moving old asparagus plants

piegirl · January 3, 2007

my parents are moving to a retirement apt. and we have a large almost 60 year patch of 'gus. It still produces and was started from seed before being moved to town. Would it be worthwhile to transplant - putting sentiment aside. Select the biggest plants and leave the rest? I will also be moving rhubarb. Both have been organic for all these years. Now if I could just figure out how to move the grape vines, I'd be happy..they are fantastic. Any thoughts welcome - piegirl

Dr_Redwine · January 4, 2007

piegirl;
You can take some cuttings from those grapes and root them. Take a 'stick' of about four nodes from dormant one year growth and stick two of them in the ground; make sure that you know the growing direction. That is, the two that are in the ground should be the base of what you cut from the vine. Do about twice or three times as many as you want because they don't always root. Using Rootone or some other synthethic rooting harmone would probably help.

DrR

PaulF · January 5, 2007

After reading that asparagus does not like to be moved, we tried it anyway. Nothing ventured, etc. The plants all survived the ten foot trip. Now to see if any sprouts come up in the spring. What we had were about ten plants that had been where they were for 50 years or more and were in the wrong spot.

Medbury Gardens · July 18, 2008

Its been a year now, did they send up spears in spring? I`m curious to find out as i have young plants that i planted in the wrong spot and have been slowly replacing with seed grown ones!
Richard

piegirl · July 29, 2008

Sadly, I was unable to move any of the asparagus - just too early in the season without digging up 40 ft. Did move rhubarb and parts survived. Right after digging all the plants etc I wanted, we had serious, zero degree week in late March/early April 07. Took down everything - no iris, no lillies, fruit trees, strawberries, etc. Piegirl

Tom C zone 4/5 · July 31, 2008

Grape airlayers well. Why dig old asparagus crowns when they set seed just fine?

January 3, 2007	#1
piegirl Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 791	moving old asparagus plants my parents are moving to a retirement apt. and we have a large almost 60 year patch of 'gus. It still produces and was started from seed before being moved to town. Would it be worthwhile to transplant - putting sentiment aside. Select the biggest plants and leave the rest? I will also be moving rhubarb. Both have been organic for all these years. Now if I could just figure out how to move the grape vines, I'd be happy..they are fantastic. Any thoughts welcome - piegirl

January 4, 2007	#2
Dr_Redwine Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pike Road, AL Posts: 111	Grapes piegirl; You can take some cuttings from those grapes and root them. Take a 'stick' of about four nodes from dormant one year growth and stick two of them in the ground; make sure that you know the growing direction. That is, the two that are in the ground should be the base of what you cut from the vine. Do about twice or three times as many as you want because they don't always root. Using Rootone or some other synthethic rooting harmone would probably help. DrR __________________ I started out with nothin' and still have most of it.

January 5, 2007	#3
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,295	After reading that asparagus does not like to be moved, we tried it anyway. Nothing ventured, etc. The plants all survived the ten foot trip. Now to see if any sprouts come up in the spring. What we had were about ten plants that had been where they were for 50 years or more and were in the wrong spot.

July 18, 2008	#4
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Its been a year now, did they send up spears in spring? I`m curious to find out as i have young plants that i planted in the wrong spot and have been slowly replacing with seed grown ones! Richard

July 29, 2008	#5
piegirl Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: May 2006 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 791	Sadly, I was unable to move any of the asparagus - just too early in the season without digging up 40 ft. Did move rhubarb and parts survived. Right after digging all the plants etc I wanted, we had serious, zero degree week in late March/early April 07. Took down everything - no iris, no lillies, fruit trees, strawberries, etc. Piegirl

July 31, 2008	#6
Tom C zone 4/5 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SE Ohio Posts: 253	Grape airlayers well. Why dig old asparagus crowns when they set seed just fine?