Dear Charles,
I have just read your very interesting April 2014 news letter. The last item is about asparagus. Do I presume you are mulching an existing bed ( filling gaps with your new seedlings) and if so are you doing it as above ‘ little mulch on the crowns and 4-6in in spaces between.’
Are you saying that the crowns stay at the same level but the roots will raise up into the higher mulch? I have a 5 year old bed half of which has never really done much. I am on the verge of digging the weak ones up and starting again.
The soil is sandy, not very wet but it is flat and not ridged.
Really enjoying all your helpful information.
Anne