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'Grow Your Own' Rhubarb

Rhubarb is more readily available as crowns rather than to grow from seeds, but I tried seeds due to the high cost of rhubarb plants, and it proved surprisingly easy. I've only got one variety of rhubarb seeds available which I've chosen for its good flavour and ease to grow. It is easy to think that rosy red stalks are the sweetest, but often pale stalks have the best flavour, and Victoria rhubarb definitely do.

RHUBARB, Victoria
This variety has thick, tender stems and is good for forcing.
£1.49 per pack (app. 50 seeds)






GROW RHUBARB
Preparation
Choose a sunny spot, though rhubarb will cope with any spot. Success will depend on good preparation of the soil at this stage, adding a good amount of organic material, and removing weeds right from the root.
Sowing
Sow outdoors: Feb-Apr
Sow away from the final planting spot, in large pots, or in a seed bed. Sow seeds 2cm deep in rows 30cm apart, thinning young plants to 15cm apart. After 4-6 weeks lift the best plants and place in the permanent position 90cm apart.
Growing and Harvesting
Keep well watered through the summer months. Add a mulch and fertilise in the late winter. You will not be able to harvest till the second year, and then, harvest sparcely. Always pull rhubarb stems at the base, don't cut them, and leave at least four stems on the plant. Fertilise after cropping. After about six years it is best to divide plants so that they don't get overcrowded.

Click on the label below to find hints and tips for growing rhubarb.
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