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- The last asparagus sting - what's next?
- Assimilation and photosynthesis have to be!
- Well maintained, asparagus brings abundant yields
- What else your asparagus wants
Asparagus is harvested until the end of June
The last asparagus sting - what's next?
For all the friends of this delicious noble vegetable, there will be a particularly important date this month, more precisely, on the 24th of June, the annual Johanni (s) day. With that, the time has come to sting the very last asparagus of this year, to give the plants their well-deserved rest afterwards. Even in the middle of the month, even very early varieties stop harvesting, because the asparagus plants - if their yield is expected to be high again next year - will need this time to regenerate. Anyone who has stung his own asparagus in his first year should end his personal gourmet season on June 10th. This sounds hard, but it is necessary so that the young plants can develop and strengthen their natural growth unhindered. They may sting longer if it is an old, already around the age of ten existing asparagus field, which should be plowed anyway.
Assimilation and photosynthesis have to be!
Due to the fact that it was just a weeks-long parting off the always awake sprouts of the plant, the asparagus was not only interrupted in its growth, but also greatly weakened. Nature normally regulates this loss of power itself, so that in the following weeks the following happens with the "living organism plant": Since the sprouts are finally allowed to come to light for several days, the genesis of foliage leaves begins, which soon afterwards becomes the so-called "Scheinblätter" regress and eventually take the form of narrow needles. Since our asparagus plant originating from southern Europe or the Near East has adapted to the very dry locations anyway, large amounts of moisture but also the absorbed nutrients are transmitted via photosynthesis into the roots and stored there. With the particularly strong plants, which have been standing for some years, then it can be up to six meters deep underground.
Well maintained, asparagus brings abundant yields
Why your asparagus plants want to be regularly fertilized, we have summarized here for you. Synthetic fertilizer should be better avoided and the real organic connoisseurs use for their asparagus plants anyway only manure (preferably from the horse) or compost. In conventional cultivation, on the other hand, pesticides containing copper solutions are sometimes used, which are supposed to combat fungal infestation via the underground piping systems to the asparagus stakes. The fact that things can be done differently is shown by the certified Demeter asparagus, which uses field horsetails processed into herbal tea for fertilization.
What else your asparagus wants
If you want to enjoy organic asparagus for at least ten years, just follow these tips: