[NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed

Sarah Kehler Ewing skkewing at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 15 20:29:17 EDT 2010


Sarah 
zone 3
Edmonton, AB

Hi mIEKAL,

I grew some rhubarb from Territorial seeds.  It was very easy to start, transplanted very well and all looks pretty uniform to me.  None of it is terribly red, but I think the varieties I grew were Victoria and Glaskin's Perpetual and I don't think they are even supposed to be red.  Haven't actually harvested any as its still competing with grass pending the completion of my summer fallowing...

Sarah Ewing
zone 3 Edm, AB

> > I'm needing to get 500 to a 1000 rhubarb plants going
> & at the price nurseries are charging it'll take me
> years to finance that.  I've  noticed a few places
> like territorial seeds are offering rhubarb 
> seed.  They say right out that you don't know what yr
> getting, but I  wonder if in reality the variation
> would be all that great for  something like
> rhubarb?  Since I'm going to use it only for wine 
> production & not fresh sales, I feel like I have quite a
> bit of  latitude in what I could use to make rhubarb
> wine.  Anyone having luck  growing out from seed?
> > 
> > ~mIEKAL
> > 






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