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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: reddyreddy on April 16, 2009, 12:51:40

Title: Rhubarb not very big...
Post by: reddyreddy on April 16, 2009, 12:51:40
Hello, I have 3 rhubarb plants on my allotment two are three years old but are only a foot high, id this normal at this time of year? Will they grown bigger, am hoping to make rhubarb schnapps with it but need a kilo!
Title: Re: Rhubarb not very big...
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 16, 2009, 13:05:07
Give them time, mine are nothing like full-size yet. Give them plenty of grass cutting, compost or whatever, and if they don't get there this year, they should next.
Title: Re: Rhubarb not very big...
Post by: reddyreddy on April 16, 2009, 13:25:14
Is there any kind of liquid feed they like? Seaweed for example, I got a free bottle with a seed order!
Title: Re: Rhubarb not very big...
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on April 16, 2009, 18:42:15
Pee is pretty good short-term, but what you really need to do is build them up for future years, which means adding anything which will build up the soil. Manure, organic mulch, etc, is what they really need.
Title: Re: Rhubarb not very big...
Post by: kt. on April 16, 2009, 21:46:38
I have harvested my Timperley Early this week as it was huge.  My Victoria is not so big... I do not expect to harvest this for another few weeks yet.  It is probably behind a little with all this cold weather.