Asparagus Bed and Growth
http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?ESMNI 16 May 2008 Making Asparagus Bed.

After some research I chose: Guelph Millennium. http://www.hortns.com/asparagus-cultivar00.html


The bed is 41 inches by 102 inches by 12 inches deep. About a cubic yard of soil was removed. Time taken three hours from start to finish. Compost, and and a bit ot bone meal was added and mixed prior to planting the sparagus 'Guelph Millennium' rhizomes. There were a total of eleven rhizomes. The bed will be filled in with compost, sand and a bit of normal soil as the plant grows, similar to hilling potatoes. The rhizomes were spaced about 16 inches apart, and covered with two inches of soil, with the crown just protruding above the soil level.

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?YHAEB 5 June 2008 Asparagus Bed Completed.
Mulched with free city chips. The plants are all thriving, height is about two feet in 20 days.

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?XIPHN 12 July 2008 Asparagus Bed (Millenium)

http://www.durgan.org/ShortURL/?FCQAY 6 August 2008 Asparagus (Millenium)
Plants are superb for the first year of growth.