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You may not be doing anything wrong. Asparagus seeds are very slow to germinate and take 2-8 weeks to do so. For this reason most gardeners choose to plant from crowns of asparagus.
Are your seed trays indoors? You should start them of indoors and then move them out when they are seedlings. Frosts can prevent the seeds germinating. Some sources recommend soaking in water from 2 hours to as long as 3 days and that soaking can reduce germination time by as much as a week. If you have not soaked them it will be still OK. Dont let your potting soil get too damp as that can promote fungal growth on the surface which then affects the seedlings as they come through.
Here is a very detailed sheet on growing Asparagus http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/agrifoods/...
Good luck
Are your seed trays indoors? You should start them of indoors and then move them out when they are seedlings. Frosts can prevent the seeds germinating. Some sources recommend soaking in water from 2 hours to as long as 3 days and that soaking can reduce germination time by as much as a week. If you have not soaked them it will be still OK. Dont let your potting soil get too damp as that can promote fungal growth on the surface which then affects the seedlings as they come through.
Here is a very detailed sheet on growing Asparagus http://www.nr.gov.nl.ca/nr/agrifoods/...
Good luck
Posted
by: David Hughes
(65 points)
Posted: January 30, 2013
Ideally it takes 2-8 weeks from planting to sprout and they can be transplanted after it gets 10-12 weeks old. Asparagus is delicious vegetable as well as have so many health benefits as it’s loaded with full of nutrients, vitamins A, C, E and K.
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by: JackPonting
(1 point)
Posted: February 1, 2017
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I should probably have mentioned that I planted them in those sectioned seed trays and I used just regular potting soil almost 11 years ago.