Rhubarbs doing well
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That is a really nice dessert, I have to have it with custard or cream though otherwise it's just not half as nice!I'm the only one that eats it here now, going to make a Rhubarb Crumble at the weekend, see if I can tempt my Daughter with that
Nice rhubarb and well fed sheep! We use to have a patch of rhubarb but someone dug it up. My daughter and I are the only ones who like it. I hope you enjoyed it as much as those sheep! Why are the sheep running loose and not in an enclosure?
Our problem here is deer and rabbits eating our vegetables and apples. We've tried different tricks and nothing works. We heard of someone putting up a fence but the deer just jumped it.
Our problem here is deer and rabbits eating our vegetables and apples. We've tried different tricks and nothing works. We heard of someone putting up a fence but the deer just jumped it.
The rhubarb looks awesome ! It does not do well down here in the South, but I keep trying, and maybe one of these times, it will get started well enough to keep growing. I have this years trial growing in a pot, and on the house . On nice days, when it is not too hot, I set the pot out on the back porch, and when the weather is in the 90s, then I am keeping it in the house.
My plan is to do this during the summer heat, and then plant it outside this fall once it cools down enough, and hopefully, then it will get started enough to keep growing next year.
My plan is to do this during the summer heat, and then plant it outside this fall once it cools down enough, and hopefully, then it will get started enough to keep growing next year.
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Wow. That is amazing. I really hope I can get rhubarb to take here. My family used to grow it in the northern US, but I have my doubts it will survive in the southwest. *sigh* All that beautiful greenery. At least there's no wildlife to eat my garden. lol
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OH! This just gave me a challenge zigs. I should try to grow rhubarb! My mother and I love rhubarb pie, but it is so hard to find. Lots of store mix it with strawberries, but it's so good just plain ol' rhubarb. I don't know why I never thought of growing it before. My mom is going to be so excited.
It's easy to grow from seed, planted a whole packet of 50 once, they all came up
But if you can get a 2 or 3 year old plant you won't have to wait so long to get a decent crop
Don't eat the leaves though
But if you can get a 2 or 3 year old plant you won't have to wait so long to get a decent crop
Don't eat the leaves though
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I've dug up and moved my rhubarb.
From the two crowns I managed to get eight pieces to plant and three to force.
It's all sprouting now!
From the two crowns I managed to get eight pieces to plant and three to force.
It's all sprouting now!
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Nice rhubarb. You will never get bunged up eating that!
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I'm suddenly scared of the way zigs cooks his rhubarb if it bungs you up. About how long does a good crop take?
Best not picked for the first couple of years, and then only pic till midsummer on the 3rd, let it build it's roots up. After that it'll crop for a good 20-30 years, but like Bees said, you can dig it up and divide it