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Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!!!
"Serendipity" wrote in message news I've been given a couple of crowns of rhubarb, and as I've never grown it before, I'd be obliged for any/all tips from the expert rhubarbologists amongst you. Put it in the freezer for a couple of days, it'll think it's been frosted which rhubarb likes. Alan -- Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk Many thanks. |
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Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!!!
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from "shazzbat" contains these words: I think others have covered pretty much everyhing, but let me add from experience that if the soil gets waterlogged in winter (almost here) :-(( ,It may well not reappear next year. Years ago when we acquired our last garden, there was a year-round bog at the bottom of a 100yard slope, into which drained 70" pa rainfall plus the numerous springs oozing out of the peat bog higher up.The only thing growing in the swamp was rushes and several square yards of vigorous rhubarb :-). Janet. |
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Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!!!
Years ago when we acquired our last garden, there was a year-round bog
at the bottom of a 100yard slope, into which drained 70" pa rainfall plus the numerous springs oozing out of the peat bog higher up.The only thing growing in the swamp was rushes and several square yards of vigorous rhubarb :-). Janet. That makes sense. Its big brother the 'Gunnera' (not sure on the spelling) is grown as a marginal or bog plant. You'd sure get a big pie with one of those! -- Drakanthus. (Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
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Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!!!
Years ago when we acquired our last garden, there was a year-round bog
at the bottom of a 100yard slope, into which drained 70" pa rainfall plus the numerous springs oozing out of the peat bog higher up.The only thing growing in the swamp was rushes and several square yards of vigorous rhubarb :-). Janet. That makes sense. Its big brother the 'Gunnera' (not sure on the spelling) is grown as a marginal or bog plant. You'd sure get a big pie with one of those! -- Drakanthus. (Spam filter: Include the word VB anywhere in the subject line or emails will never reach me.) |
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Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!!!
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Drakanthus writes Years ago when we acquired our last garden, there was a year-round bog at the bottom of a 100yard slope, into which drained 70" pa rainfall plus the numerous springs oozing out of the peat bog higher up.The only thing growing in the swamp was rushes and several square yards of vigorous rhubarb :-). Janet. That makes sense. Its big brother the 'Gunnera' (not sure on the spelling) is grown as a marginal or bog plant. You'd sure get a big pie with one of those! Not so much 'big brother', more 'very distant cousin several times removed'. Rhubarb is in the dock family, Gunnera in the not at all closely related water milfoil family. Since the relationship of plants depends on sex, flower structure is far more relevant than leaf shape to any classification seeking to replicate the evolutionary history. And not all Gunnera are large! - I have some seedlings of one species which doesn't grow above 4 inches. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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