O.T. Lilacs and Rhubarb

Brian G. NY · May 15, 2013

Lilacs and rhubarb today and Lilacs and Rhubarb in May 2002. Interesting contrast.

glennster · May 15, 2013

i think you put too much sevin dust on em!!! we had an early spring in il last year, all my fruit trees blossem'd then we had a hard frost. didnt get a crop off em, lost a number of trees in the drought last summer.

Anonymous-0 · May 15, 2013

one of my rhubarb plants has flowered. Doesn't that mean it is root bound? I think you just take a shovel and split it right? If not , what do you do and when is the proper time?

Jeryl Frankenfield · May 15, 2013

Just break off the seed pod and keep pulling stalks.

Brian G. NY · May 15, 2013

Yeah, they got a dusting that year alright! LOL

Brian G. NY · May 15, 2013

I do just as Jeryl says.

SweetFeet · May 15, 2013

Agreed, my mom always told us to pull or cut out the flowering stems before they blossom/go to seed - then we continued harvesting.

I do think that every few years dad would plow right through the rhubarb hills to tear them up in the fall. Other than that plus fertilizing, mom always kept it in the same location. I should have disturbed mine last year.

John B. · May 15, 2013

My dad for the last 7 years had 350 hills of rhubarb. He would dig some up and sell starter off of them. My one Nephew this year got all my dad had. My dad's 85 and can't do much any more. I am now stopping by every night and cutting his asparagus for him and mom.

old popper · May 15, 2013

Nothing, I mean nothing beats Rhubarb pie. Leave the strawberrys out, straight old rhubarb pie. mmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm. Dale

JayinNY · May 15, 2013

I remember that snow, I had a load of logs delivered that day, I asked the logger what will happen to the trees as they had already leafed out, he said I don't know if never seen this before, another guy already had corn up. Here's my rhubarb plant today! Reddy for my wife to make us a pie tomarrow!!!

Anonymous-0 · May 15, 2013

Right - strawberries are good for a lot things, but keep it away from the rhubarb.

El Toro · May 15, 2013

My wife is making a rhubarb crumb pie for our daughter's 59th birthday on Sunday. She was born at Ft Bragg NC when I was with the 82nd Airborne Div. She's a nurse practitioner and never married. She has her own home. Hal

El Toro · May 15, 2013

Here's picture of our rhubarb we have it planted everywhere. Hal

JayinNY · May 15, 2013

I agree, u can say that again if you wanna retype it! Lol.

DENNIS MIN · May 15, 2013

Atta girl!

most respectfully...

D.

Dave in GA · May 15, 2013

Nice rhubarb. I've got about 15 rhubarb plants and love rhubarb pie. But if you struggle with kidney stones, rhubarb is one of the worst things to eat because it's extremely high in oxylates, which most stones are made of. I struggle with stones and was told to stop eating rhubarb altogether. But don't tell my urologist that I'm going to make a pie soon and enjoy it.

For the stones, I started to take 2 Renavive capsules a day 6 months ago, and haven't had any stone problems since. It's a herbal concoction from Amazon that's supposed to dissolve stones and flush them out.

pete 23 · May 15, 2013

Rhubarb is hard to kill also. I had to dig ours out about three times before it finally gave up the ghost.

ShepFL · May 15, 2013

Wishing I could get fresh rhubarb here in FLA. To hot in the sping and not cool enough in the winter.

Miss me some rhubarb pie -
Dave in GA are you up in Atlanta area? Did not know you could grow in GA.

SweetFeet · May 15, 2013

Jay,
I would pull, or cut, the seed stalk out of your rhubarb plant... kind of like dead-heading flowers - produces better if not allowed to go to seed. At least that is what I have always been told and it makes sense to me.

JayinNY · May 15, 2013

Yep I did that tonight when I cut the stalks, I dident think to take a pic of it after I cut it out. I got these plants in 2006 from my grandparents house, my brother bought the house to flip and dad and I cut the grass at the house, it was my dads parents house, well I went into the woods one day and found 2 plants! I dug them out and brought them to my place and they took off pretty good. God knows how old these roots are.

SweetFeet · May 16, 2013

JayinNY,

That's neat. The red rhubarb is nice - makes better looking desserts and stuff.

I got my plants from my parent's farm too. They lived there for almost 50 years - and at least a couple of generations of relatives lived there prior to my dad purchasing the farm... so my rhubarb roots had been around for a long time too. I will give a chunk to our kids someday if they want to grow it.

Bret4207 · May 16, 2013

I love rhubarb or strawberry rhubarb pie. Either one is just fine with me. I bought some roots some years back at a farm store. Didn't know at the time there's red pie type rhubarb and white wine type rhubarb. I got the white stuff and it's awful. Got to get some pie plants in.

Best rhubarb, and black raspberries, I ever saw were planted downhill from a manure storage site. All the water ran downhill. The stuff was fantastic and lots or it.

Brian G. NY · May 16, 2013

That's healthy lookin' rhubarb Hal!

Brian G. NY · May 16, 2013

Jay, your rhubarb is a bit ahead of mine up here in the hills of Schoharie County!
Just like any fruit or vegetable, they taste the best when freshly picked. Some folks never have the opportunity to pick and prepare the same day. I can almost taste that pie!!

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