vendredi 25 septembre 2015

Tips On How To Plant And Grow Asparagus

By Della Monroe


There are people who loves to plant in their backyards and to harvest their own fruits and vegetables. They usually have it because they want to make sure that the food they eat is safe, less expenses and some of us just really loves to plant. Aside from the fact that it beautify our homes, it actually creates a soothing and relaxing vibe, and it help us connect with nature.

We are into planting more organic food because we want to boost our body nutrients and we are conscious to our health as well. One of the best vegetable that we can possibly plant is the asparagus, because it provides a lot of healthy benefits. It is easy on how to plant and grow asparagus in your place by yourself.

Before we start talking about on planting it, let us learn some important things about asparagus. They are related to onion and garlic and its shoots are the ones can be eaten because when a bud starts blooming it becomes hard. In other countries, there are a lot of ways to eat and to prepare and they are common to restaurants as side dish.

It takes a lot patience because it usually takes 2 to 3 years for it to produce but it can be productive up to 20 to 30 years. Spring season is typically the perfect time for you to start planting an asparagus since the soil can be worked on. Remove all the weeds and start digging the beds for about 2 to 4 inch layer of manure and compost soil.

Have a trench as deep as 6 to 12 inches and check that it has a proper water irrigation because they are not wet kind of plant. Create a mound to be located in the trench and start placing the crowns with several spaces apart, in order for them to grow thoroughly. Cover it with not so much soil just to create another layer and water them properly.

Have a the stem exposed for about 3 to 4 inches when it starts to grow and fill the trench again with soil. Add a layer of mulch of 4 to 8 inch layer once you have filled it and water them everyday. Try trimming down its dead foliage instead of harvesting it in a year.

For the following years, you can harvest them when you noticed that they become more establish and vegetative and the spear is thicker than a pencil. They can be harvested for several weeks once the spears starts to show. After the harvest, allow them to grow again and replenish their nutrients for the next production.

There are two of this type, the white asparagus which are the kind that can grow even with the absence of sunlight and that prevents the chlorophyll from developing. They are sweeter, but it has less fiber. We have this Purple asparagus where it was planted as purple but it turns into green when cooked, and they are thicker but less spears.

In preparing it, just avoid ways that you might lose its nutrients. They can help against cancer which has the ability to neutralize cells that are damage. It has a high of amino acid where it can help people who have kidney problems.




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