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Rhubarb

Glaskins Perpetual

Bright red stems, quick growing, can be harvested after the first year.

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Rhubarb

Rheum rhabarbarum

Perennial from cooler parts of Asia. Large and leafy to 1m, harvest outside stems as required, eaten cooked as desert with apples, likes to be well watered and fertilized. Leaves have oxalic acid so don't eat them. Shade tolerant, multiplies by separation. Sow spring, summer.

Rhubarb planting information:

When To Plant In Australia
Tropics:Feb-Sep
Subtropic:Aug-Feb
Mild:Aug-Jan
Cold/Frost:Sep-Dec
Seed Sowing
Plant space cm:40-50
Row space cm:60-70
Depth cm:1.2
Sow after frost:Yes
 
Other Info
Number of seeds per gram:60

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