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Thread #58779   Message #962844
Posted By: Geoff the Duck
05-Jun-03 - 02:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: rhubarb
Subject: RE: BS: rhubarb
Okay SINSULL - Mrs.Duck likes the stuff and we spotted a clump in my sister's garden yesterday.
As the biologist in the family I would like to ask you all the technicalities of lifting and growing the stuff.
What is the best time in the growing season to divide an old clump of Rhubarb?
What is the best garden site to get a good crop?
Do we want sunlight or shade? and in what proportions?
What soil conditions suit rhubarb growing?
Other than Horse Manure (as opposed to Bullshit), how do you encourage best crop?
What about FORCING? - When in growing season do you stick it under a bucket?
Quack!
Geoff the (wary of bartenders) Duck!