i am still clearing my new allotment however i inherited some aspargus. some of them has red fruit - should i do somethnig with it - if so, what and when.
i also noticed some of them has been pushed over by the thisles and grass - do i need puch them upright and stake them ? or do i just leave them. (i cut all the thistle a few inches from ground and tried to remove some of the grass)
thank you
I think you can leave them for now until the ferny foliage goes brown, then cut them down to about 2".
Yes I understand when the ferns turn brown you cut them down, thats what we always so and we get lovely asparugus. 8)
they reccomend that you pick the berries off,i used to but havent bothered for last couple of years ,and cant see any difference.
I've had berries on some of mine (female, I believe) and the first year I hired a child to pick them off for me. Didn't bother after that and it didn't affect them at all.