Forcing rhubarb for the first time after splitting a plant and dividing it up around the plot. Sneeked a look under the pot today, and there's a nice red stalk emerging. Perhaps I'm easily pleased, but I'm always impressed by nature :)
and it's sweeter and softer... but the root will be seriously depleted... :-\
If you are impressed by nature, how is it you force rhubarb, a very un-natural process? ::) Cheers, Tony.
If you have just devided it up, then it will not be very happy about being forced.
I am forcing one of mine this year, but only covered it up a few days ago so not much growth yet.
One of mine[Goliath] was already budding by itself while the others are all snuggly asleep, so I've put some muck on and a broken clay pot to keep the wind off, so we'll see what it does. This one is a vigorous so'n so and risks getting divided next year if it wants to take over the world- or sending up too many flower heads. No risk of wearing this b##ger out! ;)
Thanks for the interesting replies. And now the 'un-forced' rhubarb is emerging (spot the person who has just opened a photobucket account!):
http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p554/NumberSixG12/IMG_3502_edited-1E.jpg
Very pretty... img/img in square brackets
If you put the blue string into the middle of this (http://)
people should be able to see it without zooming off... it's the second one above the "wink"
(http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p554/NumberSixG12/IMG_3502_edited-1E.jpg)
like that... :)
Aaah - I was wondering how to do that - many thanks saddad. Will try it here:
(http://i1155.photobucket.com/albums/p554/NumberSixG12/IMG_3502_edited-1E.jpg)
Eureka!!
Anytime... ;D
Never mind the plants, the photography on this site is spot on. -Wish I could do it. Unfortunately I don't have an in house teenager to show me ;D
Mine had been starting to pop up too, but the frost last week rather put it off.
Nice pic of the rhubarb.
Quote from: Digeroo on January 27, 2012, 23:52:01
Mine had been starting to pop up too, but the frost last week rather put it off.
Nice pic of the rhubarb.
Thought I heard that rhubarb needs a frost to get it going - something to do with its siberian origins? Believe it was an article on the Today programme about the forced rhubarb industry in the 'Yorkshire Triangle' needing a good frost.
I thought I would like one of the special terracotta pots until I found the cheapest are around £40 each. Back to my £1 bucket but problem is that they blow off.
Stick a housebrick on top . :o Simples. ::) Cheers, ;D Tony.
or two... :)