We are in Putnam County, NY. Just discovered that we have an asparagus plant randomly growing in some weeds by our house. (We moved in last year, very old property, very overgrown.) It has already gotten very tall with delicate sprigs coming out (fern stage?). TThe spears appeared around 4/27 but we did not cut.
What, if anything should we do to make sure our pal sticks around in the best shape? Do we trim it back? Can we still get edible spears?
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We are in Putnam County, NY. Just discovered that we have an asparagus plant randomly growing in some weeds by our house. (We moved in last year, very old property, very overgrown.) It has already gotten very tall with delicate sprigs coming out (fern stage?). TThe spears appeared around 4/27 but we did not cut.
What, if anything should we do to make sure our pal sticks around in the best shape? Do we trim it back? Can we still get edible spears?