Asparagus 'Guelph Eclipse' - 5 Crowns

Marshalls

Catalogue Code: 10806091

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Introduce asparagus Guelph Eclipse to your vegetable patch. This breakthrough variety produces thick spears, earlier in the season than other asparagus varieties.

Key Features

Hardy perennial
Prefers full sun

Pack Contents: 5 Asparagus Crowns

Description

Breeding breakthrough earlier asparagus spears in spring
Grow in the first year to let the roots develop for superior crops
Particularly high yielding
Excellent spear quality – tight tips and thick diameter
Can be forced for producing tender white asparagus

Enjoy the exciting traits of modern and vigorous asparagus Guelph Eclipse, suited for home-growing. Breeders have come up with this superior variety that gives you early harvests in spring, ready for picking weeks earlier than other asparagus varieties.

Guelph Eclipse is particularly productive and gives you many spears with coveted tight tips and a substantial, thick diameter. This variety is particularly precocious meaning you can look forward to yearly harvests from as early as mid-spring.

We recommend that you plant the crowns 30-45cm apart in 15cm (6in) deep ditches in spring. Allow your plants to put down a good root system in the first year. You can then look forward to the thick stems breaking through the soil, ready for harvest from the second year.

Also available as 10 crowns - click here to view.

Crown Age and Bed Establishment

These crowns are 1 year old and will be in their 2nd year as you plant them this spring. Usually, an asparagus bed takes 3 years to start to be productive if planted with crowns. Best not to harvest any spears in year 1 and maybe 2. If in year 2 there are a lot of spears then the bed is productive, if only a handful, do not cut them and leave them in the ground. The reason for doing this is the energy of the plant needs to be focussed on increasing root volume and getting established, rather than energy into spear production. If you keep cutting the spears the plant will naturally want to produce more, rather than producing roots. This will in the long term produce a stronger plant and will produce heavier crops in subsequent seasons.

Growing Calendar

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Delivery

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Order Type	Delivery Charge	Delivery Charge
Seed only order	£2.49	If you purchase any other items you'll be charged the standard delivery rate of £5.99
Plants, bulbs & gardening accessories	£5.99	If we need to split your order into separate deliveries we'll only charge one delivery fee
Extra large or long plants & heavy items	£9.99	These are clearly displayed at check-out
Compost (and any other large or heavy items)	£5.99	These items are subject to a delivery multiplier where orders containing 3 or 4 items will be subject to an additional £5.99 for every further 2 items added. This is automatically applied at check-out: 1 - 2 bags £5.99 3 - 4 bags £11.98 5 - 6 bags £17.97 7 - 8 bags £23.96 9 - 10 bags £29.95 If you'd like more than 10 bags of compost please call our Customer Service team who can arrange for a bespoke competitive quote on 01480 774555 (standard network charges apply)

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