little gems

Jac, i thought i would explain here rather than in your comment box (may be a bit long)

When i ordered my asparagus from the website (who shall be nameless) said delivery would be between February/ may… I placed my order thinking i have time to prepare a bed .. I have ordered things in the past ( potatoes, fruit bushes) in advance with no problems. Yes..These have arrived four months early and they are not as described on the website as crowns. These are what i was expecting but what arrived a week after my order were the plants (in pots) as in the picture, so, now I’m faced with the dilemma of where to keep them until i can plant them. I don’t want to risk leaving them in pots at my lottie in winter as there are fewer people around, so may disappear. I do have a garden as such, its a shared garden, i live in a house that’s converted into flats but with the neighboring kids playing down there they could get damaged, so that’s a no. I think my daughter may have to baby (plant) sit..

I don’t really know much about asparagus, only what i have read on how to prepare a bed and plant them. “I was planning to learn as i go along” Most are sold as 2 year crowns and then left for a year after planting before cutting any spears, these look well established, so i may get a crop in the first year of planting( that’s a bonus) not having to wait..

It was just a shock receiving these so soon after ordering them”what the hell do i do now” (so much for forward planning) and a bigger shock when i opened the boxes and saw they were plants not crowns.. it completely threw me… I don’t like it when somebody moves the goal post and i have to change my plans…Ar**ols… and im not even sure if they will survive being transplanted from pots…

I’m still debating whether to send them a stern email…

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