Central Florida Asparagus

9 years ago

Working on reclaiming our asparagus patch which was sort of ignored and allowed to invade with weeds and sprouts from surrounding oak tree stumps the past year or so. Spread some Black Cow, Espoma, 10-10-10 and weeded the area too. Even gave them a hit of Miracle Grow after watering well. Don't like to use the chemical fertilizers much, but asparagus loves nitrogen. This is YEAR 9 for this patch which I think is pretty cool. Wasn't sure we could grow it here at all. The growth you see is what developed after I mowed and weed wacked everything to ground level about a month ago. Got some baby seedlings in there too I see, even though what we planted was supposed to be all male. Nope, we get seeds

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carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
9 years ago
More envy! Now I wish I lived in Clermont instead the suburban gulf coast...
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9 years ago
Oh, WOW, didn't know you could grow it here. I live in Brooksville, I want to do it, too now. Is it true you have to wait 2 years to get any asparagus??
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Laura F (z9FL)
9 years ago
my father grew asparagus in Land O' Lakes but weeds were a constant problem. they should grow for you rita.
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9 years ago
I would say 2-3 years from crowns, 3+ years from seeds. One of the issues here is that we do not get a freeze to kill the plants and then simultaneous Spring regrowth to harvest. Instead it is more sporadic and I would say to put in more plants than you do in the North to allow enough to harvest in that sporadic way. My advice: with hold water in late Fall and Winter and cut the plants to the ground in December. Around late January to February start pouring on the water to encourage shoots to come up. A patch can last for many, many years with care in the North. My patch started with baby plants I brought from Pennsylvania.