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Rhubarb
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Martin wrote: Rhubarb is pretty robust so I would split it if you need to. What it can't take is hot, dry summers. I had some for a bit, but it never thrived and died when we had a serious of very dry (for the UK) summers. I'd believe it would struggle a bit on sandy soils and how summers but once properly established the root/rhizome seems to become very bulky and extensive almost in the same vein as caudiciform succulents. It thrives on my heavy clay soil whatever the weather. We have had no trouble growing rhubarb in sandy soil. It doesn't get much more sandy than here. The sand goes down to at least 30 metres. Mine is sandy, too, but not that deep. I have no trouble at present but, back in the 1980s, we had several summers with months of negligible rainfall and hot (by UK standards) sun. The soil dessicated to 2" down, and was dry at least 2' down, which did for the rhubarb. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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