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I was turning over the compost heap today, about 4' cube. Was happily forking away when I hit something hard, pulled the fork out and there was a (part) Rhubarb crown stuck to the fork with 6 stalks on it and about a dozen healthy buds. Its been dumped for about 3 years, I couldn't believe it.....Goes to prove that you cannot kill Rhubarb.
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It was probably sucking all the goodness out of your heap!!
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Not any more it isn't Chris, I found a nice spot in one of the beds.Originally posted by chris View PostIt was probably sucking all the goodness out of your heap!!sigpic“Gorillas are very intelligent, but they don't have to be as delicate as chimps -- they can just smash open the termite nest,”
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Oh yes you can, BM - I've tried to grow rhubarb for the last two years and both times it rotted away. I'm trying again this yearOriginally posted by Bigmallly View Post
Mind you, don't you live in (or near) the famous Rhubarb triangle in Leeds?Forbidden Fruits make many Jams.Comment
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I'm a rhubarb killer, me
Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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Yep,I also am a spectacularly unsuccessful rhubarb grower,planted another yesterday,I live in perpetual hope.He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame
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you ???? but I seem to remember you had some cracking rhubarb when you visited .......Originally posted by Jeanied View PostI'm a rhubarb killer, meS*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
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Same thing happened to me - I chucked what I thought was a dead crown on my heap, and it came back a few months later. It is now very healthy
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As I've said before, I dig some out of my flower bed every year and every year - back it comes. You must have to be a really hard case to kill rhubarb
Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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I'm doing rhubarb this year and started it in a pot with view to putting it in a massive planter that dowsn't move in the garden becuase I was told that it was the most simple plant to grow!
fingers crossed it plays ball!Comment
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Mine rotted in the post before I even got it : ( The nice people at Wilko's are sending me a gift voucher to make up for it. So I will try again : )Regards
Lady Jana MuckComment
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I just bought a new one a few days ago, after the one on the plot didn't put out a single leaf last year after I moved it, and I couldn't even find the roots when I dug up around the patch.
Went to plant it out, and I'll give you three guesses what I saw happily poking out leaves....
Good job I like the stuff
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I read that it needed splitting over winter ... the rest is history!Originally posted by binley100 View PostWhooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?Comment
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What d'ya do ? split it with an axe ?S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber
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