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["Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>]

Title: Re: [NAFEX] Rhubarb under grapevines

Lon, Joe, anyone else interested:

 

     We had rhubarb in VERY poor soils for well over 20 years and couldn't kill it.............  Very near the dripline of a Water Maple.....

 

     For what this is worth, I don't have a clue.....  Just thought I'd jack my jaw abit....

 

     Warm here, apples in tight cluster, peaches in late pink, I'm in early purple...........

 

Ed, S. Ohio nearer heaven every day..

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Lon J. Rombough
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 4:17 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Rhubarb under grapevines

Light isn't the problem, fertilizer is.  Rhubarb likes LOTS of fertilizer - rotted manure, that sort of thing.  Plant it near the grapes and you will overfertilize them in the process, making them too vigorous and disrupting fruit set.

-Lon Rombough

Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com

From: "Joe Hecksel" <jhecksel@voyager.net>

Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 16:51:52 -0400
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Rhubarb under grapevines

Hello:

Does anybody have experience planting rhubarb under grapevines?

I bought a package of rhubarb seed and now have 14 plants.  I am
looking for a place to put them.  The grapes are primarily French-
American hybrids trained to Geneva Double Curtain.  

It certainly looks like there will be plenty of light until June 15, or
so and I much prefer rhubarb to nettles, thistles and catnip that now
want to grow there.

Any comments or observations will be appreciated.
--
Joe Hecksel
Personal Webpage http://my.voyager.net/~jhecksel

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