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Sorry its a rhubarb question folks.
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You know I have inherited a big garden with a kitchen garden area, well there is a row of cold frames, big ones, about 8 of them. In two of them there are bright shiny red rhubarb leaves about to erupt from the soil. Now during the winter I think that the coldframes have only been covered occasionally and they certainly weren't covered a month ago. My son in law has mended the covers and put them in place, closed, over where the rhubarb is doing its thing. Shall I take the covers off now and let the rhubarb spring forth so to speak or shall I cover them up again and just let them have a but of fresh air now and again.
Im hoping for loads of responses because I want my rhubarb to be healthy and gigantic because I LOVE rhubarb. Also, shall I put a bit of compost around them because I suspect that they have been neglected even though they look extremely healthy.
PS im working on the pictures I promised.
If I have got pictures in an album on my computer do I just click on it and click copy and then paste into a post on here.... will that work?
Im not normally this much of a numpty with computers but its a brand new lappy with windows 8 (can I hear everybody booing? lol)
Lynne x
BUT
You know I have inherited a big garden with a kitchen garden area, well there is a row of cold frames, big ones, about 8 of them. In two of them there are bright shiny red rhubarb leaves about to erupt from the soil. Now during the winter I think that the coldframes have only been covered occasionally and they certainly weren't covered a month ago. My son in law has mended the covers and put them in place, closed, over where the rhubarb is doing its thing. Shall I take the covers off now and let the rhubarb spring forth so to speak or shall I cover them up again and just let them have a but of fresh air now and again.
Im hoping for loads of responses because I want my rhubarb to be healthy and gigantic because I LOVE rhubarb. Also, shall I put a bit of compost around them because I suspect that they have been neglected even though they look extremely healthy.
PS im working on the pictures I promised.
If I have got pictures in an album on my computer do I just click on it and click copy and then paste into a post on here.... will that work?
Im not normally this much of a numpty with computers but its a brand new lappy with windows 8 (can I hear everybody booing? lol)
Lynne x
. Seriously though, rhubarb grows well enough under cover so as long as it has some moisture it should be ok. Rhubarb also grows well without light, in fact the commercial growers grow it in the dark to blanch it.
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