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🌱🥬 Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) – 30 Seeds
🌱🥬 Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) – 30 Seeds
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Description:
Grow your own gourmet perennial vegetable with Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) – a garden classic known for its tender, flavorful spears and long-term productivity. Once established, asparagus plants will produce year after year, providing early spring harvests of delicious shoots. Ideal for home gardens, raised beds, or permaculture plots, asparagus is a hardy and rewarding crop that adds lasting value to your garden.
🌿 Botanical Name: Asparagus officinalis
✨ Key Features:
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Long-lived perennial vegetable (can produce for 15–20 years!)
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Early spring harvest of tender, flavorful spears
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Excellent source of fiber, folate, and vitamins A, C, E, and K
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Grows well in most climates with proper care
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Beautiful feathery foliage adds ornamental interest
🌱 Growing Information:
☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
🌱 Sowing Time:
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Start indoors in late winter to early spring
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Transplant outdoors after last frost, or direct sow in spring
🕰 Harvest Time: Begin light harvest in year 2; full harvest from year 3 onward
📏 Plant Height: Up to 150 cm (5 feet) with ferny foliage
📏 Spacing: 30–45 cm (12–18 inches) in rows 90–120 cm (36–48 inches) apart
🌱 Germination Time: 14–21 days
🌡 Germination Temperature: 20–25°C (68–77°F)
🌾 Soil & Watering:
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Soil Type: Deep, well-drained sandy or loamy soil
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Soil pH: Slightly acidic to neutral (6.5–7.5)
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Watering: Keep evenly moist during establishment, drought tolerant later
🧑🌾 Usage & Care:
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Prepare a deep, weed-free bed before planting
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Mulch well to retain moisture and suppress weeds
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Do not harvest the first year; allow plants to establish strong roots
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Cut back foliage in late fall after it turns yellow
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Rewarding and sustainable addition to perennial vegetable gardens
The packaging contains 1 gram or around 30 seeds
Asparagus officinalis
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