In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
writes
The message
from Janet Baraclough.. contains
these words:
There's a large and worthwhile difference between just bunging rhubarb
in soil, and planting it on top of a deep hole filled with old leather
shoes, wooly jumpers, weeds and manure. The stalks on deep-fed plants
are longer, more prolific, tender and pink, and taste better.
Don't forget the bones.....
And by 'deep', four feet is recommended by the cognoiscenti - subject to
water table.
I've never bothered with more than three feet deep, and the result was
rhubarb over waist-high.
Well, I've not doe anything with ours, and we have 3-4 ft stalks and
leaves over 30 inches across. I wonder what's buried under there that I
don't know about? ;-)
--
Kay Easton
Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm