Hi Patrick, Thanks for posting this. I purchesed asparagus seed this winter and will be starting them in the greenhouse. I have had poor luck with crowns here for some reason. Les Les Roggenbuck East River Organic Farm www.eastriverorganic.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Crouch To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:00 AM Subject: Re: seeking organic asparagus crowns to purchase When I started my asparagus crop I was unable to find organic asparagus crowns anywhere, so I started them from seed. It does take longer, but I've been very pleased with the quality of the crop that they have yielded. It also gave me extra time prep my space to put them in. I'd start them now, I feel like it took me around 14 weeks to get them up to transplant size. Patrick Crouch Program Manager Earthworks Urban Farm, Detroit, MI 313-579-2100 ext. 176 www.cskdetroit.org/earthworks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Michigan organic growers seeking and offering information and ideas [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Vicki Morrone Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:24 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: FW: seeking organic asparagus crowns to purchase From: John Bakker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 9:26 AM To: Vicki Morrone Subject: RE: seeking organic asparagus crowns to purchase Vicki, There are no organic crown producers in MI and I am not aware of any outside of MI either. Sorry I could not be more help. John Bakker John Bakker, executive director of the Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board. From: Vicki Morrone [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:54 AM To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] Subject: seeking organic asparagus crowns to purchase Dear Growers and Advisors, Could you please share your source(s) of organic asparagus crowns and which variety(ies). I am assisting the MSU Student Organic Farm to source a clean organic asparagus crowns for this year's planting. Please write directly to me or share with the listserv if you like. Thanks very much for your input. Sincerely, Vicki Morrone Vicki Morrone Organic Vegetable and Crop Outreach Specialist Michigan State University C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems 303 Natural Resources Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-3542 517-282-3557 (cell) 517-353-3834 (fax) For information on organic agriculture production please visit: http://www.MichiganOrganic.msu.edu/ P Please consider the environment before printing this email If you would like to access a searchable archive of the all the previous Mich-Organic listserv postings copy this URL and paste in your browser address field http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html If you would like to access a searchable archive of the all the previous Mich-Organic listserv postings copy this URL and paste in your browser address field http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html