{"product_id":"conovers-colossal-asparagus","title":"Conover's Colossal Asparagus","description":"\u003cp\u003eConover's Colossal is the old American asparagus with the fat spears. S. B. Conover, a New York produce merchant, selected it in the 1860s for spear size and yield. It went on sale in 1868 and became the most popular American asparagus of the 1800s. In Britain it still holds the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spears are bright green with purple tips, and they can reach an inch thick while staying tender. It's an open-pollinated heirloom, so a bed has both male and female plants. Female plants grow the larger spears and set red berries in summer. The berries aren't edible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are young plants in quart pots. Plant them in full sun and soil that drains well, then let them establish for two to three years before you harvest. After that, a bed can produce every spring for 15 years or more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAsparagus officinalis\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSold as:\u003c\/strong\u003e One young plant in a quart pot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3 to 8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Open-pollinated heirloom, first sold in 1868\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpears:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright green with purple tips, up to 1 inch thick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSun:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e Well drained, pH 6.5 to 7.0\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlanting depth:\u003c\/strong\u003e In a trench 6 to 8 inches deep, filled in as the plant grows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 to 18 inches apart, in rows at least 3 feet apart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ferns grow 3 to 5 feet tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spring, starting two to three years after planting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"FruitBushes","offers":[{"title":"Single - Quart Pot","offer_id":67602089443407,"sku":"ASP-CONOVERS-COLOSSAL-1-QT","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7906\/0815\/files\/1920px-Asparagus_bundle.jpg?v=1791761448","url":"https:\/\/fruitbushes.com\/products\/conovers-colossal-asparagus","provider":"FruitBushes.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}