Asparagus don’t like ‘wet feet’ so a raised bed would work well. I have mine in a raised bed, but my old patch was in the ground.
Why would you need to re-plant them if you’re building a bed for them?
You may run out of time, this year. Asparagus crowns are selling out all over the place. Can you make the bed this season, then plant them in the fall (if you can find them) or next spring?
If you already have the crowns on hand, keep them in your veggie drawer to keep them dormant until you can plant them. But don’t wait too long!
I just got the crowns today in the mail.
They are going in the ground in NH but we need to make the bed and I was thinking of just getting them in the ground and covered up so they don’t dry out and die.
Because our garden there tends to get run off from the hill to the east, parts of it can be wet.
For the potatoes, I did the mulching method. And we have old leaves lying round everywhere. Plus the previous owner left composted manure, and I do hear from mr. mm, a pile of mulch and wood ships.
I was wondering how doing the composting method for asparagus would work.
Maybe just a few inches of soil in the bed and then mulching the heck out of it.
If I keep them in the veggie drawer, should I wrap them in a damp paper towel?
I got the asparagus in.
The previous owner left us with a nice pile of well rotted maure so I got the bed prepared and planted the asparagus. We do need to put the sides up, but at least the asparagus is in the ground.
Today was pretty cool out but for working at something like that, it was the perfect temperature.