Vegetables · Perennial
Asparagus
Asparagaceae
At a glance
- Plant spacing
- 40 cm
- USDA zones
- 3a–9a
- Frost-sensitive
- no
- Growth duration
- 4 weeks
Which beds suit?
- Sun (prefers)
- full sunAlso okay:partial shade
- Soil (prefers)
- sandyAlso okay:loamy
- Drainage (prefers)
- very free-drainingAlso okay:normal
Seed & start
Perennial
Plant once, returns every year.
Stachi's tip
Asparagus is THE investment: 3 years of waiting, then 15-20 years of harvest. Wants deep sandy soil + full sun. Plant 1-year-old crowns in spring. Harvest May-June, then rest.
Sowing
No sowing weeks recorded.
Transplanting
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Harvest
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Good neighbours
Avoid these neighbours
No known conflicts.
Good pre-cultures
Stachi has no specific pre-cultures recorded.
Sources
- LLM-Baseline+gpt-5-review
- LLM-Baseline-Intercrop
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-09 yieldKg
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 family-zehrer
- LLM-Baseline-2026-05-10 sun-soil-drainage