I've just had my wrist slapped for cutting asparagus spears with secateurs.
My neighbour says I should pull the spears to avoid leaving a stump.
But Marshalls catalogue offers an asparagus knife to cut the spears below
the surface.
What is the right way?
Oh, and also ... I always leave the first spear to grow and then pick the
subsequent spears until the end of May.
So, already, the first spears are a metre tall. Is this the right way, or
should I pick so that the spears stay short until the end of the season and
then let 'em grow?
TIA
Sue