[Indyartist]

I've grown asparagus at my last two homes. My first attempt I purchased expensive male only hybrid 4 year old premium roots and then planted them too deep (18 inches) and still half of them produced wonderfully for years until I moved. My second attempt was at my current house, I purchased inexpensive "Martha Washington" roots at our hardware store here in town. The roots were 8 per bag for $3.99 and I bought two bags and planted them in 2008. Ours are planted in mostly common garden soil, I added some sand and maybe some compost and planted them about 8 inches deep. Now this Spring, three years later we have picked asparagus three times already this year and it is coming up very well. You will probably do fine just don't pick the first year, only a light picking year two and then pick for about 10 weeks each Spring after that then let it grow into ferns for the remainder of the year. I'm not sure if this method is textbook accurate but it is working well for me in zone 5b Indiana.