Re: When is rhubarb ripe?
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- Subject: Re: When is rhubarb ripe?
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 01:07:20 -0400
Nan,
You need to let your plant become established before you start
harvesting it....in other words, don't harvest the first season it's
in the ground.
There's a marvelous site devoted to rhubarb with more info. than you
ever thought possible.
http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 12:26 AM
>
> Thank you Lon! I am salivating already...
>
> Nan
>
> >You can use it as soon as it's big enough to get ahold of. In
other words,
> >there is no such thing as "ripe" with rhubarb, though it helps to
wait until
> >the leaf has fully unfolded so the stalk is long enough to be
worth
> >harvesting. Let it go TOO long, though, and it can be fibrous and
tough.
> >Pull the stalk so that the white leaf base comes out clean. Snip
off the
> >leaf itself and leave it as mulch at the base of the plant.
> >-Lon Rombough
> >Grapes, unusual fruits, writing, more, at
http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom
> >
> >----------
> >>From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
> >>To: Propagation@mallorn.com, veggie-list@eskimo.com
> >>Subject: When is rhubarb ripe?
> >>Date: Wed, Apr 12, 2000, 8:45 PM
> >>
> >
> >>Can anyone tell me how to tell when my rhubarb is ripe and any
> >>harvesting tricks?
> >>
> >>Thanks
> >>--
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> >>Nan Sterman
> >>San Diego County California
> >>Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
> >>
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