Re: Rhubarb

ray.bonia wrote:
> 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.

Cool. Thanks. I'm gonna take a few stalks tomorrow and give them to my 
sister. (I don't like rhubarb...I planted them for her).

  :)

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