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Hi Thomas,
I’ve been warned against moving Asparagus, as it can let in disease through cut roots.
My answer would be … it depends how much of a rootball you get up with them. I wouldn’t put them more than 18″ apart.
BR
NeilHi Guys,
how long have the plants been in final position Thomas?
What’s your reasoning Neil for that maximum 18” spacing?
Hi Stringfellow,
correct me if Im wrong, but when I lift Asparagus, the roots can be re-oriented at 90 degrees to the row, so they can be encouraged away from each other, thus more plants can go closer together.
Your views?Thanks Neil. Don’t really understand that but stranger things have happened; don’t plants root outwards in an omnidirectional fashion?
Very large spacings seem to be favoured by professionals, and these plants can live up to twenty years plus, hence allowing for future growth/ expansion of the crowns. I’m not sure if lifting established crowns for replanting would be a false economy, or if starting with new, one year old crowns is a better bet? Thoughts?
I find that a wider spacing is best from about year 5 onwards, because each crown becomes an expanding clump of roots and spears. 24in/60cm works here.
Thomas your plants are probably young enough to move, with a large rootball of soil.My rows are 32″
For anyone maybe growing from seed or having an excess of plants I quite like Bob Flowerdew’s previous suggestion. He said he can’t wait 3 years to start cropping so he plants his plants much closer than you would think. The first year he crops everything off each alternate plant and leaves the others untouched. This causes the plant to die so you have wider spacing. Year 2 he does the same again with the same result. This leaves the remaining plants at the correct spacing to start cropping properly in year three. I like the idea, but I haven’t tried it.
Good luck anyway
Jan
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