Asparagus


Vegetable Chat is a webinar series focusing on vegetable crop production. The series is designed primarily for commercial vegetable growers, though producers of all scales may find the information valuable. Each session will feature an expert presentation followed by a Q&A discussion. The second session will focus on asparagus. We will hear from Ben Werling,…Read more about Vegetable Chat: Asparagus[Read More]


Carl Cantaluppi is a retired Area Horticulture Agent, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. For over 30 years, asparagus growers have known about male hybrid varieties that have overtaken the yields of the open-pollinated varieties like Mary Washington. These male hybrids have out-yielded the open-pollinated varieties by 3 to 1. Growers can then start to recoup…Read more about New Asparagus Varieties and Sources[Read More]


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