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Old 23-01-2006, 04:35 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Bob Hobden
 
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Default Rhubarb-Never flowered.


"Robert" wrote after..
"Brian" said...
: Thirty years ago I bought seed from T&M~~ Champagne
: perpetual~IMMSMC! I grew a row of thirty crowns which varied
tremendously
: but were ideal for my needs. They have now all been discarded {a fresh
: garden has been made} but in all those thirty years not one ever
produced
a
: flower. I have no explanation. With unlimited fym and seaweed,
overfeeding
: is a possible explanation but highly unlikely.
: Non flowering cannot have been part of their heritage!! So
: what~~~~~~???
:
Why did you want them to flower, to propagate them? My rhubarb never
flower
either, I always assumed the ones in poor conditions flowered to try and
'save' themselves

Don't think so. I dug up and replanted my old Rhubarb into well manured
ground and the next year every one flowered.
Most have done so in every subsequent year.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London