Force rhubarb

Posted by TopVeg - January 30th, 2007

  • The rhubarb is ready to produce shoots.
  • Force it up, by creating a dark environment.
  • Cover it with a chimneypot, dustbin, or straw.

straw covering rhubarb root.jpg

  • forced rhubarb has long, tender, light coloured shoots

Posted in fruit

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  1. […] I bought a rhubarb plant a few years ago and until last year I had kept it in a container. Last year I decided to plant it in the vegetable garden, near the orchard. I kept it covered over during the Winter and then I forced it earlier this year following tips from Top Veg. The plant has produced some long sticks of rhubarb which we have been harvesting in the last week. […]

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  3. […] do not force each crown more than once every two years […]

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  5. […] rhubarb patch was not forced this year because it was forced last year and needs a bit of a […]

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