I started Erasmus asparagus indoors from seed. As soon as they were anywhere from 1-6 inches, I transferred them to 3" pots, but they're growing really fast. I can't transplant them out for another couple of months (May) to my established asparagus bed (I'm pulling the established females after I figure out who they are). I wasn't all that impressed with the germination rate, out of 30 seeds (the Erasmus seeds were expensive, but nobody on the internet seemed to have crowns) I got 20 plants.
In the meantime, what do you think would be a good sized pot to keep them in for those few months? I really don't want to keep transplanting them into bigger and bigger pots, as they don't seem to like being transplanted much. I don't have a whole lot of space, so I'm looking for the minimum sized pot I can put them in til I can stuff them in the ground outside. Each plant is in a separate pot, except for a couple that I got a couple late sprouters.
Also, is there any way to encourage them to grow their crowns faster? Seeing as how they don't branch, I'm guessing cutting the tips would not be a good idea. And they're very spindly, I had to tie a few of them to a kebab stick so they didn't break off.
I started Erasmus asparagus indoors from seed. As soon as they were anywhere from 1-6 inches, I transferred them to 3" pots, but they're growing really fast. I can't transplant them out for another couple of months (May) to my established asparagus bed (I'm pulling the established females after I figure out who they are). I wasn't all that impressed with the germination rate, out of 30 seeds (the Erasmus seeds were expensive, but nobody on the internet seemed to have crowns) I got 20 plants.
In the meantime, what do you think would be a good sized pot to keep them in for those few months? I really don't want to keep transplanting them into bigger and bigger pots, as they don't seem to like being transplanted much. I don't have a whole lot of space, so I'm looking for the minimum sized pot I can put them in til I can stuff them in the ground outside. Each plant is in a separate pot, except for a couple that I got a couple late sprouters.
Also, is there any way to encourage them to grow their crowns faster? Seeing as how they don't branch, I'm guessing cutting the tips would not be a good idea. And they're very spindly, I had to tie a few of them to a kebab stick so they didn't break off.