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alang

  • Joined Nov 2017
  • Morayshire
Planting rhubarb
« on: April 06, 2020, 06:56:02 pm »
Sorry if it's a fruit. I'm never sure which it is.

Question is. I've wanted to get a rhubarb crown for ages now and i'm seeing quite a few of them appearing on evilbay.

When is the best time of year to buy and plant one? I know about soil prep so that's not an issue.
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macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2020, 07:50:31 pm »
Winter. I just divided one last week.
It's the easiest thing to grow in the world!
Plant it once and have it for lifetime!
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alang

  • Joined Nov 2017
  • Morayshire
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2020, 08:11:30 pm »
So buying and planting a crown now would be useless?
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RCTman

  • Joined Mar 2017
  • Rhondda fach
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2020, 09:04:26 pm »
Go ahead , buy and plant it will be fine.

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2020, 11:41:20 pm »
It'll be fine ! Just make sure its watered during the first year at least. After that it will grow huge massive roots size of large carrots that will keep it growing for years!
« Last Edit: April 07, 2020, 06:44:37 pm by macgro7 »
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alang

  • Joined Nov 2017
  • Morayshire
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2020, 06:20:25 pm »
Cheers

Time to start looking for some rhubarb on evilbay  :excited:
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alang

  • Joined Nov 2017
  • Morayshire
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2020, 05:24:21 pm »
I am seeing on evilbay that some sellers are offering rhubarb 'bulbs'. I've heard of seeds and crown but never rhubarb bulbs. Any ideas?
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macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2020, 04:37:32 pm »
Shall I just you a couple? We only eat them a couple of days a year really lol but love growing them.
Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.

alang

  • Joined Nov 2017
  • Morayshire
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2020, 04:56:16 pm »
So bulbs are actually a thing then? As i said earlier  i've only ever seen rhubarb plants come as seeds and crowns.

So do these bulbs produce the stems like those mentioned above?
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macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #9 on: April 10, 2020, 05:06:42 pm »
No idea. I have some crowns available - 2 varieties. Dont remember their names but one has been growing for about two months now. The other one I just sprouting back after the winter.
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cloddopper

  • Joined Jun 2013
  • South Wales .Carmarthenshire. SA18
Re: Planting rhubarb
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2020, 01:21:37 am »
Grow your own from certified seed it's cheaper as most of the seeds will germinate and give you rhubarb  towards the end of this years season . Champagne or Victoria are decent seeds to use . Think my 18 seeds cost me £ 1.35 eight years ago . Every one became a decent crown ready for planting out .

Plus & a big plus at that is that you will not be importing  pests in a crown into your garden . It also gives you time to make up a deep well manure bed for the baby plants when they are about six inches high .
 PS
 Split & move the crown after every fifth year after  last harvest to a new deep manured site  ..it helps to prevent crown rot & stops disease build up like honey fungus .

 If you don't move to new  well manured ground after 5 yrs  the plant may live to 10 yrs old but you wont get good crops.
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