Looking for some asparagus seed, commercial only. Something that will grow well in zone 5. Looking for green and purple variety. Trade list updated.

Hi, Wild Haired Mavens The only seeds that I currently have up for trade are Asparagus and mulberry. Let me know if interested.

I need some advice on my own asparagus experiment. I didn't read up on these and stuck some seeds in a garden pretty late in the season. Six of them grew. I didn't do much soil prep and decided they wouldn't survive the first winter so I moved them into a large deep container. Two of them still live in my garden. I plan to plant them in a properly prepared raised bed this spring. My question is should my asparagus ferns be droppy or be able to stand up? Also some browning is happening on the container plants. I had read that you cut back after the whole plant turns brown. Is this what's happening or is that on older plants? I seem to have better plants in the garden now. This might be some transplant shock but overall, the plants are still getting bigger.

Yep, I have both Jersey Knight and Jersey Supreme in 2 separate beds and there are at least 10% female plants. I must have plucked 200 baby Gus sprouts out of those beds this spring. My bed that has 12 Mary Washington plants only has 2 female plants by chance.