Gardening 2017

[Rebel SS]

Preen causes erectile dysfunction in seniors.

So THAT'S why Glenn has all those sticks propping up his asparagus....

[Auggie]

The stuff I bought said "Organic" on the package.

Pretty sure it's just expensive Corn Gluten is all that is HD..check with your local feed and seed next time

[HD]

The stuff I bought said "Organic" on the package.

Pretty sure it's just expensive Corn Gluten is all that is HD..check with your local feed and seed next time

Cool, I'll check that out soon.... I have to go there next week anyways.

[HD]

Got the tators in the ground... Cheated with a post hole digger!

[Rebel SS]

Good thinkin'!! 

[mike89]

my post hole digger is a hand auger style, like that better than pounding it in.

[glenn57]

worked up momma's flower bed yesterday. threw down some 10-10-10 and raked it in.

went out to my asparagus, garlic, and winter onion patch yesterday morning and sprayed weeds, cleaned a bunch of onions. no asparagus showing yet!!!!!!

[Rebel SS]

Speaking of no show.....

[glenn57]

Speaking of no show.....

[Rebel SS]

Jinxed onions!!! 

[dew2]

 Hey 57 my spargus is up 2 inches wit 3-4 maybe 6 inches but only 5 outta 20? 26 roots
 I tried starting seeds from last year and got at least 12  out of 3 doz planted.

[KEN W]

Snow here this morning. Gone already.My asparagus is 2-3 inches high. Ruhbarb is also 3-4 inches high.

[glenn57]

Hey 57 my spargus is up 2 inches wit 3-4 maybe 6 inches but only 5 outta 20? 26 roots
 I tried starting seeds from last year and got at least 12  out of 3 doz planted.

maybe cause of all that manure  coming from you!!!!!!!!!

[dew2]

Hey 57 my spargus is up 2 inches wit 3-4 maybe 6 inches but only 5 outta 20? 26 roots
 I tried starting seeds from last year and got at least 12  out of 3 doz planted.

maybe cause of all that manure  coming from you!!!!!!!!!

AH Haha now I understand when you were in grade school all yer time was spent in the corner wit da dunce hat on!!!

[HD]

I'm going to establish a new asparagus patch..Can I dig up the old ones and move them?

[glenn57]

I'm going to establish a new asparagus patch..Can I dig up the old ones and move them?

yea i'm not to sure. once they are established they apparently have one hell of root system.

with that said I did move some but they were only maybe 2 years in the ground. none died that I can remember!!!!!!

[mike89]

You can but you might not be able to pick it the first year I think, I've old growth moved and it works

[pickelfarmer]

I'm going to establish a new asparagus patch..Can I dig up the old ones and move them?

yea i'm not to sure. once they are established they apparently have one hell of root system.

with that said I did move some but they were only maybe 2 years in the ground. none died that I can remember!!!!!!

Yes, you can move it. Long as you don't clip the core root you should be fine. I've moved my patch twice now and it has done well each time.

[glenn57]

Well the garden is tilled. THANKS GENERAL!!!👍👍👍 Leaves and 10-10-10 are also tilled in. Sounds like rain the next few days but hope to get some stuff planted soon. Onions radishes and kalarabi. Lettuce and spinach also!

[Rebel SS]

You mean heavy, deep, snows? 

[glenn57]

well got all the  stuff I wanted planted yesterday in the garden. had a fire drank  to........and the rows aren't even all that crooked!!!!!! planted radishes, onions, kalarabi, spinach, and lettuce.

in a couple weeks i'll plant more radishes and kalarabi. planned where the maters and cukes go. looks like I gotz plenty of room for the rest on my stuff. GREEN BEANS, peppers, carrots, and pepper plants.

thinking of cutting back on or not planting cabbage, or celery. 

[HD]

Ok boys.... I got a gardening question.....
I'm moving and establishing a larger asparagus patch (we just bought all the plants fleet farm had)

How do you keep your asparagus plot weed free?

[glenn57]

Ok boys.... I got a gardening question.....
I'm moving and establishing a larger asparagus patch (we just bought all the plants fleet farm had)

How do you keep your asparagus plot weed free?

hand weeding, before it pops outta the ground roundup, and preen!!!!!!!

[HD]

Ok boys.... I got a gardening question.....
I'm moving and establishing a larger asparagus patch (we just bought all the plants fleet farm had)

How do you keep your asparagus plot weed free?

hand weeding, before it pops outta the ground roundup, and preen!!!!!!!

Round up? That will kill it?

[glenn57]

not if its not above the ground! I use it but very carefully and when there is no wind. haven't killed any yet. I also use weed b gon!!!!!!!

[Auggie]

I mulch the $hit out of it, burn it in the spring. Add a little mulch every year. Not perfectly clean but pretty good.
Some say to use salt. While asparagus is tolerant of it to much can kill it. Or cause disease. As for the roundup it is somewhat tolerant of that as well. Kinda like pine trees. Once the new growth on pine trees has gotten hard ( not that light green color) they can take roundup...asparagus is the same way. It won't like it, but once established it pry won't kill it either. I use to pick wild stuff on a fence line that has been hit with chemical for years and it still comes back every spring.

[HD]

Welp, I have a crap ton now with the stuff I'm gonna dig up from the old bed......just don't want the weeds....

[HD]

Ain't Round up just a heavy dose of salt?

[dew2]

I dont normally have weeds in our patch,I started some more from seed to enlarge it this year.I wait till spring to cut old brown growth an rake old mulch out,Then the last mow of the yard in fall  I save that grass for mulch, after the old brown is cleaned out I mulch it 4-6 inches deep the asparagus comes up through the mulch an weeds dont. Once I fully cut what I think I can without killing the plants I mulch again an let er grow till next spring when the process starts all over

[LPS]

I see some onions coming up Glenn.  That is the ones you sent me.