Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
In a typical UK garden, plant out early March to early April, and harvest late March to early June.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Plant out
- early March to early April
- Harvest
- late March to early June
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 40 cm apart, rows 45 cm apart
- Square foot
- 1 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- Grown from plants, sets or crowns
- Ready in
- 395 to 760 days from planting
- Grows to
- 1.5 m
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -25 °C
- Sun
- Full sun
- Crops for
- Several years (perennial)
Growing tip
Don't cut spears for the first year or two, then stop by midsummer so the ferns can feed the crowns.
Neighbours
Other are one crop rotation group. Try not to grow them where any of the family grew in the last two or three years. How crop rotation works
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Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For asparagus, we used:
Grow asparagus with VegLog
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