Mary Washington Asparagus 2yr

Nice roots. Waiting to harvest... I suspect to see something next spring

My Asparagus arrived the 1st 100° day on June 30th. I know I planted it very late and into hostile weather. But I had a raised bed prepared and ready for planting. I soaked the crowns for a few hours then planted them. I started slowly filling in around the plants but the temperature kept rising. So I decided to fully cover the plants and put on a good thick layer of straw. It's now July 15th and it looks like about 12 or my 16 crowns have sprouted and half are ferning out allready. I am very happy with my results.
I filled bed with a mixture of 2 bags of manure, jumbo large bag of garden soil ( I knew this soil was very chunky not like soil at all lol ) 3 large bags of the crap MG soil and a good amount of peat moss..
I'm excited to have a 3 year bed by spring.
I'm wishing I would have bought more crowns but truthfully I thought they would die a quick death.
I added a package of asparagus seeds to the middle of the bed ( I did crowns all around the perimeter. ) I can't wait to move some of my strawberry 🍓 to this bed and some trailing nasturtium.
The people that tell you it's never to late to plant Asparagus are correct.
Happy gardening

crowns arrived before I had my bed prepped and despite spending almost a month in a bucket of water they are now all planted and growing great.

These asparagus plants are growing well and every one mad it. Is an awesome product.

All my roots came up the first spring, but I was very skeptical at the tiny shoots. I let them go all summer, they got bigger and bigger, and this spring (their second year) they are gorgeous. Some are still thin, but some are as fat as my thumb. Very happy with these.