Re: Rhubarb

I would only harvest only half of them to let the root system to develop
for 
this year. The red is called strawberry and the green is apple. You can 
harvest when they are accetable height for you. I find it best to pluck
the 
stalks from the root instead off cutting them. Also if you put a wooden 
fence around them the plants will grow to the top of the fence and
increase 
the thickness of the rubarb. In a couple of years you can dig up the roots

and tear them in half to get twice as may plants.Don't do all the plants
the 
one time. This is a good time to fertilize with manure. Manure builds up
the 
structure of the soil as well as fertilizing. Also if you see any stalks 
going to seed cut this off if not all the energy will be used for seed 
production and not for the stalks.

Ray

"cloudreamer" <Stop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I'm growing rhubarb for the first time. I planted them last year and 
> harvesting nothing from them. Now they have big lush leaves and some of 
> the stalks are almost a foot long...half red, half green.
>
> When is the best time to start twisting off the stalks?
>
>  :)
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