I'm new to growing asparagus and this is only my second winter of it. Outside in the serious below-freezing weather, I'm sure it's dormant and not a problem, but in my
greenhouse, which is only barely below freezing at night, I've had trouble convincing it to stay dormant. Last year it was new from seed the preceding summer, and produced a few spears now and again in December, January and February. This year, the asparagus in the
greenhouse is those same plants, which are now 3 nice big plants that I didn't harvest, but a few days ago produced 3 fat gorgeous spears. And again, one of the newly seeded this year plants put up a clump of spears, one nice and big and like 10 skinny ones.
I cut them down when some were going golden in November, and mulched with a few inches of leaves.
Should I let them grow up now in December, knowing that the greenhouse will only get colder in Jan? Or should I snap them off? How can I convince it to stay dormant? Is there a lullaby that works?