Asparagus
| Published: July 01, 2005
Following the spring harvest of your asparagus, your patch will burst with frothy fern-like foliage.
Leave this intact through the summer and fall to allow maximum photosynthesis for the developing spears below.
Once the foliage has died in late fall, clip to 5 cm (2 in.) and remove the cuttings. This will help to prevent the asparagus beetle – which defoliates the ferny growth and reduces next year’s yield – from overwintering in the top growth.
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