On the local Sydney radio gardening program, a caller rang in to ask
about the colour of her rhubarb, it not being as red as it usually is.
The gardening expert said that temperatures above 25C cause rhubarb to
not develop its full colour, and that the 3 or 4 days earlier in the month
when our temperatures (it's Summer here) were well above 25C would be the
cause.

I've never heard of this. My parents have had rhubarb growing for over
40 years, and even in mid-Summer when their daytime temperatures are
rarely under 25C for weeks on end their plants always had plenty of red
stems.

Every other gardening expert I've heard talk of the colour of rhubarb
has said that it's genetic, and that there is nothing apart from replacing
the plants will change green stemed rhubard into red!

Any one have any experience with warmer days causing rhubarb to grow with
a duller stem colour?
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

g'day john,

new one on me that one but maybe i wasn't listening at the time
rhubarb not being my most favourite food plant.

mine here never quiet gets as red as i have seen it nor is it as green
as some i've seen but summer or winter it is about the same colour all
the time.

no matter the colour the taste is always the same from my taste buds
that is.

wonder if it could be more like the richness of the soil and how much
watering it gets that could make a difference?

len

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g'day john,

new one on me that one but maybe i wasn't listening at the time
rhubarb not being my most favourite food plant.

mine here never quiet gets as red as i have seen it nor is it as green
as some i've seen but summer or winter it is about the same colour all
the time.

no matter the colour the taste is always the same from my taste buds
that is.

wonder if it could be more like the richness of the soil and how much
watering it gets that could make a difference?

len

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"in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment
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Different types are different colors. I have 2 plants that stay green, and
one that gets red. They came from two different people. That doesnt
explain how yours was red one year and not the next. No idea.

Dwayne

"John Savage" wrote in message
om...
On the local Sydney radio gardening program, a caller rang in to ask
about the colour of her rhubarb, it not being as red as it usually is.
The gardening expert said that temperatures above 25C cause rhubarb to
not develop its full colour, and that the 3 or 4 days earlier in the month
when our temperatures (it's Summer here) were well above 25C would be the
cause.

I've never heard of this. My parents have had rhubarb growing for over
40 years, and even in mid-Summer when their daytime temperatures are
rarely under 25C for weeks on end their plants always had plenty of red
stems.

Every other gardening expert I've heard talk of the colour of rhubarb
has said that it's genetic, and that there is nothing apart from replacing
the plants will change green stemed rhubard into red!

Any one have any experience with warmer days causing rhubarb to grow with
a duller stem colour?
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

"John Savage" wrote in message
om...
On the local Sydney radio gardening program, a caller rang in to ask
about the colour of her rhubarb, it not being as red as it usually is.
The gardening expert said that temperatures above 25C cause rhubarb to
not develop its full colour, and that the 3 or 4 days earlier in the month
when our temperatures (it's Summer here) were well above 25C would be the
cause.

I've never heard of this. My parents have had rhubarb growing for over
40 years, and even in mid-Summer when their daytime temperatures are
rarely under 25C for weeks on end their plants always had plenty of red
stems.

SNIP

25C? I should be so lucky! It's more like 25F here in UK this morning.
Scraped ice off the windscreen at 0630, what fun. Oh, and my rhubarb hasn't
all put it's head above the parapet yet.

Steve

Hi All,
reply at the end.
"shazzbat" wrote in message
...

"John Savage" wrote in message
om...
On the local Sydney radio gardening program, a caller rang in to ask
about the colour of her rhubarb, it not being as red as it usually is.
The gardening expert said that temperatures above 25C cause rhubarb to
not develop its full colour, and that the 3 or 4 days earlier in the
month
when our temperatures (it's Summer here) were well above 25C would be
the
cause.

I've never heard of this. My parents have had rhubarb growing for over
40 years, and even in mid-Summer when their daytime temperatures are
rarely under 25C for weeks on end their plants always had plenty of red
stems.

SNIP

25C? I should be so lucky! It's more like 25F here in UK this morning.
Scraped ice off the windscreen at 0630, what fun. Oh, and my rhubarb
hasn't
all put it's head above the parapet yet.

Steve

my rhubarb is just sarting to poke through the straw mulch that is over it,
Widnes, U. K.

Ruichard M. Watkin.

il Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:38:12 GMT, John Savage ha scritto:

On the local Sydney radio gardening program, a caller rang in to ask
about the colour of her rhubarb, it not being as red as it usually is.
The gardening expert said that temperatures above 25C cause rhubarb to
not develop its full colour, and that the 3 or 4 days earlier in the month
when our temperatures (it's Summer here) were well above 25C would be the
cause.

I've never heard of this. My parents have had rhubarb growing for over
40 years, and even in mid-Summer when their daytime temperatures are
rarely under 25C for weeks on end their plants always had plenty of red
stems.

Every other gardening expert I've heard talk of the colour of rhubarb
has said that it's genetic, and that there is nothing apart from replacing
the plants will change green stemed rhubard into red!

Any one have any experience with warmer days causing rhubarb to grow with
a duller stem colour?

I thought is was sunshine that made it red. Less sunny days and
things making it less red.
--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

g'day loki,

dunno mate, mines in full on sun all day and it's never gotten as red
as some i've seen same colour all year here bottom 1/2 light to mid
red top 1/2 green.

len

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(Keckley) writes:
I just checked in and saw this ..I know there are a peach and a
Strawberry flavor..The peach is lighter red. Maybe that is it ..Becky

Peach-flavoured rhubarb, you say?? Whatever next!
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

(Keckley) writes:
I just checked in and saw this ..I know there are a peach and a
Strawberry flavor..The peach is lighter red. Maybe that is it ..Becky

Peach-flavoured rhubarb, you say?? Whatever next!
--
John Savage (my news address is not valid for email)

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:38:12 GMT, John Savage
wrote:

On the local Sydney radio gardening program, a caller rang in to ask
about the colour of her rhubarb, it not being as red as it usually is.
The gardening expert said that temperatures above 25C cause rhubarb to

Your gardenening expert is obviously a dipstick, like most media
types...
The colour is dependant on the type, other atributes to type are size
of stems, thicknes of stems etc....
The caller that rang the station was probably lonely and needed to
hear him/herself talk.... as do most callers to those shows...

Try http://www.rhubarbinfo.com they may have more to it.

il Thu, 03 Mar 2005 23:04:06 +1100, Ramset ha scritto:
Your gardenening expert is obviously a dipstick, like most media
types...
The colour is dependant on the type, other atributes to type are size
of stems, thicknes of stems etc....
The caller that rang the station was probably lonely and needed to
hear him/herself talk.... as do most callers to those shows...

Try http://www.rhubarbinfo.com they may have more to it.

Then explain why my rhubarb is red one year and green the next. It is
the same variety after all.

--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

il Thu, 03 Mar 2005 23:04:06 +1100, Ramset ha scritto:
Your gardenening expert is obviously a dipstick, like most media
types...
The colour is dependant on the type, other atributes to type are size
of stems, thicknes of stems etc....
The caller that rang the station was probably lonely and needed to
hear him/herself talk.... as do most callers to those shows...

Try http://www.rhubarbinfo.com they may have more to it.

Then explain why my rhubarb is red one year and green the next. It is
the same variety after all.

--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

Then explain why my rhubarb is red one year and green the next. It is
the same variety after all.

Lonely are we.....

Spend some time with it.... get to know it..... feed it..... water
it.... might just thank you for it...