Tunnel Cloches over Asparagus

[paula.berriman]

Hi

Need some advice on using tunnel cloches. My asparagus is only just poking its tips through the soil and i was wondering if putting a tunnel cloche over it at this time would damamge it or perhaps force the asparagus unknowingly which i want to avoid as i am desperate to keep my crowns cropping effectively for many years. The crowns are two years old.

[Alison]

There's no need to protect it, it's perfectly hardy, my seed sown crowns survived outside in 5" pots the bad weather in Jan and are looking lovely and healthy now.