THE PRODUCTION OF YEAR ROUND WHITE ASPARAGUS IN GREENHOUSES USING A COCO PEAT MEDIUM

White asparagus is a popular commodity year round in western Europe, but much of the out of season production is undertaken in less developed countries, where GAP can be a problem, and the costs of airfreight to Europe is high.
Growing asparagus plants in large containers filled with coco peat in greenhouses during the summer months, and then transferring the containers into well insulate buildings for forcing in the dark has the potential to provide consumers with a high quality local product year round.
By forcing in the dark the plants can be grown at soil level, and the white spears harvested above the ground.

VIII International Symposium on Protected Cultivation in Mild Winter Climates: Advances in Soil and Soilless Cultivation under Protected Environment

M.A. Nichols

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.747.33