Cost of Rhubarb - staggering

[Pies]

Try dropping him a hint ...you know like

Cor blimey look at the stalks on that...what are you going to use all that for ?

and unless he's totally thickskinned he may offer you some..

been there done that.Whats worse is he has another "smaller" plant at the other end of his plot,Im sure hes just a WUM

[Bramble_killer]

shhhh....can we stop making my crown feel inadequate? He's only in his second year and only got ten inches on the tallest one.

The other one has just broken ground. I want crumble

(and pie, and ice cream, and wine)....

[binley100]

been there done that.Whats worse is he has another "smaller" plant at the other end of his plot,Im sure hes just a WUM

Can't you just reach thru the fence and pull a few.......then blame it on the wabbits.

[reetnproper]

the reason for price is simple you buying forced rhubarb stalks.
It is still bit early for outside grown rhubarb.

Hate to break this to you but my single crown is looking more and more like a triffid with each passing hour.

Very nice rhubarb crumble we had for tea and the plant doesn't look like its been touched!.

Reet
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[Pies]

Can't you just reach thru the fence and pull a few.......then blame it on the wabbits.

Fence,what fence a three foot path is all there is

here it is at the back end of last year (about october) only part of it is in the pic,for reference those beds are 4ft wide

[sewer rat]

I have a load of crowns outside that will be ready to pick this weekend and I have three "rescued" crowns from a customers garden in my tunnel which I have been picking from for the last fortnight.
Though having said that, all the gardens I work at have rhubarb patches and none are as far on as my own.

[Jeanied]

Am I right in thinking that some varieties are very early, Sewer Rat?

[sewer rat]

Am I right in thinking that some varieties are very early, Sewer Rat?

You are, but as all my crowns were inherited from various places, I have no idea at all what varieties I have - but they are all scrummy. I don't think any of my crowns are particularly early, just the ones in the tunnel are a bit spoilt when it comes to shelter and watering (and planted in a trench filled with at least a foot of 5 year old manure

[binley100]

Fence,what fence a three foot path is all there is

here it is at the back end of last year (about october) only part of it is in the pic,for reference those beds are 4ft wide

Reach across the path then

[weekendwellies]

Im sure hes just a WUM

Eeerrrmmm, what's a WUM

[planesailing]

Wind up merchant?

[Madasafish]

We have been eating our own rhubarb for the past 3 weeks...

[newbieveggie]

If we are talking rhubarb, can I ask a really dumb but necessary question please ? How is it best harvested ? Do I pull or cut the stalks off ?

[Nes]

Pull the stalks! This prevents the rest of the stalk rotting and possibly damaging the rest of the plant.
Didn't take note of the prices in T***o today, but their rhubarb didn't look forced - hardly any pink and plenty of green to the stalks - just like my outdoor stuff . Don't understand why anyone would pay the kind of prices mentioned above for it! (maybe the same people who buy extortionately priced blackberries?)

[Pies]

Remembered to take the piccy today,i paced it out and the plant is 8ft in diameter

Wonder how big it will get