How To Maintain Your Asparagus Bed For Long Life

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Soil pH Maintenance for Asparagus Beds

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Feeding and Fertilizing Your Asparagus Bed

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Apply your first round of fertilizer or compost in the early spring, before harvest starts. It's best to do this before mulching.

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Fertilizing your asparagus bed will reward you with delicious fresh asparagus spears!

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Weed control is very important in the asparagus bed.

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Salting your asparagus bed can help to control weeds.

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Mulch Prevents Winter Kill in Asparagus

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Keep Your Asparagus Bed Watered

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