Asparagus Time 2019: Everything you need to know
Of course, you can buy asparagus in the supermarket in March, but the official asparagus season begins later. When exactly, this is difficult to predict, because the asparagus harvest is very dependent on the weather. How long is there asparagus is usually clearly defined.
When exactly is asparagus time?
- Beginning of the asparagus season: Is usually between the middle and the end of April. For the Beelitz asparagus, the asparagus season this year, for exampleon April 11, 2019 be opened.
- End of the asparagus season: Is traditionally June 24th, St. John's Day, also known as "asparagus New Year's Eve". The date marks the end of the asparagus harvest.
Theoretically, farmers are allowed to prick asparagus even after the end of the asparagus season or after St. John's Day, but it would reduce the yield next year. Because only if the plants have enough time (about 100 days) to regenerate before the first frost, they can make enough new sprouts for the next year.
Incidentally, the asparagus time of white and green asparagus differ minimally: green asparagus can often be obtained a little earlier.
How is the price developing in the asparagus season?
At the very beginning of the asparagus season the prices are particularly high. No wonder: all winter we have been waiting for the white poles and now we can not wait to get their hands on them. The first asparagus bundles are therefore particularly expensive. Subsequently, the prices fall in the course of the asparagus time, while the supply continues to rise. Statistically, the asparagus Mid-May the cheapest, For good asparagus you pay only about 4 euros per kilogram. At the end of the asparagus season, the prices rise again.
Why is there an asparagus to buy before the asparagus season?
There are two reasons for this: First, it can be about imported asparagus traded in warmer regions (such as Greece or Spain); secondly, it may be local asparagus grown under a protective film is. In both cases you should avoid using asparagus in March (or even in winter). Because both have a very bad climate balance.
Imported asparagus from southern Europe (or even from China or Peru) comes only over long transport routes and? associated with it ? a miserable carbon footprint to us. For cultivation in the otherwise very dry regions A lot of water is needed, which is missing then the locals, The high energy consumption necessary to harvest native asparagus under foil is even worse for the carbon footprint.
Facts about the asparagus plant
Asparagus is a perennial plant. This means that the rhizomes stay in the soil after the end of asparagus time and out of it New asparagus is growing next year, With white asparagus, is it therefore important that the earth ramparts are regularly increased? This type of asparagus grows exclusively underground and can thus maintain its color. In addition, it can otherwise happen that the vegetables are stung too close to the root and the asparagus tastes bitter. By the way: The largest asparagus growing areas in Germany are in Lower Saxony, Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia.
Great inspiration for the asparagus can also be found on our Pinterest board.
