Asparagus spacing

[Pies]

Hi all im after some opinions on my potential asparagus bed. I have a 9x4 ft raised bed and im thinking of spacing them as follows. Does this seem ok?

[AlanP]

18 inches between plants and 24 inches between rows, will give you room to weed when they get bigger.

Alan

[PMW]

Well I have been asking similar questions regarding how many I can fit in my 6ft x 3ft raised bed and it seems there is a confusing variety of advice regarding plant spacing for a complete novice like myself. This useful website British Asparagus suggests only 45cm (18in) between rows and 25cm (10 inches) between plants. Most others seem to suggest a bit more and BBC website says 30cm between both plants and rows.

I guess if you have plenty of space available then perhaps bigger spacing makes sense. I don't have much space so I think I am going to try and get 10 plants into mine unless I get convinced otherwise before the spring. Good luck!

[taff]

I think it depends on how much access you need too. If you have a raised bed/edged bed you can access from all sides without standing on, they'll probably need a bit less room than if you need to walk along a row for example.