Rebecca Norman wrote:I am trying to get rid of the female plants. There's been too much self-seeding, and I'm afraid the new plants are just crowding the slightly older plants.
I only have one row of asparagus so if there are too many stalks with berries, I just cut the stalk off at the base.
I figure that the loss of the fronds with berries is not going to deplete the crown any more than allowing the berries to ripen.