[Augie]

How far apart are your asparagus plants , without crowding them, and yet allowing them to spread ?

Two feet between crowns in the row has worked well for me over the years. It looks a terrible waste of space when you're building the bed, but I've never had to dig a bed out to relieve over-crowding.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Augie :" It looks a terrible waste of space when you're building the bed, but I've never had to dig a bed out to relieve over-crowding."

Personally , I like a garden made in wide rows, 2- 3 feet wide , depending on space available.
Asparagus is considered a perennial in most areas .
I wonder if staggered wide rows would work satisfactorily such as (X = plant; - = a 2-3 foot space ):

X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X
--X---X---X---X---X---X---X--
X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X

or might it be too crowded ?
Any experience in wide rows for perennials ?