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Rhubarb Plant Starting Tips
Rhubarb can be grown from seeds or crowns. Plant rhubarb crowns as soon as the soil can be worked in spring, about 4 to 5 weeks before the last frost. Start rhubarb seeds indoors 5 to 7 weeks before the last frost; transplant seedlings into the garden after the last frost. Rhubarb crowns can also […] More
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How to Harvest and Store Rhubarb
Rhubarb is one of the first crops of the year; the plant springs to life when temperatures rise into the 40sF; begin the rhubarb harvest as soon as stalks are ready. Related article: Stems harvested in early spring will be the most tender and flavorful. (Rhubarb is naturally tart and is commonly coupled with strawberries.) […] More
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How to Grow Rheum – Rhubarb
Rheum – commonly called Rhubarb–bears big, elongated, heart-shaped, crinkled leaves and red-tinted leafstalks. Towering panicles of petalless flowers appear above the leaves in summer. There are about 50 species of Rheum; some are ornamental and some bear edible leaf stalks though the leaves are poisonous. Many members of the Rheum genus are grown for their large […] More
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Rhubarb Crumble
Rhubarb is among the first crops of the year–along with asparagus and radishes. Use rhubarb that is firm like celery, not limp. You may want to “string” the rhubarb stalks before cutting them. Just hold the end of a stalk between your thumb and a paring knife and pull the strings down the length of […] More
Stephen Albert
