Autumn planting Collection comprises:

• Asparagus Ariane Guelph Crowns
• Asparagus Millennium Crowns
• Asparagus Pacific 2000 Crowns
• Asparagus Purple Pacific Crowns

Asparagus have a number of pests, serious diseases and even strong winds can cause the aparagus roots to be exposed and rot.

• Violet Root Rot - Serious asparagus disease
• Asparagus Bettle - Attacks stem and foliage
• Spindly Spears - Lack of feed
• Slugs - Gnaw on Spears
• Frost - Shoots turn black
• Rust - Leaves have Reddish Brown Spots
• Wind Rock - Rooting caused by exposed roots

Fresh home grown asparagus spears are way better than the soggy spears available from the supermarket.

Spring planting collections comprises:

• Asparagus Connover’s Colossal  Crowns
• Asparagus Thielim Crowns
• Asparagus Pacific 2000 Crowns
• Asparagus Purple Pacific Crowns

Asparagus crowns can be planted in the Autumn or Spring.

Asparagus should be planted in a sunny sheltered location.

It is essential that the soil is free draining to help reduce rotting.

Add well rotted manure in Autumn and add fertilizer in March.

Asparagus has a sort harvest period normally 6-8 weeks covering late April to early June.

Typically asparagus is brought as crowns instead of seeds because of the time it takes to be able to crop spears from plants grown from seeds.

If you have the patient then buying some asparagus crowns enables a crop next year, while sowing seeds will provide a crop after two - three years.