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  • From: Gloria Morris <gloriamorris59 AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Garden questions
  • Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:08:17 -0600

Bev,

Though I'm a lapsed Master Gardener, I've never grown asparagus from seed, so this is just from reading. Take it with a grain of salt!!!

Supposedly, asparagus can be transplanted to its permanent bed when it is at least 6 inches tall. Here's what I found on an Extension site, which may be of some help:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-2-a.html

If you have them growing extremely close together in a flat now, you may want to thin them, or else attempt a transplant of the thinned ones now (accepting some losses in an effort to save them rather than intentionally kill them with thinning). That will reduce the transplant shock later as the roots will have the ability to grow larger without competition and without becoming severely entangled with their neighbors. Transplant shock can be reduced or eliminated if you do not have to brutalize the roots at time of transplant - separating entangled roots is rough on many species of plants.

Gloria

On 2/13/2010 5:50 PM, EarthNSky wrote:
I am repotting the cabbages...they were in those little peat pots...the
first leaves had yellowed and were sloughing. I still have about half
to repot, but I did get most things repotted today. I cleared off part
of my kitchen table and set up a big tray to catch water. I've
positioned my flats in an alternate stacking position over the tray.
Right now, I've got the asparagus in the stack. It is colder in the
kitchen, so that will be a transition to the bedroom, which will be the
transition to the greenhouse, etc. Right now, they are in a 4" deep
flat. Considering that asparagus roots/crowns are delicate, how large
should the plants be before I transplant them into deeper containers or
heel them in somewhere in the garden if it is warm enough? I need to
wait until the ground dries out some before they get moved to their
permanent spot.


Gloria Morris wrote:
Bev,

With the asparagus as tiny as you describe, I think it would be unwise
to move them from a 50-90 degree environment to one that could go below
freezing. Going from 90 to below freezing is a bit much for seedlings. I
would probably choose the 50 degree room for a transition. Is there any
way that you could rig up a light for them in that room (any light, even
if not a "plant light")?

With cabbages growing that large, I'd probably re-pot them if they must
stay in the greenhouse a few more weeks. If you do, they should be just
fine.

Gloria

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