How to Grow Asparagus: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Asparagus officinalis

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• How to Plant Asparagus Crowns for a Bed That Lasts Fifteen Years
• Asparagus Care Through the Year: Feeding, Weeding and the Ferns
• Asparagus Growing Calendar: What to Do Each Season and Each Year
• Asparagus Pests and Diseases: Beetles, Rust and Crown Rot
• When to Cut Asparagus Spears and When to Stop Cutting
• Asparagus in Winter: Cutting Down the Ferns and Mulching the Crowns

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (20)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.