Urgent asparagus advice required

[glow777]

Ordered some wild asparagus from seeds of italy a few months ago for an expected spring planting.

unfortunately they arrived today. Not looked closely at the contens of the bag as I dont want to disturb the plants but they have been at the post office over xmas (not great planning by seeds of italy!)

the planting info on the packet says Nov-April (the rest is in Italian so no help) when should I plant them. I have a  bed ready for them but the weather forecast predicts rain, wind and in a few days freezing temps. Should I plant tomorrow and mulch with leaves and or straw or leave until sometime later?

Whatever I do Seeds of Italy will be getting a complaint for posting plants over Christmas

[glow777]

[caroline7758]

Can't give a very exact answer, but I do know that the ones we got mail order two years ago sat around the house for ages before we got round to planting them. Thought they had probably dried out too much but planted them on May 2nd and they produced loads of fruit this year (they were two year-old crowns). Good luck with yours!

[jennym]

I'd put them in now.

[Curryandchips]

Whatever I do Seeds of Italy will be getting a complaint for posting plants over Christmas

I would be a bit perturbed over that too ...

[saddad]

I raised some Convers Collossal.. the hard way, from seed and had them in a raised bed on the bottom allotment but when I was ill couch got in and I had to dig them out and transplant them... most of them survived and were back on line this year...
8)
Spot the wally... this should have been in the other asparagus thread!

[glow777]

Just to let you know after looking at the asparagus this morning they were in a very bad way - I am trying to revive them but apart from the odd one they look doomed. I imagine they were next to a radiator for 5 days at the PO

I emailed them this morning at 9:00am and they phoned me on my mobile to apologise and after a long conversation to a very nice bloke they promissed to send me another bunch after the new year  holidays:-)

Working in computers where technical support is everything (and being on hold for over a hour to someone in India who gives you wrong info when you can get past the accent problems) I found this very refreshing. So initially a big thumbs down now a big thumbs up!

[Robert_Brenchley]

Things can always go wrong; the mark of a good firm is the trouble they go to to put them right.

[redimp]

In the marketing world it is actually better to get something wrong then put it right than to get it right in the first place.  it has been shown that if it is right in the first place, 2 out of 10 customers will tell people how good you are.  If you get it right, then sort it out, 8 out of 10 customers will tell people how good you are.  The figure goes up to 9ish if you are just rubbish though.