Re: When is rhubarb ripe?
Terrific!
Thanks so much for the info. Please note that I am saving this post to my hard
drive, and you will be held legally responsible should anybody croak on advice
rendered heretofore based upon your sage wisdom. :)
Diana
The Greenhouse Nursery
Port Angeles, WA
connie hoy wrote:
> Diana,if you mean Rheum palmatum(chinese rhubarb)yes its edible..you have a
> selected cultivar..Mongolian used it for wines,etc.
>
> diana wrote:
>
> > Here's one for you, Lon.
> > I am growing Rheum p. 'Atrosanguineum'....that most strikingly beautiful red
> > leaved ornamental rhubarb. I've been asked several times if it is edible.
> > Is it?
> > Diana
> > The Greenhouse Nursery
> > Port Angeles, WA
> >
> > "Lon J. Rombough" wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > >--
> > > >**********
> > > >'''''''''''''''''''''''
> > > >Nan Sterman
> > > >San Diego County California
> > > >Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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