SueC Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Last year I planted rhubarb, the plants survived but no decent stalks. This weekend I was able to pick enough stalks to cook! And better yet, My husband doesn't care for it so it is all mine!!! (no wonder he wasn't watering it often ) Link to comment
nana9 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I'm the only one in my family that likes it and I can eat it by the spoon fulls.lol Link to comment
westbrook Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 well next year take over the watering! Link to comment
Andrea Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 I planted rhubarb for the first time this year and it's doing great. I did cheat and gathered enough stalks for one batch of strawberry-rhubarb jam (yumm!) but I am patiently waiting for next year! Check out these: http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/recipe-index.html Link to comment
JCK88 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Ah..Rhubarb! My mother always had a patch of it. She let us use the giant leaves for kooky sun hats but of course were told not to eat those! We used to like to eat the rhubarb by the stick, dunked in sugar. She was sometimes hard pressed to get enough for pies and such because we kids raided the patch! It's versatile but not everyone likes it. !! How nice to have the patch to yourself there,LOL Link to comment
westbrook Posted September 26, 2007 Share Posted September 26, 2007 I planted some in the ground this year, all of mine are in a raised planter. the gophers ate every last one in the ground! Link to comment
SueC Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 When we move I am not taking any pot plants - but I am going to put the rhubarb crowns in a box! They are going! Link to comment
Necie Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Originally Posted By: SueC When we move I am not taking any pot plants - Don't know about where you are, but around here growing a couple of pot plants will get ya in enough trouble--let alone transporting them. Believe that would be a felony. Link to comment
Leah Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Oh thank heaven, I'm not the only one who had that thought! I'm sure she was thinking of something like this, though... Link to comment
SueC Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 ok - terminology: pot plant = plant grown in a flower pot Link to comment
Necie Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Originally Posted By: SueC ok - terminology: pot plant = plant grown in a flower pot Weeeellllll....pot CAN be grown in a flower pot, but it's best to do it that way hydroponically-if ya grow it in soil in a flower pot it'll most definitely get root bound. Link to comment
SueC Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Not advised when you live in the church manse ... Link to comment
dogmom4 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 Originally Posted By: Necie Originally Posted By: SueC ok - terminology: pot plant = plant grown in a flower pot Weeeellllll....pot CAN be grown in a flower pot, but it's best to do it that way hydroponically-if ya grow it in soil in a flower pot it'll most definitely get root bound. ummm Necie...you sound like you've had a little experience... Link to comment
westbrook Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 oh Dogmom... glad you mentioned that! I was thinking that these ladies knew a little too much about frog licking and pot plants myself! *I* on the other hand know about this stuff from watching TV! yeah! TV watching, and movies in school like Reefer Madness! why that movie alone scared me to death! I want red rhubarb! badly! just can't seem to find it. Where did that photo come from? do they sell it? Link to comment
Andrea Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Westbrook, I'm in Central CA and I got my rhubarb "bulbs" at Orchard Supply Hardware during the Spring last year. Our local nursery recommends putting rhubarb in during the winter here, but they sold out the day it came in so I was stuck with the Orchard stuff. It's been growing great and next year I plan on getting a much larger harvest. One thing I did though, since it's a borderline crop in our area (too much heat)is I planted it in filtered sunlight. Good luck! Link to comment
SueC Posted September 30, 2007 Author Share Posted September 30, 2007 I got varieties with names like Victorian crimson, the rhubarb is still green, so it might have something to do with heat and/or cold ... Link to comment
Necie Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 Originally Posted By: dogmom4 Originally Posted By: Necie Originally Posted By: SueC ok - terminology: pot plant = plant grown in a flower pot Weeeellllll....pot CAN be grown in a flower pot, but it's best to do it that way hydroponically-if ya grow it in soil in a flower pot it'll most definitely get root bound. ummm Necie...you sound like you've had a little experience... I know a bit about almost everything, and everything about nothing...... I get asked alot about how I know 'this or that'-and I'll tell you the same as I tell them: Oh, I think I read about it in a book before. Link to comment
westbrook Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 some great recipes http://www.uaf.edu/coop-ext/publications/f...s/FNH-00064.pdf Link to comment
westbrook Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 1 pound cooked yields 3/4 cup! and more information on canning, freezing and drying (didn't know you can dry rhubarb!) http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/rhubarb-food.html Link to comment
westbrook Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Quantity: An average of 10-1/2 pounds is needed per canner load of 7 quarts; an average of 7 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints. A lug weighs 28 pounds and yields 14 to 28 quarts -- an average of 1-1/2 pounds per quart. Link to comment
Carolyn Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I think it is a good source of Vit C---also the leaves are poison. Carolyn Link to comment
westbrook Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 leaves are to be used on the enemy! here is a nice salad! me take a bite? sure! now if you will excuse me, I need to get the rest of dinner (walks quickly away to puke) Link to comment
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