Asparagus Violet, seeds Russian vegetable garden 1g

A high-yielding asparagus variety with longer purple shoots. Young, not overgrown shoots growing from rhizomes in spring are very tasty and contain many vitamins. When fresh, it tastes like green peas. Used for preparing first and second courses, freezing and preserving. They begin to collect shoots in the third year after sowing, cutting them off at a height of 15-20 cm, when they have dense unblown heads and a mass of 20-30 g. Growing conditions. Before sowing, seeds are soaked in warm (+ 25 ° C) water for 2 days, changing it daily. Then placed in a damp cloth until pecking. Sow on seedling ridges to a depth of 2-3 cm. Seedlings appear within 30 days. Placed on fertile, light, deeply cultivated, sufficiently moist soils. In the fall of the second year and all subsequent years, the plants are huddled (soil layer above at least 25 cm). In the spring, hilling is repeated. Harvesting is carried out when the bleached shoots begin to reach the surface of the ridges. It grows in one place for 15-20 years.