Growing Great Asparagus

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I bought aq place that I will move into in 3 years This next
spring I will plant asparagus patch. The last one i did was 22
years ago. I got manure from the chicken coop dug down 30 inches
covered the ground with about 6 inches of manure then sand 6 inches
deep then my plants. I covered them with soil I had tilled with
straw and grass clipping. I did this in March I had some small
sprouts in 45 days and did not cut them. The next year I ate
asparagu all year until the it frosted I did leave a small row in
the middle of the patch untouched all summer long and have done so
each year. My patch is 3ft wide 18 ft. wide. with raspberries on
one side blackberries on the other. 4 ft from each patch
Montana.

seaweed is the thing!last year i sowed asparagus seed, and
pricked out the seedlings as soon as they were large enough. after
lifting my first early potatoes that had been grown on seaweed i
planted out the asparagus and top dressed with more seaweed. this
year many of the plants had over 2 doz. shoots. i did not cut any
until the severe frost warning. i thought that it would be no worse
for the plants to have spears cut as to have them frosted. all the
shoots were at least as thick as a fountain pen. there seemed no
difference between the five varieties. i have again added seaweed,
and expect to have all the asparagus that i can eat next
year.

To answer BW's post of June 26 2006, you have grown female
plants which will not producw the desired edible spears. You need
to obtain male crowns from your garden centre, or if you grew them
from seed then remove a couple of the female plants and plant more
seeds, in the hope there will be male plants among them. This is a
bit of a hit and miss method unfortunately.

I have been growing Asparagus for almost three years , and have
gotten only 5 Asparagus. The plants have red berries and I can't
find out what to do with the berries, so I just leave them alone. I
need HELPwhat am I doing wrong ?