2 Cover Crops in Asparagus Production

Use cover crops the year before asparagus is planted to add nutrients to the soil and suppress weeds. The following guidance is from Rutgers. Plant a soybean cover crop the year before the asparagus goes in the ground. Incorporate soybean plants into the soil once they are mature and green. Follow with a fall wheat cover crop, which should be plowed under as soon as the field is workable in the spring.