Food products First asparagus harvested in Swiss fields
The first Swiss asparagus have been harvested this year. Before Easter, however, there will not be enough for the wholesalers to sell in significant quantities. Thanks to the beautiful spring weather, the harvest is now picking up speed.
14.04.2025, 10:52
SDA
For the time being, asparagus lovers will have to look around in farm stores or at the vegetable market, as the Swiss Vegetable Producers Association wrote on Monday. Larger harvests are not expected until after Easter. A full harvest and good market supply throughout Switzerland are expected by asparagus producers from Tuesday after Easter.
The growth of asparagus depends heavily on temperatures. The shoots only sprout from eight degrees and growth starts slowly from around ten degrees. From 13 degrees, the asparagus grow two to three centimetres a day, at 17 degrees even up to five centimetres a day.
Last year, 856 tons of asparagus were harvested in Switzerland, according to the report, almost 130 tons more than in 2023. 501 tons of these were white asparagus and 355 tons were green asparagus. With a total volume of 10,155 tons, domestic production accounted for only 8.4 percent. Last year, 446 hectares were cultivated.
