And very
frequently, when they have not been buried sufficiently deep, the
outside bark becomes detached from them and will slip off when they are
being taken from the trench."
A correspondent of Gardening Illustrated (England), says this is the way
to make an asparagus bed: Trench the soil at once two spits deep, and
work in stable manure as the work proceeds, or if procurable, seaweed
and plenty of sand, or any gritty substance, such as road scrapings. It
should be left as rough as possible on the surface until April next,
when the young plants will be in the best condition for planting, viz.,
with shoots a few inches long; then draw wide drills, and spread the
roots of the plants out, covering with fine sandy soil, leaving the tips
of the shoots just peeping through the soil, and if mild showery weather
prevails the growth will be rapid. Put some pea-sticks to support the
growth and keep it from suffering by wind waving. Merely keeping from
weeds is all the other attention required until November, when the old
tops may be cut off, and a dressing of rotten manure spread on the
surface of the bed, to be lightly forked in during the following spring.
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