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Cutting Asparagus?

We've had a really early start to Spring over here in the southern UK.
I noticed over the weekend that the first spears of the 1 year old
Asparagus crowns I planted last April are just beginning to break the
ground.  It's decision time now - do I cut anything this year?

I planted an all male F1 variety (Franklim) and I faithfully adhered to
the advice not to cut anything last year.  The 'traditional' advice is
either not to cut this year or cut very sparingly (1-2 spears per
plant).  What will happen if I do cut, say 50% of spears?  My 2 beds
currently have 20 crowns with space for another  bed and 10 crowns which
will hopefully go in this year.  This leads me to a second question I
have.  I saw reference in the last couple of weeks to a "White
Asparagus" which is apparently very popular on the continent (Europe),
does anyone have any information on this?

Regards

Chris Lawrence

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