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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Mrs greenjeans on May 08, 2007, 20:41:00
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planted 2 rhubarb plants last year - one fancy 1yrold Champagne crown from crocus online; the other was a generous cutoff from encouraging lottie neighbour. The champagne one grew like crazy and this year bloomed.(I followed advice here & chopped off flower stalks). But the stems are still white, though lots of them. The other one has lovely scarlet stems but is a smaller plant.
my Q is, I thought I wasn't supposed to harvest until yr2, but my gift one looks ready to take, & wondered whether I could as it was part of a v. mature plant.
Also, *ahem*how exactly do you harvest it? ::)that is, do you cut all the stems at the base or leave some to grow? will the plant grow more this season?
And finally, my champagne one is a monster now, can I cut some lengths from it, and is it supposed to be greenywhite - maybe that's the "Champagne" bit. thanks!
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I planted a champagne this year too & it's got little pink stems. I would think you could take a few stems from each plant but don't strip it, you just get hold of a stalk & pull - it should come away from the base.