The asparagus foliage has been late turning yellow this year - usually we've been able to cut it down by now. It's worth waiting for it to turn yellow, as then the maximum goodness will have been stored in those fat white roots, ready to fuel next spring's crop. Once you have cut it down, carefully weed out any young weeds which have lain hidden by the foliage up till now.
Keeping perennial weeds out of asparagus beds is a legendary problem, but modern science has made it easier. If your asparagus bed is over-run with weed or couch grass, go over it with a glyphosate weedkiller like Roundup WHILE THE ASPARAGUS IS DORMANT. As long as the asparagus is completely underground and not beginning to shoot, the weedkiller won't harm it. Then give it a nice thick mulch with something nourishing - both well-rotted manure and spent mushroom compost are good.
Keeping perennial weeds out of asparagus beds is a legendary problem, but modern science has made it easier. If your asparagus bed is over-run with weed or couch grass, go over it with a glyphosate weedkiller like Roundup WHILE THE ASPARAGUS IS DORMANT. As long as the asparagus is completely underground and not beginning to shoot, the weedkiller won't harm it. Then give it a nice thick mulch with something nourishing - both well-rotted manure and spent mushroom compost are good.
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