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- From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
- To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb
- Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:45:10 -0500
Folks - I have heard that one ought not harvest rhubarb for consumption after
Memorial Day. Anybody know anything about this? Does it become toxic?
I think it's just to let the plant recover, especially since the hot part of the summer probably stresses it enough. I know it doesn't become toxic, because I've picked enough of it past then. And I know people who just keep picking it all summer, apparently with no ill effects.
My rhubarb patch, which was old when I bought the place twenty years ago, wilts a bit in our hot summers. Depending on how much rain we get, I pick it through May and some in June, then neglect it for the rest of the year. It certainly seems to thrive on that. But I have to admit that I really don't know how I'm "supposed" to grow it.
Bill
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The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. - Matthew Arnold
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[NAFEX] Getting the word out,
Ben Pierce, 07/03/2007
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[NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb,
Dylan Ford, 07/03/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb,
William C. Garthright, 07/03/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb, loneroc, 07/03/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb,
parker, 07/03/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb,
Spidra Webster, 07/04/2007
- Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb, Lon J. Rombough, 07/04/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb,
Spidra Webster, 07/04/2007
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Re: [NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb,
William C. Garthright, 07/03/2007
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[NAFEX] Off Topic: Rhubarb,
Dylan Ford, 07/03/2007
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