Fish Blood and Bone, I know that one I've used that on all my fruit bushes and rhubarb this year after reading advice on here and they are doing brilliantly.
I had never heard of it before either until a few months ago and asked the same question
I stopped worrying about the rhubarb flowering, if I did I wouldn't eat any. Some varieties are more prone to flower than others and according tot he experts they will flower if it was wet last year so giving lots of water this year is surely going to make them flower next year so don't worry. Cut off the flowers and carry on.
I have some that I bought which were grown from seed. I don't know if they were just a few months or a year old when I bought them but I wasn't able to crop them for two years. I still didn't crop them in their second year in my garden because they still didn't seem strong enough. They still only have three eye's but I have cropped them this year. I think it can be fun to grow from seed but if you want to eat rhubarb then best to buy crowns and get the biggest you can find. Life's too short. I forced one plant of mine this year but got hardly any stalks to eat so made just the one small crumble which my partner drowned in custard so all I tasted was custard. All that waiting and it be drowned!!
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Fish Blood and Bone, I know that one
I've used that on all my fruit bushes and rhubarb this year after reading advice on here and they are doing brilliantly.
I had never heard of it before either until a few months ago and asked the same question
Thanks , now you have said it , it's obvious
Off to do some gardening it's a lovely day in hear in Lincoln
I stopped worrying about the rhubarb flowering, if I did I wouldn't eat any. Some varieties are more prone to flower than others and according tot he experts they will flower if it was wet last year so giving lots of water this year is surely going to make them flower next year so don't worry. Cut off the flowers and carry on.
I think I'll put that on a mug.
I have some that I bought which were grown from seed. I don't know if they were just a few months or a year old when I bought them but I wasn't able to crop them for two years. I still didn't crop them in their second year in my garden because they still didn't seem strong enough. They still only have three eye's but I have cropped them this year. I think it can be fun to grow from seed but if you want to eat rhubarb then best to buy crowns and get the biggest you can find. Life's too short. I forced one plant of mine this year but got hardly any stalks to eat so made just the one small crumble which my partner drowned in custard so all I tasted was custard. All that waiting and it be drowned!!
If one of my rhubarb plants that is 2 years old has bolted and is going to flower, can I collect the seeds and grow new plants?