How To Harvest Asparagus Spears
A quick video to show you how to harvest Asparagus Spears About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features 2021. They will grow on to become tall ferny plants.
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Since asparagus does spread you will need to leave enough space between plants.
How to harvest asparagus spears. Harvest half of the plants as usual from spring to early summer. Asparagus spears continue to grow during summer and into fall. Cut all the spears whatever thickness before the tips start to open up to form ferns.
During this initial harvest year year three plants should only be harvested the first month of optimum. This gives you space for watering fertilizing weeding and. In the third year harvest spears from mid-April for six weeks.
Ferns should be chopped or burned down late in the fall or early in the spring when the ferns are completely brown. Let the other plantsspears grow on. You can harvest from a mature plant older than 3 years for 6 to 8 weeks usually during May and June.
To harvest asparagus simply cut the spears with a sharp knife or scissors at ground level. Asparagus spears can be cut with a knife but it is important to clean the knife between cuts. Cutting with a knife can spread diseases from plant to plant.
New spears and plants have a harvest season of three or four weeks while old crowns might produce spears for as long as eight weeks. Harvest spears whenever they reach eight to ten inches tall and are about half an inch thick. Harvest Twice a Year To extend the harvest plant twice as many plants.
Asparagus is ready to harvest when spears are 6 to 8 inches tall. In warm weather harvest every two to three days for. They will need 2 years before you can actually start to harvest any decent spears but it really is worth the wait.
On the third year you should be able to reap the benefits of your hard work but who has time to wait three years. You can pick asparagus for one to two months stopping once spear growth begins to slow. After harvest fertilize your asparagus in early summer.
If you harvest asparagus during the first year pick only a few spears to allow the remaining spears to grow ferns and provide the plants with adequate energy. Take care not to cut the crown of the plant burried beneath the spear. For subsequent years harvest spears that are about the size of your small finger or larger.
Fertilization weed management and irrigation are important to maintain after harvest. Your asparagus bed should be in a sheltered yet sunny position in your farm in well drained soil that has been well fertilized asparagus is a hungry plant that likes a lot of nutrients. Spears should be harvested at six to 10 inches tall.
Harvesting ends in late June or early July or when growth has slowed considerably. This is when they are most tender but they will become tough and fibrous if you allow them to get much taller. Cornell University suggests leaving 10 to 18 inches 25 to 45 centimeters between plants.
To harvest select individual spears about 18cm 7in tall and cut them 25cm 1in below the soil surface using a sharp knife. The asparagus harvest season is so exciting because youve been waiting several seasons to reach this point. If youre growing asparagus from seeds it will take about three years to harvest asparagus spears.
In subsequent years you can harvest for eight weeks from mid-April. In the third year of growth after planting one year old crowns spears of plants will be ready for asparagus harvesting. Some would advise not cuttingbelow groudn but at groudn level to avoid admaging the crown.
The tips of asparagus spears eventually open up and start to look like ferns. Harvest asparagus by snapping off the green spears at soil level. Leave 4 feet between asparagus rows.
How to Extend the Harvest. Stop harvesting spears when the diameter of the spears decreases to the size of a pencil. Cut stalks off at.
Harvesting Asparagus - heres how Using a sharp knife with a serrated edge you can buy special asparagus knives cut the asparagus cleanly 2- 10cm 1-4 below the ground. Snapping will break spears cleanly at a tender point. When the tips start to open the stems get tougher but thin spears with tight tips still taste delicious Harvest all the spears as they come up for 8 weeks and then stop.
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