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  • From: Willie McKemie <mf AT austinfarm.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] asparagus
  • Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 08:04:24 -0500

> firewood.. Bob.(asparagus season full tilt)

Bob, talk to us about how ya'll manage asparagus, por favor.

I have mine (about 2 ac) planted in beds (5' center to center)
which I occasionally hill and try to cultivate. I must say that I am
chronically behind. I hear that many grow it flat and disk just before
it is time for the spears to appear. I try to burn it during the
winter and herbicide it a week or two before spears appear. After the
harvest season, I Poast it, but bermuda and Johnson grass survives.

Here in central Texas, our asparagus is winding down; we've been
picking since February. We have some Purple Passion which we find
sells slowly at a premium price. We retail almost all of ours at $2
per half pound for green and $2.50 for purple.

Blackberry season is poised to start.

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