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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi Lon,

I have a rhubarb nestled at the corner of the house, between a concrete  
sidewalk and the house foundation.  If I do not clean up the rhubarb  
regularly it will block the sidewalk.

I routinely cut it way back, and it recovers.

It gets plenty of water as that is where the downspout empties.

Tough as nails, and keeps coming back (6 years now).

Later,
Tom

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:25:29 -0700, Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>  
wrote:

> Interesting how methods change.  All my life I was taught that you never
> pull all the stalks from a rhubarb plant as you can drain the roots too  
> much
> and weaken the plants.  Now there is something different.  Not too far  
> from
> us is a commercial rhubarb field, and in the last two years they have  
> been
> harvesting it by completely stripping the field three times a year.  Not
> sure if it's mowed or pulled as I haven't seen the harvesting actually  
> going
> on.  When they are done, they apparently fertilize it and give it lots of
> water and it comes back out none the worse for the wear.  If anything,  
> the
> stalks are cleaner because they are relatively young with each harvest.   
> It
> seems that the roots can support this kind of harvest and the leaves are  
> on
> the plant long enough between "pickings" to rejuvenate the plant.
>    Oh yes, the variety is Crimson Cherry.
> -Lon Rombough
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