Thursday, 24 September 2015

Tips On How To Plant And Grow Asparagus

By Della Monroe


Plants help creates a vibrant appearance and a positive aura to any places. No wonder that there are some who are into planting their own flowers, fruits and vegetables. Here are some common reasons why people would love to plant it can help produce your own food, budget wise, and lessen the tension that a person feels.

One of the most common vegetable that people wants to eat, not because they are just delicious, but they are nutritional are the asparagus. They are organic food that can help boost the nutrients in our body. Here is some tip on how to plant and grow asparagus in an orderly manner.

Asparagus is a kind of spring vegetable and it is closely related to garlic and onion. The shoots are the commonly eaten because when the buds starts to open, it will turn to woody. There are many ways to serve and eat this and it is popular as an appetizer or a 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.

Then the are already growing, try to be more observant because they have a specific time span for them to be harvested. Check if they are more thicker than pencils do and if they look more vegetative than the usual because that is a good sign that they can be harvested by that time. Let them replenish again so that you can have them for the next years of 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 are packed with antioxidants properties, because they have the ability that neutralize damage cells and they are good in fighting cancer as well. It helps people who have urine problems since, It has a lot of amino acid that helps reduce salts. Just make sure when you are preparing or cooking you can preserve its nutrient.




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