cultivation of asparagus

Asparagus is one of the vegetables consumed part of young stems or shoots. Asparagus is widely consumed by the public consists of two types, namely white asparagus and green asparagus. White asparagus is cultivated in the highlands and are not often found in Indonesia.
In the health sciences, Asparagus is very useful because Asparagus is very high fiber content, fiber in asparagus able to bind cancer-causing carcinogens. Fiber also helps smooth the process of digestion so your body free from interference constipation or difficult bowel movements. Several scientific institutions have been conducting clinical trials on asparagus. Proven vegetables can improve male fertility. Asparagines amino acids stimulates the kidneys remove excess body metabolism. Other active substances believed to improve blood circulation adn helps release fat deposits in blood vessel walls. Very good consumed for your acne, eczema sufferers, kidney and prostate disorders.


Asparagus is a cultivated plant that is quite easy and no hassle. Once planting could be for ten years or more and can harvests continue without replacing with a new plant ..

I. Nursery

Nursery land plowed and mixed with manure.
Make beds with a width of 120 cm, with 40 cm wide moat and 40 cm high.
Seeds soaked in water compost (compost mixed with water) for 4-5 days before planting.
Seeds sown at a spacing of 10 x 15 cm with a depth of 2.5 cm. Every hole filled with a seed.
Then coated with a thin mulch of straw or husks to maintain moisture.
Keep moisture (do not dry and not wet) until the plants grow.
Sprouts will appear after 10-30 days.
Seedlings are ready to be moved into the field after the age of 5-6 months.

II. Transplanting

Preparation of seed:
Dig beds carefully to revoke asparagus seedlings and their roots.
Select healthy seeds and discard the appearance ugly / ill.
Seedlings should be planted which repealed.
Prune the plant shoots up to 20cm tall leaves.
Land preparation:
Land plowed under.
Made in the trenches with 40 cm width 20 cm, the distance between trenches 1.5-1.8 m.
Enter the manure / compost into the trench to a height of 10 cm.
Planting:
Put the seeds in a trench containing manure and cover with a little soil (closed origin and can stand).
Planting distance 30-45 cm between plants.
Planted in the early morning or late afternoon when the weather is not scorching.

III. Treatment

Perform pembumbunan each week weeding and little by little, until gradually filled trench. After that weeding can be rare.
Prune and destroy infested stems.
Do it once a week watering if dry season.
Add manure regularly, especially after the harvest period.

IV. Harvest

Harvesting can be done 4-5 months after the removal of plants or 10 months after sowing.
Before harvest cuts to the remaining two branches of each plant.
After trimming the shoots will emerge / bamboo shoots that much.
Harvest after 25 cm and a height bamboo shoots before bloom.
Do it every day until harvest bamboo shoots that grow new small diameter.
If the shoots that come out only by pencil, stop harvesting asparagus and let it grow back, do harvest again after a few months