Just bought a new plant for my garden, one I haven't grown before. Ever venture

@writersedge (22563)
United States
May 4, 2009 7:22am CST
into growing new plants that you never tried before? I bought 2 asparagus plants. Haven't grown those before. So what have you tried for a new kind or kinds of plant or plants? How did it turn out? Have you ever grown asparagus? Thanks and take care.
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7 responses
4 May 09
I myself had never been a huge gardening type of person, but my husband and I decided to start our own vegetable garden about 4 months ago. We went to the shops and bought seeds of various fruit and vegies that we liked and started growing! We have already eaten some of our beans, carrots and tomotoes! I am thrilled that I tried this! Many people think if you dont know how to garden its impossible, but I have to dissagree! The only thing I havnt been able to do is watermelon... I have tried twice but with no luck. my next experiment is with lettuce. good luck with that asparagus :)
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
4 May 09
Good for you! Put the word out, it can be done. Tastes great, don't they. Especially tomatoes, home grown beats hot house. Blue berries - wild or hybrid with wild beat the nothing tasting other ones. Watermelon is tough. Try searching cooperative extension watermelon or cooperative extension how to grow watermelons. I'll probably do that with my esparagus.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
7 May 09
Depends on the year where I live. Mulch in a wet year isn't good. Take care
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@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
5 May 09
One of the first things you should do when wanting to plant anything is to check to see what planting zone you are in and what grows best in your zone. My most important advice to give is to mulch everything you plant. It needs to be at least 4 inches deep. This will hold the water in and save on water and will hold back most of the weeds. My favorite much was hay. As it would break down it would as great nutrients to the soil. As it broke down I added more continually. I had a huge garden and loved every back aching minute I put into it. Now I don't have the room or the ability to garden anymore but I have my memories. leenie
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• Singapore
4 May 09
never try to grown asparagus before, now i'm trying to grow sunflower from a seeds, iplanted five seeds and only one seed is growing, do you grow sunflower before? if have, teach me how to take care of it
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
4 May 09
In my old home town, sunflowers grew great! Just like weeds. Where I live now, I have trouble growing them, too. Your best bet for growing anything is to search :Cooperative Extension how to grow ___________(In this case: Cooperative Extension how to grow sunflowers or just cooperative extension sunflowers) The cooperative extensions in this country had papers and brochures that they used to give farmers, now they put them online. In my old home town, not as windy and the soil was dryer, also fewer grasshoppers. The grasshoppers tend to eat things to the ground where I live now. Good luck, I love sunflowers. I eat the seeds. I also let the birds eat some, too. Why do you want to grow them?
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• Singapore
5 May 09
no any special reason, just like the flowers. thanks for the information
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
5 May 09
I can't seem to grow anything. We get the afternoon sun in the backyard and it gets too hot in the summer here to plant anything. I tried once on the side of the house and all the little animals in the neighborhood ate everything. My talent is not gardening..lol Enjoy your asparagus plant and hope it produces lots for you.
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@carolbee (16230)
• United States
6 May 09
Thanks for the gardening tips. My husband won't eat peppers but I could try to plant them and give to my son-in-law. Am short of time for the next couple of months is my only problem. Won't be home much!
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
6 May 09
Short of time probably does the most damage to a garden if you are growing things that don't grow up every year on their own. My every year on it's own garden is up (except for the roses). Maybe you should try chives. You buy a few chive plants and they come up on their one every year, so do Egyption onions. No work to either one of those, need partial shade and most animals don't like onions or chives. Yup, you need onions and chives.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
5 May 09
Try cactus and their relatives, they love heat. Animals don't like them. Actually, if you keep trying, you'll find something. My brother with a 60 IQ does awesome hot peppers, they like heat. My brother's deceased girlfriend, I got her onion sets and as hopeless as she was, they grew for her. Pumpkins grow for anyone who likes to water vines or if it's a year with lots of rain like last year. Yes, I hope they multiply and come back, too. Thanks.
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@nancyrowina (3850)
5 May 09
I'm growing some tomatoes for the first time this year and pea's and Basil, I also hope to grow some cauliflowers and at least one pumpkin but I haven't started the seeds yet. I grew some chilli's last year and had great success so I'm growing some more this year too, and a different variety from Italy called "Satan's Kiss". I've never grown asparagus but I think you have to wait till next year before you get the part you eat, though I might be confusing them with artichokes.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
6 May 09
Good for you! Tomatoes are the hardest things to grow of the list you wrote. Pumpkins are usually the easiest. Yes, I have to wait until next year for the asparagus, you're not confusing it with another plant. Last year something ate my Basil, dirty rotten bugs!
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@fwangaa (3057)
• China
4 May 09
just plant it to earth. every day you should water it. and change the new mub around it every week. it can eat and good for your health.
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@writersedge (22563)
• United States
4 May 09
Change the mud, wouldn't that wreck the roots? Do you mean water?
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@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
5 May 09
Writer, As a matter of fact I have grown asparagus. I bought the bare roots and planted. Then I proceeded to do some research. These were in the days of no computer for me. The web was not up and running for me. As I found out it takes a couple of years for them to really get going. But some of them actually produced the first year. As the years go by they will spread and produce very well. Where I lived in California, on the coast, the ground was sand much like we have here in Florida. At the end of the season just let the ferns grow and drop their seeds. When harvesting them use a knife and cut just below the surface. Asparagus was one of my favorite produce to grow. Enjoy your asparagus!!!Hugssss leenie
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
5 May 09
So they like sandy, I have clay, but I could get some sand.
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
8 May 09
Each year I try and grow something NEW and different! This year it is Black & White Bat Plants! The flowers are truly, truly strange...about 7" inches, and the Black one truly looks like a Bat! I am truly proud of you for growing asparagus, as I don't have the patience to wait three years for the harvest (may not be around that long).....but a dear friend of mine did (had to get a pig to get rid of them)and once established grew wild and furious, and overtook his whole yard! Hence the previous comment, the pig rooted out the "roots" except where he wanted them! Cheers!
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
9 May 09
Gotta love the noses and mouths on pigs. They make terrific rototillers! I hope you put a picture on here of the plants, never heard of them before. Thanks for your response and take care, sounds interesting!