Thursday, September 24, 2015

Tips On How To Plant And Grow Asparagus

By Della Monroe


There are people who loves to plant in their backyards and to harvest their own fruits and vegetables. They usually have it because they want to make sure that the food they eat is safe, less expenses and some of us just really loves to plant. Aside from the fact that it beautify our homes, it actually creates a soothing and relaxing vibe, and it help us connect with nature.

We are into organic living because we believe in a traditional way of healing and soothing our self. Asparagus is one the best vegetable in which you can get a lot of benefit and can be planted in your own houses. You do not need worry on how to plant and grow asparagus because there are easy guides for it.

Before we start talking about on planting it, let us learn some important things about asparagus. They are related to onion and garlic and its shoots are the ones can be eaten because when a bud starts blooming it becomes hard. In other countries, there are a lot of ways to eat and to prepare and they are common to restaurants as side dish.

It takes about 2 to 3 years for them to produce and be harvested but it can be useful about 20 to 30 years. You can plant it during spring season because of its climate and the soil is perfect for planting as well. Create a layer of 2 to 4 inches into any kind of soil which is good for planting and clear their beds from weeds.

Just check and have a good water system and make 6 inch trench where it is 6 to 12 inches deep. Have a mound inside the trench and start putting the crowns, wherein they are apart of about 15 to 18 inches. Once this was finish, try covering them with soil as a deep two inches and start watering them.

When they are starting to grow, make sure that you fill the trench with soil leaving 3 to 4 inches of the stem to be exposed. By the time that the trench is filled try to add a 4 to 8 inch layer of mulch and water them regularly. Do not harvest it when you reach its first year instead, try cutting down dead foliage.

For the following years, you can harvest them when you noticed that they become more establish and vegetative and the spear is thicker than a pencil. They can be harvested for several weeks once the spears starts to show. After the harvest, allow them to grow again and replenish their nutrients for the next production.

You have the white asparagus, can even grow without so much sunlight and they are delicate, it has fewer fiber composition but it is much sweeter. The other one is the purple asparagus, it is originally purple but once cooked it turns into color green and they have fewer spears. This are its common classification to help you in identifying the one you will be needing.

They provide a lot of nutritional effects in our body that can help fight cancer because it replenishes tarnish cells. Helps cure urine problem because of its amount of amino acid. So in preparing it, just make sure that you are maintaining its nutrients.




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