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rhubarb seeds
Hello there
This is my first post thank you for letting me join your forum. I live in surrey i have not got a very big garden mainly flowers and lawn, but i am sorting out part of the garden to use to plant vegetable so i am sure i will be asking plenty of question look foward to getting to know you all. my sister has rhubarb in her garden, She has just given me a load of seeds. Is this the best way to start some plants for my garden. Also at the moment is it ok to grow them in a very large pot regards Marela |
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Dont pick any stems until year two or three but remove flower heads annually BTW seed grown Rhubarb is much sweeter then someones old spilttings. |
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rhubarb seeds
On Tue, 10 May 2011 15:41:41 +0000, marela
wrote: Hello there This is my first post thank you for letting me join your forum. I live in surrey i have not got a very big garden mainly flowers and lawn, but i am sorting out part of the garden to use to plant vegetable so i am sure i will be asking plenty of question look foward to getting to know you all. my sister has rhubarb in her garden, She has just given me a load of seeds. Is this the best way to start some plants for my garden. The quickest way to propagate rhubarb is to divide a plant. Any chunk that has a stalk or two and some roots will probably grow. Seeds will work if they are viable but it will take longer. AFAIK rhubarb is true breeding so the seeds should give a plant much like the parent. Also at the moment is it ok to grow them in a very large pot Sure, depending on your definition of 'very large'. Fill the pot with fairly rich mix that includes some manure or compost, rhubarb is a moderately heavy feeder. It will only do well for a year or two after that divide it and plant it out or replace the soil. Place the pot in full sun and remember to water it regularly particularly when it is hot and dry. David |
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Apple tree Care
On Tue, 10 May 2011 17:06:56 +0000, Benacre
wrote: Just got an allotment after a three year wait, I have found two mature and two immature apple trees, Not sure if they are cookers or dessert, There are small fruits forming and the base are covered in weeds. How best to care for them between fruiting and picking please? Cheers ears. CJ. Clear the weeds and mulch all around, trim off any shoots from below the graft, feed now and then again mid summer. Water deeply if it gets dry. Keep your eyes open for attack by insects, fungi and fruit thieves both four and two legged. If there are many fruit consider thinning them. Consider pruning next winter before budding. Ask others who grow apples at the allotment for tips. D |
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rhubarb seeds
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
... The quickest way to propagate rhubarb is to divide a plant. Any chunk that has a stalk or two and some roots will probably grow. Seeds will work if they are viable but it will take longer. AFAIK rhubarb is true breeding so the seeds should give a plant much like the parent. Same here 100 miles west of Montreal. Local plants are hardy i.e. survive winters as cold as -30, appear dead in April and produce edible rhubarb in June. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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