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My husband's uncle has rhubarb in poor soil with less than full sun and abundant deer.  So abundant that they sometimes eat !really!), and often trample, the rhubarb.  Nonetheless, it keeps coming back, and we harvest some very nice stalks every year.  They may not be as large and tender as Lon's, but they make fine pies, and uncle Davis sometimes harvests a bunch and makes juice.

Ginda

On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 06:31  PM, Ed Fackler wrote:

> 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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