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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed
  • Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:17:27 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

I grew quite a bit of rhubarb from seed when I lived in Austria. It was
pretty easy to grow and made beautiful plants.


-----Original Message-----
>From: Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Oct 15, 2010 8:29 PM
>To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] RHUBARB from seed
>
>
>Sarah
>zone 3
>Edmonton, AB
>
>Hi mIEKAL,
>
>I grew some rhubarb from Territorial seeds. It was very easy to start,
>transplanted very well and all looks pretty uniform to me. None of it is
>terribly red, but I think the varieties I grew were Victoria and Glaskin's
>Perpetual and I don't think they are even supposed to be red. Haven't
>actually harvested any as its still competing with grass pending the
>completion of my summer fallowing...
>
>Sarah Ewing
>zone 3 Edm, AB
>
>> > I'm needing to get 500 to a 1000 rhubarb plants going
>> & at the price nurseries are charging it'll take me
>> years to finance that.  I've  noticed a few places
>> like territorial seeds are offering rhubarb 
>> seed.  They say right out that you don't know what yr
>> getting, but I  wonder if in reality the variation
>> would be all that great for  something like
>> rhubarb?  Since I'm going to use it only for wine 
>> production & not fresh sales, I feel like I have quite a
>> bit of  latitude in what I could use to make rhubarb
>> wine.  Anyone having luck  growing out from seed?
>> >
>> > ~mIEKAL
>> >
>
>
>
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