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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - Oct 05 2011 : 06:51:46 AM
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I planted some two year old rhubarb crowns this Spring, and they looked really good all Summer. I was wondering if it was unusual for them to just sort of wither away at the end of the season, or if I should expect to see them still looking somewhat green and leafy. We are having some really dry weather right now, but I do water them every day. I just don't know if they are withering away just because it is the end of the season for them, or if something is going wrong with them. I was really looking forward to some rhubarb next Spring. I hope they are okay!
Paula
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Ingrid
True Blue Farmgirl
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Ingrid
BC
Canada
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Posted - Oct 05 2011 : 08:08:38 AM
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Mine are doing the same thing and I've been meaning to look it up in my book. But if I recall, my parents rhubarb always died off in the winter and came back in the spring. I'm just leaving mine alone for spring.
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - Oct 05 2011 : 7:08:59 PM
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I have some over 75 year old heirloom rhubarb that I grow. I pick it quite a bit during the spring and summer, but let it go in the fall. It is easier on the plant and gives it a better start for spring. It is normal to start turning yellow and withering in the fall. Just let it go...you really don't need to water it and it is good to mulch it for winter with some dead leaves.
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2011 : 07:39:52 AM
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Diane,
Thank you for the information. I can give the watering can a rest. It is just as well, because a little green frog keeps crawling up into the neck of the watering can at night and blocking the spout. I guess he is looking for a cozy spot to stay warm.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
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queenmushroom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lorena
Centerville
Me
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Posted - Oct 14 2011 : 09:48:32 AM
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We cut ours off in the late fall. Put the cow manure to it as well. Rhubarb loves it!
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adnama
True Blue Farmgirl
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fargo
north dakota
USA
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Posted - Oct 19 2011 : 9:14:19 PM
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| Rhubarb is a cold weather plant, I didn't know that it could grow in the warmer weather and thrive. I truely believe that God knew that us from the north are not "stewed green eaters" as those from the southern states are. Rhubarb leaves are poisonous, they will kill you if ingested. A woman killed her husband this way and was found guilty when the state proved that it was intentional, she was from one of the northern states where this plant grows like a weed. I too have plants that have been in my family for years, some get so large that small children can hide under the leaves with a bowl of sugar and a fresh picked stalk. The plants does die off and the comes again in the cool weather of spring |
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Rhubarb plants in the Fall
