Cut Asparagus Ferns Down in the Vegetable Garden.
The asparagus foliage has remained green throughout the autumn, but has now started to turn yellow.
When the ferns have turned yellow:
- cut them down to 2.5cm (1in) above ground level
- a hedge trimmer can be used
- remove & burn the old stems to destroy overwintering Asparagus Beetle (Latin name - Crioceris asparagi)
- mulch the asparagus bed with well rotted organic matter
