, after the first growing season (in the fall) we mulch with 3 or 4 inches of oat straw. We left some hills uncovered this year and they emerged only 2 days earlier than the mulched ones.
hope this helps
Jake