I tried posting this question once but it doesn't seem to have made it to
the group. Apologies if anyone's news server has it twice-


I've been given a rhubarb plant which is quite well grown- it's already
produced some rhubarb that is. I just wonder if there are any tips on
planting for rhubarb before I stick it in the ground.

Any advice, anyone?


Ian

Ian B wrote:
I tried posting this question once but it doesn't seem to have made
it to the group. Apologies if anyone's news server has it twice-


I've been given a rhubarb plant which is quite well grown- it's
already produced some rhubarb that is. I just wonder if there are any
tips on planting for rhubarb before I stick it in the ground.

Any advice, anyone?

Just realised these are getting appended to another rhubarb thread :-(


Ian

In article ,
lid says...
I tried posting this question once but it doesn't seem to have made it to
the group. Apologies if anyone's news server has it twice-


I've been given a rhubarb plant which is quite well grown- it's already
produced some rhubarb that is. I just wonder if there are any tips on
planting for rhubarb before I stick it in the ground.

Any advice, anyone?


Ian



Good soil and good light, seems to like us, we are still pulling the
wretched stuff have started back in February in all that cold, it is I
will admit nice with a bit of stem ginger!
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Charlie Pridham wrote in
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In article ,
lid says...
I tried posting this question once but it doesn't seem to have made
it to the group. Apologies if anyone's news server has it twice-


I've been given a rhubarb plant which is quite well grown- it's
already produced some rhubarb that is. I just wonder if there are any
tips on planting for rhubarb before I stick it in the ground.

Any advice, anyone?


Ian



Good soil and good light, seems to like us, we are still pulling the
wretched stuff have started back in February in all that cold, it is I
will admit nice with a bit of stem ginger!

Agreed.
How does it work though with forced rhubarb which has no light?
Always wondered that.

PS
Rhubarb makes a wonderful dry white wine.(be sure to add lots or
precipitated chalk to lower the acidity)

Regards
Part_No

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:18 +0000, Part_No wrote:

Agreed.
How does it work though with forced rhubarb which has no light? Always
wondered that.

Easy. After the forced crop is harvested they are allowed full light
until next spring. This allows the plant to store energy in the corm for
next year's forced crop.

Derek Turner wrote in news:8eptenFhthU1
@mid.individual.net:

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:18 +0000, Part_No wrote:

Agreed.
How does it work though with forced rhubarb which has no light? Always
wondered that.

Easy. After the forced crop is harvested they are allowed full light
until next spring. This allows the plant to store energy in the corm for
next year's forced crop.


Ah I see. Clever thing, nature.

Thanks
Part_No

Part_No wrote:

How does it work though with forced rhubarb which has no light?
Always wondered that.

The crowns are discarded after forcing.

PS
Rhubarb makes a wonderful dry white wine.(be sure to add lots or
precipitated chalk to lower the acidity)

Yes, as oxalic acid and possibly others in rhubarb can crystllise in the
joints, causing gyp, especially to arthritis and rheumatism sufferers.

I remove all the acid with chalk powder, and add a little tartaric acid
to compensate.

--
Rusty

Part_No wrote:
Derek Turner wrote in news:8eptenFhthU1
@mid.individual.net:

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:18 +0000, Part_No wrote:

Agreed.
How does it work though with forced rhubarb which has no light? Always
wondered that.
Easy. After the forced crop is harvested they are allowed full light
until next spring. This allows the plant to store energy in the corm for
next year's forced crop.


Ah I see. Clever thing, nature.

Growers are clever, too. They split the old crowns and replant the best
of the satellites, and use the rest for forcing, then the spent crowns
are composted.

--
Rusty