Harvesting asparagus, getting more from your plants & saving seeds..

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This is the first year we have been able to do a proper harvest of our asparagus.. Thought I'd show you how we stretch the harvest to make the most of these tasty plants, including a cheeky way you can pinch a small early harvest from your plants before they mature ;-) Asparagus are also really easy to save seeds from.. Have saved a fair few so we can have a go at starting off some more crowns for another bed.. Planting out asparagus crowns in a wicking bed, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxsjpHwxoys&index=10&list=PLBcWprMIwYYgrkh5fvztf7uHp4-W2-PTJ You can also find Bits Out the Back on Facebook, Instagram & G+ where we post mini updates on the aquaponics/aquaculture, chooks, worms, wicking bed gardens & other small tidbits.. www.facebook.com/Bitsouttheback www.instagram.com/bits_out_the_back http://plus.google.com/u/0/+RobBob/posts To subscribe to us at Bits Out the Back click below http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=bnbob01 Have a great one everyone...

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my asparagus are tiny like needles, don't know why :-(

I'm in zone 8a, how do I protect my asparagus beds in the winter? Should I cut down the ferns?

should i pull off the berries then to give the plant more energy for next year?

Dear Rob, Do you think asparagus will do well in a tropical environment ?

Dear Rob, Have you ever grown white asparagus and would you consider doing it as an experiment?

Top video cheers mate put my first crop of asparagus in the other day just have to wait a couple of years

great Video I will try to follow you

thank you for the info on the toxic berries. It's my first year growing asparagus and I'm pretty sure that my "berry curious" wife surely would have eaten them.

Nice videos . I found an asparagus in my garden don't know how it got there because it used to be a sandbox for my children , it is violett after some research i found this
"Particularly esteemed is the Violet Asparagus of Albenga less productive that the others but unique in the World; the Turions are bigger and have a characteristic violet deep color that gradually shades off near the base but it’s above all on the table that this variety brings exclusive accomplishments. It’s soft and buttery (it hasn’t got the fibrousness of his colleagues) delicate and it tendentially tastes sweeter and it’s got a less strong smell."
I am very happy that it is a female because i have not been able to find small plants here , so i collected seeds and have now 10 plants :D .

I just planted my asparagus in my patch and can't wait to see the fern and next year the harvest !

Thanks for the update

Hi, I purchased a 3 yr old male asparagus crown 2 weeks ago and in the very first week I was able to harvest a a couple spears from its crown already ( Mary Washington is the name). I am wondering if that was a wise idea for me to do that or may be I should have waited for the crown to establish. Thank you. I like your video.

Well I bet I watched about 10 asparagus video's today. Your's was by far the best! Thanks it was very informative wish I would have come here first!

Hi i am a novice i planted 11 4 year crowns last spring they had ferns all winter, its now march and any advise o things to do now , many thanks

Hiya Rob... Does it really take 2 years before I can eat any produce from Asparagus..?

Didn't know you could eat the baby offshoots!! Will try that on some of mine this year :)

I know this is probably a really dumb question, but here goes:If there are male and female plants, that must mean you need both for seeds to be produced? I would also suppose that the males and females need to be in close proximity to each other?My bird-planted asparagus plant (The bird "planted" only one seed that took) must be a female, since there are little bell-like flowers when the ferns mature, but never any berries that contain seeds. I think this plant is a Jersey Giant because of the thickness and large growth of the spears and plant that gets huge. I don't know how many other giant asparagus varieties grow in the state. I think there are places one can get male-only plants.I have another question: To save the energy of the female plants, can the flowers be removed as they are produced?Thank you and thank you for making the videos and showing them on YouTube.

Have you given any thought to growing them in aquaponic systems? Do you think it would work?

I live in the southern suburbs of Sydney. I believe our climate may be too humid to grow asparagus. What do you think Rob? We love asparagus and buy it several times a week in spring. I got it for $1 a bunch last week.

Good work, thanks mate

Aloha cuz by chance do you know on line wheres a good place to buy asparagus crown not tne seeds but I need to plant the 2 or 3 year crown so I no need wait tolong to start harvesting mahalo fo the help mate lol lol