Asparagus
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My friend told me her late husband sprinkled a packet of salt over his Asparagus every year just before they started growing. Has anyone else heard of this ? I must admit their Asparagus plants do produce loads of spears.
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I wonder if it was Epsom Salts
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Ive heard this but not tried it - are they coastal plants originally?
New one on me, but I do give mine a dressing of wood ash and a friend of mine always collects sea weed for hers. Maybe that's where the salt bit comes in.
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I know nothing about Asparagus but here is a mention of salt.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/garde ... -bed.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/garde ... -bed.shtml
Very interesting Geoff, many thanks, reassuring to know I am doing most things right. My bed is producing some lovely spears now so I think I will still give the salt a miss though.
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Thank you all for your comments. As Asparagus beds go on for many years I can now see one of the advantages of salt in that it kills off any weeds. As I live near the sea I collect seaweed each Autumn, so maybe this year I will fork some into Asparagus bed as well. I thought when my friend told me about the salt it was a fallacy, but obviously not.
I live near the sea too, I wouldn't try forking it into the soil, you may damage the crowns. Use it as a winter mulch and it will rot down.
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