gardening-girl
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Moving Asparagus.Is it possible to move Asparagus?
We planted some first year crowns in April, but now realise that they are in totally the wrong place for next years plans.Seeing as we have such a huge allotment, we may split it, but they aint having the asparagus!
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Mary-Jane
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I'm no expert as I'm only just establishing my very first asparagus bed (from seed), but I would have thought that you can move asparagus. However, perhaps if you do move it you then run the risk of having to re-establish it for a year or two afterwards.
But as I say, I'm no expert. I expect someone will along to give you seom more sound advice soon.
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Treacodactyl
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IIRC you're meant to sow seed, pot up and grow in a nursery bed before moving to a new bed. So, it seems to cope with being moved and I would think you'd be able to move it at two years. I would take as much roots as possible and then treat as one year plants so no picking next year!
I was given some spare one year old plants by a neighbour and I've grown them on in large pots this year so I can plant them out next.
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yummersetter
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if you get the place ready that you're moving it to, and don't shake too much dirt off, I bet it'll hardly realise its moved, after all it'll only be out of the ground for a matter of minutes. I'd do it as soon as the fern dies back and try to prevent root damage.
Compared to the mail order and garden centre stuff which hangs about bare-rooted for weeks, gets stuffed in a box, posted to a totally different part of the country with any kind of soil, it's got every chance.
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Nick
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My plants were all bought as 1 or two year old, and I unpotted them and planted them without much care. They survived. You'll probably knock it back a year and I seem to remember being told asparagus doesn't like being fiddled with, which is why mine are all weed covered. So, mixed messages, but if they're in the wrong place, you can buy some more plants for not much money if you kill them.
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mark
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| yummersetter wrote: | if you get the place ready that you're moving it to, and don't shake too much dirt off, I bet it'll hardly realise its moved, after all it'll only be out of the ground for a matter of minutes. I'd do it as soon as the fern dies back and try to prevent root damage.
Compared to the mail order and garden centre stuff which hangs about bare-rooted for weeks, gets stuffed in a box, posted to a totally different part of the country with any kind of soil, it's got every chance. |
I'm not sure that the first paragraph is true - as they get established asparagus puts out long spindly roots that spread a very long way and often interwine with the next plant - your going to break these when you move it - and this will effectively set you back a bit (and make the plants a bit more vulnerable).
If the plants are in very friable soil you might be lucky and get them out with minimal damage -
I'm not sure on this but my instinct would be to move them while stlll dormant but quite soon before they start growing again in the spring to avoid broken roots left exposed in wet winter ground vulnerable to rot and disease - best to get them in when they are ready to get growing and heal again..
but maybe someone else knows better
Mark
(whose asparagus bed is getting nicely established now and would be very loath to move it unless he moved house!)
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welsh veg grower
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This has been helpful as I am off up to Anglesey next week to pack up our home and move to our new place down here.
I was thinking about moving some of my plants in the polytunnel / garden and the asparagus was one of them so I think I'll give it a go now. Also I had someone down here give me some seeds last week should I just plant them or dry them out first and then plant them???
As they have big roots should I therefore pop them in a deep pot rather than seed trays?
cheers
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gardening-girl
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Thanks for all the tips folks.If the weather is ok at the weekend, I,ll have a try at moving them.
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