Mulched Asparagus
Here is the asparagus bed that I planted this earlier this year. All of the crowns came up , which is good. In fact they are really doing well, they all have three or four ferns coming up, with extra shoots too. I have fertilized once so far with a weak shot of fish emulsion, Then a thick layer of grass clippings for the mulch. The first couple of shoots came up around the size of a pencil, but with the fertilizer and mulch they have gotten a little thicker and quite a bit taller when they open up to the fern stage.
Here is my mulch maker, its a Cub Cadet, It has side discharge, mulch or bagging capabilities. For my purposes the bagger is king! I use this to gather grass clippings for the compost and for mulching beds. In the fall I run it over leaves to pick up for the compost as well, it works great.
- Cub Cadet Bagging Mower
