Posted by NT on August 31, 2011, 5:55 pm
Can rhubarb be grown from supermarket rhubarb stalks? google isnt
helping.
NT
Posted by Dave Hill on September 1, 2011, 4:10 am
> > Can rhubarb be grown from supermarket rhubarb stalks? google isnt
> > helping.
> > NT
> No. You need to buy/beg a "crown" (root.) A month or so on is the
> time to plant.
> Buy or get a piece off someone who has rhubarb.
No, but they are good cooked and served with custard
Posted by Baz on September 1, 2011, 4:22 am
b981-5a122a2aecf8@h7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com:
>
> No, but they are good cooked and served with custard
>
Slurp. Never get fed up of that.
Baz
Posted by David in Normandy on September 1, 2011, 4:39 am
On 01/09/2011 10:10, Dave Hill wrote:
>>
>>> Can rhubarb be grown from supermarket rhubarb stalks? google isnt
>>> helping.
>>
>>> NT
>>
>> No. You need to buy/beg a "crown" (root.) A month or so on is the
>> time to plant.
>> Buy or get a piece off someone who has rhubarb.
> No, but they are good cooked and served with custard
I put manure on mine. ;-) (Think I've got that old joke backwards)
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Posted by 'Mike' on September 1, 2011, 4:50 am
> On 01/09/2011 10:10, Dave Hill wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can rhubarb be grown from supermarket rhubarb stalks? google isnt
>>>> helping.
>>>
>>>> NT
>>>
>>> No. You need to buy/beg a "crown" (root.) A month or so on is the
>>> time to plant.
>>> Buy or get a piece off someone who has rhubarb.
>>
>> No, but they are good cooked and served with custard
> I put manure on mine. ;-) (Think I've got that old joke backwards)
> --
> David in Normandy. DavidinNormandy@yahoo.fr
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> subject line, or it will be automatically deleted
> by a filter and not reach my inbox.
Rhubarb is always sweeter if pulled late in the day after the sun has been
on it all day.
Mike
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> > helping.
> > NT
> No. You need to buy/beg a "crown" (root.) A month or so on is the
> time to plant.
> Buy or get a piece off someone who has rhubarb.