Thanks for the advice Jim and Dove, hopefully the rain will hold off long enough for me to get them planted tomorrow.
It's possible I could harvest a little next year? That would be great, I was expecting to have to wait 2 years. Now I'm really excited
Well, you shouldn't take any in it's first year - this will be it's first year so next year you could pull a light crop. Never remove all the stems, and stop pulling at the end of May/beginning of June to let the crown build up for the next year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mmm, dipped in sugar when I was a kid. Great memories. Verdun, my local GC had a great deal on those Rhubarb forces. Obviously any upturned bin would work too but would it look as good? Got this one for £19.99
I have feeing forced and harvested today the crowns are 15 years old and have loads of it and I have just made a crumble mixed with apple and honey it is absalutlyn gorgeous
Mine is way off being ready. This crown was in a pot for 4 years and didn't produce anything worthy of picking. Will it be ok to pick what comes this year as it will be the first year of it being in the ground?
Like your rhubarb sanctuary No Expert. Before the tiddlers came along we had a wildlife pond and I planted two Timperly Early rhubarb plants at the edge of it as a non prickly version of Gunnera (having had one at our previous house which was a vicious thug and I dug it out). The rhubarb are now surrounded with anemones, tulips, phlomis, poppies, hellebores, black grass, thalictrum and others. The rhubarb don't mind the cosiness at all, if the huge leaves and long stalks are anything to go by.
No Expert, you look like you're growing commercially there. Do you really like Rhubarb or do you sell it? ;-D
When you say 'small growing points' how small are you talking? I nocked a little one off one of mine when I was looking for it, it was only about a cm big though. I didn't even consider saving it.
Tootles, my Victoria are about that stage too. The Timperly Early I bought last week had two leaves on, I say 'had' because I nocked one off and ate it.
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Well, you shouldn't take any in it's first year - this will be it's first year so next year you could pull a light crop. Never remove all the stems, and stop pulling at the end of May/beginning of June to let the crown build up for the next year.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, Even If I only get one crumble out of it next year, I'll be a happy bunny!
Mmm, dipped in sugar when I was a kid. Great memories. Verdun, my local GC had a great deal on those Rhubarb forces. Obviously any upturned bin would work too but would it look as good?
Got this one for £19.99
I have feeing forced and harvested today the crowns are 15 years old and have loads of it and I have just made a crumble mixed with apple and honey it is absalutlyn gorgeous
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I ment rhubarb not feeing its spell check.
Mine is way off being ready. This crown was in a pot for 4 years and didn't produce anything worthy of picking. Will it be ok to pick what comes this year as it will be the first year of it being in the ground?
A crown I divided in December.
The older ones on the left were not divided this year. On the right are the ones which were divided in December.
This is the orphanage where those small growing points which fall off get rehab.
Like your rhubarb sanctuary No Expert. Before the tiddlers came along we had a wildlife pond and I planted two Timperly Early rhubarb plants at the edge of it as a non prickly version of Gunnera (having had one at our previous house which was a vicious thug and I dug it out). The rhubarb are now surrounded with anemones, tulips, phlomis, poppies, hellebores, black grass, thalictrum and others. The rhubarb don't mind the cosiness at all, if the huge leaves and long stalks are anything to go by.
No Expert, you look like you're growing commercially there. Do you really like Rhubarb or do you sell it? ;-D
When you say 'small growing points' how small are you talking? I nocked a little one off one of mine when I was looking for it, it was only about a cm big though. I didn't even consider saving it.
Tootles, my Victoria are about that stage too. The Timperly Early I bought last week had two leaves on, I say 'had' because I nocked one off and ate it.