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    Frozen rhubarb

    I grew my rhubarb in an old recycling box last year and both crowns did really well. However like a real fool I left it in the container and the said container outside. The whole thing is now a solid frozen lump ! Every square inch of soil in the container is rock solid.
    Do you think it will recover when it thaws out or is it just fit for the compost bin ?
    The variety is Early Victorian and this will be it's 3rd season.

    Cheers

    James (M6JDB)
    The link to my old website with vegetable garden and poultry photographs


    http://www.m6jdb.co.uk
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    I'm hoping so James, mines solid as well if I remember rightly mine froze solid last year and I had a crop this last season, so fingers crossed. I've dragged mine a little bit nearer the house for a bit more protection. With a bit of luck it'll be thawed out by spring

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    • #3
      It should do, rhubarb is not easy to kill
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      • #4
        Mine' is in the ground but it gets frozen evey year. It's supposed to improve its flavour I believe. Or did I dream that?
        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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        • #5
          Don't some folk dig it up and deliberately frost it prior to forcing?
          Imagination is everything, it is a preview of what is to become.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Flummery View Post
            Mine' is in the ground but it gets frozen evey year. It's supposed to improve its flavour I believe. Or did I dream that?

            I seem to recall reading that too, Flum.

            So maybe, James, you aren't a rhubarb fool after all ducks & runs

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Flummery View Post
              Mine' is in the ground but it gets frozen evey year. It's supposed to improve its flavour I believe. Or did I dream that?
              Mine was yumilishes last season, so if it improves I'll be well happy Aunty Flum .

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              • #8
                Originally posted by lainey lou View Post
                Don't some folk dig it up and deliberately frost it prior to forcing?
                Yes. Mature crowns apparently force better after frosting. Dunno if it's true never had the nerve to try it (or energy. Have you seen the size of a mature crown? )
                Why didn't Noah just swat those 2 greenflies?

                Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
                >
                >If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by sarraceniac View Post
                  Yes. Mature crowns apparently force better after frosting. Dunno if it's true never had the nerve to try it (or energy. Have you seen the size of a mature crown? )
                  Don't worry, sarraceniac; I tried to remove a rhubarb crown that was taking up several square feet once - well, more than once, actually It wouldn't die...

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                  • #10
                    Wait for the warmer weather and see what happens. Should be fine, rhubarb is extremely hardy.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by basketcase View Post

                      So maybe, James, you aren't a rhubarb fool after all ducks & runs
                      Christ, that made the wife cry with laughter !
                      The link to my old website with vegetable garden and poultry photographs


                      http://www.m6jdb.co.uk

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by jayjay giant View Post
                        Christ, that made the wife cry with laughter !
                        Ducks & runs eh? So you're a bird fancier?
                        Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                        www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Flummery View Post
                          Ducks & runs eh? So you're a bird fancier?

                          Well, flum, the old "grins ducks and runs" is the closest I can get to poultry-keeping! We can't keep livestock (including bees ) on the lottie.

                          And, tempted by certain of my neighbours as I am, ducks (or, more likely, geese) on the verandah is a little too eccentric, even for me...

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by jayjay giant View Post
                            Christ, that made the wife cry with laughter !
                            Glad to oblige...

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