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Asparagus Seeds (Connover's Colossal)

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RRP: 3.99
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Asparagus Seeds - Description

  • Pack of Asparagus Seeds
  • Packet Size: 120 Seeds
  • Produces Crop of Fairly Thick Spears
  • Produces Bright Green Spears With Deep Purple Tips
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit Winner
  • Crops For Many Years

Asparagus Seeds - Uses

  • For indoor or outdoor growing
  • Great in stir fries & soups

Asparagus Seeds - Advantages

  • Extremely popular vegetable
  • Very little maintenance needed
  • Cost effective to grow
  • Outstanding taste

Asparagus Seeds - Notes

  • The main pests to attack asparagus are slugs and snails
  • Important to avoid over cropping
  • Important to keep your Asparagus free from weeds

Index

  • Sowing Instructions
  • How to Transplant
  • Crop Maintenance
  • How to Harvest
  • Storage

Sowing Instructions

  • Sowing time: Sow in early spring
  • Sowing location: Indoors
  • Sow in seed trays or pots
  • If using a 24 cell seed tray sow one seed per cell
  • If using 9cm pots sow 3 seeds per pot
  • Asparagus needs 20°C to germinate
  • Before you sow your asparagus seed, soak them in warm water for 24 hours
  • Lightly cover seeds with compost, press down compost & soak

How to Transplant

  • Transplant outdoors after 3 or 4 months
  • Soil: Asparagus likes light, free draining soil, free of perennial weeds
  • Ground preparation is done the previous autumn, adding well rotted farm yard manure
  • If your soil is a heavy clay, grow asparagus in raised beds
  • Asparagus is a perennial and will stay in the ground for many years - choose location carefully

Crop Maintenance

  • Keep soil weed free at all times
  • Keep the rows weed free and well watered
  • Pests & Diseases
    • Slugs and snails - Can damage young developing spears, reducing crops and weakening plants
    • Asparagus beetles - spray with bifenthrin to control

Harvesting

  • Allow plants to develop for first two years before harvesting
  • Cut down spears in autumn of first year and mulch up around each plant
  • Recommended that you leave harvesting until the third year, allowing plant develop a good root network
  • Water well the week before harvest
  • Harvest from May to mid June by removing spears with a sharp knife at ground level
  • Harvest once spears are 15cm long

Storage

  • Can be placed in the fridge for short term storage
  • For longer term storage asparagus can be frozen, but not recommended
  • Eat crops soon after harvest

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FOR IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Standard Courier Delivery With Fastway (5-7 Working Days)
    • Cost is €4.95 on Orders Below €75
    • Free Delivery on Orders Above €75
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
  • Express Courier Delivery With Fastway (1-2 Working Days)
    • Cost is €5 extra for express delivery
    • This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
  • Express Delivery With DPD (1-2 Working Days)
    • Cost is €11.45 for orders below €75
    • Cost is €6.50 for orders above €75
    • This service guarantees that any order placed before 4pm will ship from our depot the same day on the next day delivery service *
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
    • This services comes with email tracking
  • 'Seed' Postal Delivery Option ***
    • Cost is €2 - Packet of Seeds ONLY Orders
    • Note: Does Not Apply to Seed Potatoes, Bulbs or Sets ***
    • Rep. of Ireland & Northern Ireland Only
    • This is a non-trackable service

MAINLAND ENGLAND & SCOTLAND & WALES (Currently Unavailable Due to Brexit)

  • Standard International Courier
    • Cost is €10
    • UK shipping fee covers parcels up to a total weight of 20Kg

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  • Standard International Courier
    • Delivery rates vary, please see chart below
    • Note: There is no free delivery for Western Europe Deliveries

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  • Bulk bags & large orders are shipped via pallet couriers on a rigid lorry
  • Delivery is to kerbside only
  • If road access to your site is tight, then please advise us before purchasing
  • Please Note: We cannot guarantee next day delivery on pallet deliveries
  • Also, we cannot guarantee delivery on a specific day (Please allow 1-3 days for delivery)
  • It's always best to order well in advance to avoid disappointment
  • Cancellation of pallets when items are already in transit will incur a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee (To cover return delivery costs)
  • Where pallet delivery can not be made due to site access, a 40 euro per pallet cancellation fee will apply (To cover return delivery costs)

International Delivery Prices & Times

  • Please note max weights below, heavier orders may require additional payment
  • We will contact you to discuss, if max weight of order exceeded

Terms

  • The shipping fee is fixed for an order, regardless of the number of items bought
  • All courier orders require signed proof of delivery & the customer must be contactable by phone
  • We do not offer a weekend delivery service (Mon-Fri Only excl. Bank Holidays)
  • * Our courier achieves a 98% success rate on next day deliveries
    • Once your parcel is shipped it will be placed on works courier's next day delivery service
  • ** Seed postal option applies to seed ONLY orders & is available in all 32 counties of Ireland
  • *** Does not apply to seed potatoes, bulbs or sets
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