Q:  Can you grow asparagus in a SFG ?

A: Yes, asparagus can be easily grown in a square foot garden.

Because it is a perennial and takes several years to even get started before the first harvest and since people like a lot of asparagus and it only produces one crop a year, we suggest you assign or plant an entire 4x4 in only asparagus.  Have you ever grown it before?  The plants get very bushy throughout the summer and need quite a bit of room to spread out so leave good aisle space around it
Traditionally, you plant one per square foot, but I've found that if you can afford enough of the roots, four per square foot will produce a much bigger crop earlier and I think you know the conventional way of planting them is to put about half or 3 inches of your Mel's Mix down, determine your spacing, make little mounds of Mel's Mix at each plant location and then you drape the roots, which you buy in the nursery or through mail order, over each one of those little mounds and then pour in the rest of the 3 inches of Mel's Mix.  That would cover the roots an inch or two and that is about all you have to do.

On all the rest of your square foot garden, remember we advocate a different crop in every square foot and that has as many different advantages as explained in the "What Is SFG?" and "How to SFG".

Mel B.