{"id":968,"date":"2025-11-18T12:08:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/?p=968"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:35:53","slug":"asparagus-crowns-choosing-2-3-year-crowns-preparing-beds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/asparagus-crowns-choosing-2-3-year-crowns-preparing-beds\/","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus crowns \u2014 choosing 2\u20133 year crowns &amp; preparing beds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/asparagus-crown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/asparagus-crown.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/asparagus-crown-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/asparagus-crown-520x329.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/asparagus-crown-320x202.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Asparagus crowns been planted out in beds <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asparagus is a long-term reward \u2014 plant once and harvest for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Essentials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buy 2-3 year crowns<\/strong> from a reputable supplier (they establish quicker than seed). GardenAdvice has a full step-by-step asparagus guide showing how to plant crowns in winter and prepare raised, well-drained beds: <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/juliaandbrian\/growing-asparagus-from-crowns-in-winter-a-guide\/\">https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/juliaandbrian\/growing-asparagus-from-crowns-in-winter-a-guide\/<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Soil &amp; site:<\/strong> Asparagus likes full sun, good drainage, and a bed enriched with plenty of organic matter. GardenAdvice describes asparagus as a maritime plant adapted to sandy, well-drained sites \u2014 if you have heavier soil, create raised or mounded beds with added loam\/sand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aftercare:<\/strong> Don\u2019t harvest in the first season after planting; allow crowns to establish so you get a long productive life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asparagus crowns been planted out in beds Asparagus is a long-term reward \u2014 plant once and harvest for decades. Essentials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}