Re: When is rhubarb ripe?
>I have leaves on 'food' rhubarb that are on two foot high stocks.
>Now I'm starting to get what appears to be two very large FLOWERS
>Per plant. Is this normal? Does it affect the edibility of the
>stocks? Help me! Have we bolted?!?
>
Yup, sounds like flower stalks alright - perfectly normal for a
sexually mature plant. It doesn't hurt the edibility of the rest of
the stalks, but most folks just cut of pull them off so that the
energy of the plant goes into the leaves instead of flowers.
BTW, I understand the flower stalks of some of the decorative species
are quite attractive - red flowering. Anyone else growing the
decorative kind?
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Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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