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Has anyone tried this?
I quite fancy giving it a go, I've just spotted some Glaskin's Perpetual Rhubarb seeds for 50p.
I quite fancy giving it a go, I've just spotted some Glaskin's Perpetual Rhubarb seeds for 50p.
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It takes years to establish, save at least two and get a chunk off a crown, I'm sure someone would send you some on here. -
I know you can sow and harvest same year . Which I still need to try. Crowns don't work for everyone . I shall try and find info .Northern England.Comment
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Thank you, I really want to try it from seed though. I've already got a couple of crowns on my plot (Autumn fruiting) so I will get a crop anyway. Just fancied trying something diffferent. Plus, rhubarb crowns are so expensive if you buy them from a garden centre. Worth a punt for 50p I reckon!Originally posted by donksey View PostComment
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I'm struggling to find much info online to be honest, I think certain varieties you can plant from seed and treat like an annual. I believe Glaskin's Perennial forms a crown from the first year though (fingers crossed!)Originally posted by Containergardener View PostComment
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I thought about trying it but when I went to my local garden centre I found two little Victoria crowns for £1.99 each and they looked really sad and lonely. So I bought them instead and have named the Larry and George. Yeah I know what a Saddo.
I tried asparagus last year from seed and they were doing very well until next doors dog visited us. So even though you might read its hard to get a result try it you never know.sigpicComment
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That's how I grew mine - it takes a couple of years before it is big enough to pick. It has to build up the root to overwinter successfully.Originally posted by MissC View PostComment
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That's very interesting Thelma. Did you grow it in pots initially then put it in the ground? I'm wondering if it might be better in a pot so I can move it into the greenhouse over winter then plant in the ground next spring...Comment
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Did it successfully with Victoria a few year back. Was ready to crop after 2 years IIRC. The BBC mention that rhubarb from see aren't guaranteed to be 'true to type'
BBC - Gardening - Gardening Guides - Techniques - Growing rhubarbsigpic
1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.Comment
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Started them in a seed tray, and then moved them to small pots.
Eventually potted on half a dozen of the strongest growing ones, and stood them under the hedge, a fairly sheltered place over winter.
Planted them out when they started to grow again in spring, and left them to it......started picking the next year.Comment
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Thanks for the link, I've seen this mentioned a few times but I still don't really understand. Does does this only apply to saved seed? Surely bought seed has to be true to type?Originally posted by Baldy View PostComment
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I'm guessing - and it is just a guess - that they are comparing the seed with the 100% knowledge that a divided rhubarb crown is going to give you genetically identical plants.
Furthermore, I venture that the seed suppliers would plant their different 'parent' rhubarb varieties at 'safe' distance apart - notwithstanding that, it would only take a particularly anarchistic-aly minded insect to cross pollinate by moving from one parent-area to another... You might even end up with an improved rhubarb plant if it did happensigpic
1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.Comment
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I grew Glaskins from seed last year. All germinated well and I put them into the ground around late June. I gave away most but kept one. This year it's already a big plant so I've taken a few stems - this is with moving it again around March this year. If you give them a bit of tlc in year 1 they respond really well I found.Last edited by sparrow100; 04-06-2016, 06:54 PM.http://mudandgluts.com - growing fruit and veg in suburbiaComment
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Excellent sparrow that's exactly what I wanted to hear! Fingers crossed for my very own rhubarb patch. Did you plant them in anything particular? I was going to sow them in MPC, then pot them on with 50:50 MPC and well rotted manure as they are heavy feeders. May put a few in the ground at the end of the summer, just as a little experiment, then keep some in pots in the greenhouse.... Not that I'm counting my seedlings before they've germinated
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Where do you buy all these varieties of rhubarb? I once tried it with locally unnamed seed; the seeds germinated but I lost them after transplanting.Comment
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