Asparagus help please.

I'm not a veggie gardener but I love asparagus so this year (now I have time) I bought some asparagus seed. 200 of them. About 75% germination rate and I've just started planting out to the bed. Help! What do I do for the next 3 years or so? Feeding, using, thinning. Any advice will be gratefully received because I don't know the first thing about it (apart from it has a very good germination rate).:D

 

John, why didn`t you just go to Wilkos and buy some roots? They are only a couple of quid for 3. And you would have a little picking off them next year.:D:thumb:

 

David. I grow everything that I can from seed. a couple of quid for 3? I spent a quid and I have 150 of them, and loads of space. I want advice on growing them not on economics.:D

 

John, you think you are going to be cropping in 3 years? Expect to crop in 5. When they are ready to plant out. dig a trench about 2ft wide and about 18" deep. In this trench place a load of well rotted manure. Form the manure into a mound the length of the trench. Spread the Asparagus roots out on top of this mound, spacing them about 2ft apart, and cover with about 6" of soil. You need to keep the bed weeded as they don`t like competition. No need to feed just mulch the bed with manure every autumn. :thumb:

 

Thanks David I'll try to live that long.

 

John, when I had an allotment, I decided to grow Asparagus from seed. I nurtered it for four and a half years, Then, the year I would have harvested it, I changed plots.:D

 

I promise not to sell the house for at least 6 years. (Who the hell would buy it?):p

 

An Asparagus farmer?:p

 

In a falling market? (We're back on economics). I wouldn't sell at the moment I'll wait for the next bull. (I only pretend to be stupid actually I'm only half daft.)

 

You are not as green as you`re cabbage looking. As we say in Wales.:D

 

I bought 10 roots and have eaten the first few spears this year (planted last year) ... loverly
Of course, I am a LOT older than John so needed speedier results :D:D:D

 

I intend to live forever or die in the attempt Sam.:D