Sowing Tips: VE-063 F1 Asparagus

Seed Sowing Guide:

Seedling

Prepare Baba seedling soil and seedling pots. Fill up the seedling pots with Baba seedling soil, use finger gently make a small hole, put in 2-3 seeds and cover with a thin layer of soil.

During seedling stage, put under shaded area and make sure water thoroughly when needed. When there is sprout, then move it to area with direct sunlight.

♥♥ Extra Tip: Before put in seed into soil or before transplant, you could water the seedling mix or potting mix first. This is to ensure the potting mix get enough moist and prevent plants get dehydrated later.

Transplant

When the seedling reaches 200-250mm (around 1 month after germination), the seedling is ready to transplant.

• Ready a suitable size pot, the minimum depth of the planting container is 400mm. Such as Baba MJ-500, Baba GR-480, Baba EP-380.
• Fill up the planting pot with Baba Yasa-I Vege Soil, and make holes to prepare for transplant. Each holes maintain 200mm distance.
• Take out the seedling from seedling pots, and put into the hole. Press gently on surrounding soil, to make the seedling stay firm. Keep one seedling in one hole for better harvest.

Fertilizing

Put Mr. Ganick 532 Organic Leafy Fertilizer on 7th days after transplant. After that, repeat fertilizing on every week.

Draw a line between vegetables, or dig a small hole beside vegetables, and put in Mr. Ganick 532 Leafy organic leafy fertilizer, cover the fertilizer with a thin layer of soil.

Water after done fertilizing.

Watering

Moist is important for Asparagus. Make sure soil always enough moist and water it when needed.

Water thoroughly on every morning is recommended.

Harvest Tips

No harvest in the first year after asparagus transplantation.

Asparagus will start to sprout in the following year, but do not harvest yet until 5 branches of Asparagus have grown, and then may harvest Asparagus.

Start from the third year, it is the high-yield period for Asparagus plant. At this period, may harvest when there are three Asparagus branches. The high-yield period can be late for 8 to 12 years.

♥♥ Extra Tip: You may add in 25% Baba Compost-Based Fertilizer into soil to increase the fertility of the soil every time after harvesting.