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- From: Alex McGregor <waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: bale unroller and rhubarb
- Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:18:27 -0500
Marie,
I bought rhubarb roots from Shumway- I got really large roots, about the
size of small sweet potatoes, and all survived. They carry Victoria- an
old variety that's mostly green with some red.
The advantage is Victoria stays tender through the summer. I harvest
stems in the late Spring when our market starts and again in the late
Fall right before the first freeze kills off the top growth. When I
harvest in the Spring, I take only about 1/2 of the stems from the large
plants, leaving enough leaves to make food to store in the roots- kind
of like asparagus.
Shumway's web site:
http://www.rhshumway.com/index.cfm
Order from them early in the winter, they sell out fast. Also, roots
are only available in the Spring- that's the time to plant them. I
don't know why your roots would die over the summer. Could be too much
harvested, weakening the plant, or weed pressure, or drought. Remember
that rhubarb is a dock plant that originates in Siberia and treat it
accordingly. It should survive the winters here.
Marie Kamphefner wrote:
> Thank you, Joe Stuchlak, for the information about the Farm Show
> Magazine!I was able to order the Volume 2.
>
--
Alex McGregor
Walden Farm
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bale unroller and rhubarb,
Marie Kamphefner, 11/05/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: bale unroller and rhubarb, Liz Pike, 11/05/2002
- Re: bale unroller and rhubarb, Alex McGregor, 11/05/2002
- Re: bale unroller and rhubarb, jacklyn schillinger, 11/05/2002
- Re: bale unroller and rhubarb, Allan Balliett, 11/06/2002
- Re: bale unroller and rhubarb, Rick Williams, 11/06/2002
- Re: bale unroller and rhubarb, jacklyn schillinger, 11/06/2002
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