So how did you prepare the bed before planting the crowns? What amendments/source of nutrients? Did you mulch it well in the fall? Feed it again since planting? Keep it well watered? Gus requires regular feedings at least 3x times a year, well amended soil with compost and/or manured compost, and to be kept well and regularly watered. Especially so until the crowns are well established.

It isn't a crop you can just stick in the ground and depend on it to take care of itself.

Dave

I got out one of my gardening booklets It says aspaargus 12 wide 15 deep hole for planting ....So I took it up and redug the hole and filled in with lots of shredded leaves and prob some manure in there too. For at least the one plant that hadnt bloomed etc... that was late yesterday and it rained lots since then.....

I marked where they were the plants but I dont see much activity, Prob was close to a dozen "plant roots" some smaller than others...

Now what about the skinny two that are visible?

thanks yall

For the two shoots that are visible - Let them grow this year without harvesting. This will allow them to photosynthesize, giving the roots more strength and energy for next year. Then next year only harvest spears that are larger than a pencil. I would not stress over the other roots that you planted that havent produced yet. If you do not have any sign of life from them next year, adjust your planting technique and try again. They may have needed a longer soaking before planting out. Although, I have never had much luck from the dried bagged roots from WMart or TSC.

Yes, best luck would probably be ordering from a reputable mail-order nursery (where the plants won't have been stored long term in unfavorable warm dry conditions).