{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 169 Growing Perennial Vegetables, Asparagus, Rhubarb & More | #GoodGrowing","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2856,"description":"This week on the Good Growing Podcast Ken and Chris talk about perennial vegetables that we can grow here in Illinois. Many of the preparation and care instructions match with each crop and we describe those during our first crop, asparagus! We also chat about rhubarb, artichoke, chives, and horseradish. Are there others? What perennial veggies do you grow?\nLearn more about growing veggies at our website: https://extension.illinois.edu/gardening\nPrevious episode on growing horseradish: https://youtu.be/PXKp-MLkHAk \nWatch us on YouTube https://youtu.be/Q9PYXesCPXE\nSkip to what you want to know:\n0:27 Hey Ken!\n4:14 Diving into perennial vegetables\n4:44 Asparagus - What do we like about asparagus? Smelly pee and astronauts.\n6:19 What do you get when you order asparagus? Seed vs. living crowns\n8:13 Preparing a site for planting asparagus.\n12:51 How to plant asparagus.\n14:04 When can you start harvesting asparagus?\n17:15 Should you cut or break the asparagus spears when harvesting?\n18:32 Weed control in asparagus (and pretty all other types of perennial vegetables)\n21:21 Asparagus fall color.\n21:57 Asparagus pests\n23:04 Asparagus cultivars\n24:57 Rhubarb\n27:07 Rhubarb care\n29:05 Should you remove the rhubarb flowers\n31:55 Can you eat rhubarb after a frost?\n34:07 Artichoke\n39:27 Chives\n40:56 Horseradish\n45:48 What perennial veggies did we miss? Thank you's and coming up next week\nContact us! \nChris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu\nKen Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu \nCheck out the Good Growing Blog: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing\nSubscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe\nAny products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies.\n--\nYou can find us on most podcast platforms.  \niTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377   \nStitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing   \nTunein...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}