* 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
forced rhubarb has long, tender, light coloured shoots
January 30, 2007
Force rhubarb
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[...] * stop pulling stalks after July, to allow the leaves to feed the root * do not force each crown more than once every two years * provide an open, sunny site in the vegetable [...]
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