Asparagus question

If they are that tall then they are certainly getting a lot of energy I'd think.

I planted 2nd year roots 2 months ago and they are only a foot or so tall.

Can you put up a visqueen windbreak on the windward side?

I don't know if wind will hurt the fern stage of asparagus or not.

I put visqueen on the windward side of my strawberries, just so the bed won't dry out so fast.

Jan Zone 3

I use tomato cages to "stake" my asparagus ferns.

Leave them alone. We planted our asparagus last year and the fronds got to be about 5 or 6 feet tall. They stood just fine in all kinds of weather. This year they are about 6+ feet all. A couple of the neighbors asked what the trees were.

My asparagus is in a raised bed on the north side of my garden. At the outside four corners of the bed I have nailed a four foot high 2x2 stick. I run a taught line from stick to stick, basically "fencing" in the tall asparagus stalks. I do this only to keep them from falling on top of the tomatoes and other things in adjacent beds. Otherwise I'd just leave them alone. I cut the old stalks down to the ground in early winter.

J.

to> Hi,

"toonartist" expounded:

Yea, I do. I'm just letting them lay down, it doesn't seem to hurt them, they're lush and green and new fronds are coming up every day.