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28 Jul 17 Tony (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi mike as I explained on my last post about transplanting crowns into a new bed, at this stage the once I transplanted are still dormant which I expected it will take I think for next year to get a some spears.The other crowns that we have in the same bed are sprouting through and looking good .By the way I thought asparagus shoot through in spring .Anyway I put lots of horse manure on all of them however I think cow is better .What do you Think? Tony

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31 Jul 17 (Australia - tropical climate)

The transplanted ones will depend on how they were treated last year - whether they were left to build up energy reserves for this year. If you had plenty of spears grow into ferns then they should produce this year. Probably also depends how old the old crowns are. Last year while I was growing mine from 12 mth crowns to 24 mths I use to put about half a cup of fert in 9 L of water and feed them each month - only had 3 crowns. I also put manure/compost on in august. I have crowns that are coming up to 3 years old - that is from when seeds were planted - they have been shooting spears for a few weeks now - I have cut them back and manured and watered them. My seedlings which will be 12 mths old in Sept - I have not cut them back yet or put manure on them yet - will probably do that in about two weeks time. I have not watered them for the last month - they are not growing at the moment. As for manure - chicken is the richest in N followed by cow and then horse manure. I read the other day horse is about 1.75% N. Whatever manure you can get and add some fert if you like. We have had only one week of cool weather so far this winter - that is night temps down to 6-8 degrees.

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