Asparagus takes time. Three years ideally, but then you can cut for twenty years. Like planting an orchard, it's an investment in the future.jennyjj01 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 12:14 pm Awesome Asparagus. That's a demanding long term crop isn't it? Two years from first sowing to first harvest?
Onions from seed, I just don't understand them. Those seeds are blooming tiny so it can't be possible !! When did you sow those seeds to get them that big? I see sites saying to sow seeds in autumn for harvest late the following summer? Or to keep sowing seeds for transplanting as others get harvested?
Do you think we amateurs can grow seedlings to set sized and then suppress them for later sowing? Maybe similar with garlic, which is another one that flummoxes me?
The onions were started in heated propagators in January and moved out to one of the greenhouses in March.
I'm going to conduct an experiment in late Summer sowing and over Wintering but yes, it works. I know this because I seed save and spilled seed if I am late collecting germinates and those baby onions over Winter fine.
Garlic is super easy. Throw the books in the bin. Plant in September. The pointy end should be just above the surface. Water in well. Neglect completely until weeding in the Spring. Harvest in July.
Garlic and shallots by English Countrylife, on Flickr