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Rhubarb

Rheum rhabarbarum WD

How to sow rhubarb: Transplant crowns or direct seed indoors

Sun requirement for rhubarb: Plant in Full Sun

Rhubarb is a perennial herbaceous plant in USDA Zones 4-8. It cannot be harvested from in the first year of planting. It has large green leaves that are poisonous and thick, red-green stalks that are edible raw or cooked. It's stalks have a strong, tart taste and are commonly used in strawberry-rhubarb pies.

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Growing rhubarb

Perennial

living more than two years

First harvest expected

29 weeks after planting

Height

75cm

Spread

75cm

Row Spacing

92cm

Grown for

stem harvested 22 times

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Rhubarb plantings

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What people are saying about rhubarb

Tonic wines - reading in the garden.

by shiny,

Found this old book in a back country second hand store. It was published in 1960, it was part of a series of "know how" books.

inside is every kind of wine. I think the author was in the UK, and many of the plants are the same ones introduced here and thrive in our New Zealand climate.

these i…

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TODO List

by shiny,

  1. DONE plant Painted Mountain Corn in the Big Sunny Bed
  2. DONE Plant the 2 potted sunflowers into the front garden
  3. DONE Plant more sun flowers out in the north garden
  4. DONE Harvest the boysenberry soon
  5. SINE6String the [peas](/crops/p…
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Overgrown rhubarb

by maco,

There's a plant next to my driveway that a friend says is rhubarb. He says it's normal that if you let it overgrow, the stalks go brown instead of bright red. It's about as tall as me at this point. Can I still cook the stalks, even though they're far past ripe? Do I just cut ba…

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Plant identification?

by maco,

I just got a house, and the front garden has a bunch of things that I don't recognize. Since mulberry, grape, and rhubarb have been identified in that bed, I wouldn't be surprised to find these are also edibles. I just don't know what they are…

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by oakandsage,

My raspberry are flowering!

Anyone whose english pea plants yield spherical peas must be a saint. I only get spherical peas if I miss a pod. In the evening I sit out in the garden and eat peas until there is nothing worth eating left on the plant. Then I am done…

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Rhubarb in containers

by Skud,

I've got some rhubarb seedlings which I hope to plant out in containers. Does anyone have much experience with this? Any particular tips? I know rhubarb's meant to be a heavy feeder so I'm wondering particularly how to keep it happy in that regard. I've also heard it's a good co…

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