After reading an earlier post about splitting a crown, and the advice given I have been looking on ebay at the ones available.
I am not a fan of the stuff but the girlfriend is so i thought I'd get one for the plot, but the question is which one?
She prefers it raw dipped in sugar (each to there own) and I'll eat a bit in a crumble so any advice would be great.
I am going to put a note up on our site at the weekend (if allowed) to ask if anyone is splitting one, if not I'll buy one of the net.
Gary.
Gary if you cant find one i will send you a couple of seeds :-)
I have victoria, no idea if thats good!
I have 4 plants all Victoria, I love the stuff raw puddings crumbles tarts and home made wine
I have "allotment" Rhubarb... haven't got a scoobys what it is called. It makes great jam with a bit of Ginger...
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Saddad, I have the same breed in strawberries, not got a clue what they are call but we both like them.
Most lotties have someone growing rhubarb, have a walk around yours and have a look and ask you will be surprised how generous lottie gardeners are. Give it enough space and watch it grow I love it it also loves well decayed cow muck.
Victoria is a good one, easy to grow from seed but takes a few years to crop, get a couple of crowns if you can.
Timperley something or other is also a good variety. Sorry, brain fade on the full name.
Our Lottie (Roeshot) seems to have a communal table up near the shop where anyone can put any extras they have. I have already got a lovely rhubarb plant (which I have now split in three and also a huge bag of strawberry plantslets. I have also noticed pumpkins, marrows, lettuce etc. on the table up to the taking.
Maybe you should see if your allotment could implement the same thing or even may have one.
Jitterbug
I love rhubarb, raw.cooked and turned into wine ;D
I have different types from timberly early to the very late Victoria.
TIMPERLEY EARLY. very popular with good flavour,Thin and dainty stems good for dipping in sugar . Widely grown for early production, good colour, but will grow green in warm temperatures if you let it Early-Mid April start to harvest outdoors. First early forcing variety. Medium yields
STOCKBRIDGE HARBINGER Closely follows the above variety. Erect stick with good early colour but soon goes green outdoors. Excellent blood red colour when forced. Excellent flavour, but its exacting growth and harvesting requirements, result in this variety not been widely grown commercially. Best left to the experts, or if you like a challenge, nothing to match it early season. Medium yields
STOCKBRIDGE ARROW. Main crop variety. Early to mid May first harvest. modern variety, excellent flavour and colour. Holds its colour longer outdoors than most. Excellent quality of stick. High yields. Regard this variety as the most important new variety for quality and yield. An excellent all round performer, a must for every garden
QUEEN VICTORIA. Main crop to late, first harvest mid to late May. Excellent flavour, strong bold sticks. Very heavy yields. Older variety still retained for use due to flavour and exceptional yields. Excellent for forcing although in the garden situation an early variety is preferable for blanching. Not suitable for growing in tubs as it forms a large root. It will require splitting regularly every couple of years once established, and you understand your plants needs.
CAWOOD DELIGHT. Outstanding colour, deep red stick, even upon reaching its full growth potential, even extending up into the fleshy ‘veins ‘ of the leaf.Colour ‘bleeds’ into the flesh and quickly colours it red, so the deep colour of forced rhubarb is obtained with an outdoor grown stick, which makes it excellent for cooking. The higher fibre levels in the stick helps it hold togetherbetter when cooked. Very good flavour. Not suitable for forcing. An outstanding late variety harvesting from late May, but low yields. Much sought after by gardeners although rarely obtainable to purchase. Unfortunately all good things have a draw back, - it’s the most difficult to grow, so not for the beginner. It propagates only very slowly, which makes it a little more expensive than the rest.
If i were you i would try Timberly early aas long as your not in a frost pocket, Hope this helps ;)
Oh Jitterbug, will sudgest that at next meeting and what their faces ;Dhaha but could raise funds for lottie maintainance.? ;)
Our neighbrough has one he calls Manchester Rhubarb all in Manchester grow it. Stalks are slim inch or so but so tender you dont need to skin them just cook any idea what var I am trying to explain Please :-[
Could well be the Timperley as it was bred in well, Timperley, south of Manchester for commercial cropping, so thrives in the local conditions. There's a lot of it about locally.
i moved allotments earlier this yr and recently transplanted some straight into a load of 4yr old manure. it has all died completley. nothing left. must of been tempremental as rhubarb normally transplants well.
thanks Froglets, will talk nicely to neighbrough for some Timperley,
Last autum put some old manure on a patch of lottie covered it over and in spring took cover off.
Help loads of flying ants and eggs glalor, gave them a day to move them Put some potted plants in got from friends, its took off lovely , no name.
there was a small horseradish plant which I thought I had dug up you should see it with the manure its taken off. They do have tap roots even small plants.
Few years ago I grew one called champagne & I thought it was the best rhubarb I'd ever tasted. I had to leave it behind when we moved & couldn't find any when I wanted some a couple of years ago so bought some other which wasn't nbearly as nice. I've since seen champagne so it's still available.
neighbrough has champane and it is lovely she pulled a bit up and gave it to me dont think it has enough root to grow but fingers crossed.
When we moved in found a sad lump in the garden with tlc its grown lovely no idea of var. just like the lottie ones no idea.
Got seeds of Victoria and Gaskins nice small plants will plant out next year.
Bought a Canadian Red potted up for daughter in law.
Be nice to grow one I new what the var is at this rate will have my own collection ha ha.
Red Champagne is simply gorgeous. I got my plant from a stall at Great Malvern last year who were offering several varieties (can't remember the name of the company rats!), Red Champagne wasn't on the stall, but when I asked if they knew where I could get some, a plant was produced from behind the scenes.... It has established well, and it was so hard not to pick anything from it this year! Hopefully next year I will get my reward for patience....