re: The 2021 Garden Thread

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Learn me on growing asparagus.

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You can buy 2-year crowns. I planted them last year in an above ground bed. You have to just leave them alone the first year. This year I can harvest 50% of them, so that would be 3 years from seed.
Next year I can harvest all of them and they will continue to grow for 20 years. Yes it takes patience, but I think it's worth it.
Perhaps the one thing that would be a hinderance is space. They say you should plant 10 crowns per person. That's a heck of a lot of space.
If you plant a fruit tree you expect to wait a few years so I'm cool with that.

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My wife: “Can we grow blueberries, raspberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, and pumpkins?”

Also my wife: “We won’t have a yard left! Why are you adding more garden space?”

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Boy that's relatable

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The guys at my local garden center recommended planting a few different varieties cause it helps with pollination and yield.

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It helps to stay in the same family. I have two rabbit eye species. The honey bees wouldn't let me near them over the past few weeks. Seemed like they were desperate to pollenate something.

I usually just use grass/leaves clippings from when i mow grass. Has worked well so far, and it works into the soil nicely, though if used around plants grown in-ground instead of raised beds, it might not be as effective against weeds.

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The honey bees wouldn't let me near them over the past few weeks

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After the freeze, I'm surprised you have any flowers left. All of mine fell right off and I'm just now starting to get some more.

I am moving all of mine to pots after putting them in the ground last year. I am having a hard time with keeping the ph where I need it to be and like a dummy I put them in a front flower bed and it looks like shite

I've got Misty, Jubilee, O'Neal, and Sunshine Blue.

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The guys at my local garden center recommended planting a few different varieties cause it helps with pollination and yield.

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Certain varieties grow best with certain other ones. I'd recommend hitting up your local Ag school. I know Clemson here in SC has a very detailed guide on what types of blueberry bushes to grow together for the best yield. Mine are only three years old now, and last year we had a bumper crop off only two small bushes.

If anyone follows the LSU AgCenter on Facebook, you may have seen the post this morning about the home gardening course. I figured I’d post the link here in case anyone was interested. It’s free. I took the pretest and made an 80%, so I still have a lot to learn.

Home Gardening Course

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Learn me on growing asparagus.

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Super easy, probably about the same effort as growing herbs like oregano and thyme, which is almost zero effort. I've been growing asparagus for several years and the flavor of garden asparagus is night and day better than store bought. I grew mine from seeds but you can buy the crowns at a good nursery. You do have to wait a couple of years to get much harvest but then they take off. I hardly ever water or fertilize mine and they do great....and I am in Dallas where we have shitty alkaline clay soils. I just cut mine back yesterday and already had several coming up and this is after -2 cold a couple of weeks ago.

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home gardening course.

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Oh man this site has so much information! Thanks for sharing