Rheum rhabarbarum - Rhubarb - pot 2L (sown)
Dutch name: rhubarb, garden rhubarb, wavy rhubarb
€5.46 per unit (incl. vat)
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Product information "Rheum rhabarbarum - Rhubarb - pot 2L (sown)"
- Size pot: 2L
- Eatable stems
- Flowering color: creamy white flower panicles
- Winter hardy
- Insect attractor
Rhubarb is delicious in jam or a freshly baked pie. Definitely a must to grow your own! The red-colored stems are edible, but leave the leaves for what they are. The stems can be harvested from April/May until June 21. From that date, the oxalic acid content in the stalks increases.
Plant characteristics:
- Edible: yes, the stems (the leaves are not edible)
- Hardy: yes
- Evergreen: no
- Leaf color: dark green
- Leaf shape: large, undrawn, palmate leaves on red stems
- Flowering time: May-July
- Flowering color: creamy white flower panicles
- Height: 1 - 1.5m (mature plants after 3-5 years)
- Diseases: sometimes affected by crown rot
- Family: Polygonaceae
- Dutch name: rhubarb, garden rhubarb, wavy rhubarb
Soil & location:
- Position: sun (note: full sun at midday can cause leaf damage/leaf burn), semi-shade
- Soil: permeable, soil with pH 5.5 to 7.5
- Application: vegetable garden, vegetable garden, herb garden, edible garden, border
Maintenance:
- Pruning: no pruning required
Planting density:
- Number per m²: 1 piece
How to harvest
Harvest stems from April through June 21. Grasp the stem by the base and turn a quarter turn. Then gently pull the stem loose.
Caution: never harvest the plant completely bare! Always leave a third to half of the stems to keep the plant healthy and ensure next year's harvest.
Product specifications
| Application / use plant: | Unknown - n/a |
|---|---|
| Average number per m²: | 2 |
| Bloom Month: | Unknown - n/a |
| Bloom color: | Unknown - N/A |
| Branches / Bark - details: | The leaf stems are edible |
| Branches / bark: | Unknown - n/a |
| Dutch plant name: | Rabarber, Tuinrabarber |
| English plant name: | Garden Rhubarb, Pie Plant, Rhubarb |
| Flower color - details: | Yellowish green, unobtrusive |
| Frost hardiness - details: | Very excellent (-40 till -34°c), usda zone 3 |
| Frost resistance: | Extrême winter hardiness |
| Fruit: | Unknown - n/a |
| Full grown plant height: | 75-100 cm |
| German plant name: | Krauser Rhabarber, Rhabarber, Rhapontik-Rhabarber |
| Growth habit : | Unknown - n/a |
| Growth habit - details: | Pulse-forming, sturdy plant |
| Humidity/Soil: | Moist soil |
| Latin plant family: | Polygonaceae |
| Leaf / Foliage: | Green, Coarse-leaved |
| Leaf / foliage - details: | Deciduous, green, well big |
| Location: | Reasonable sun |
| Location - details: | Sun till half-shade |
| Minimum growing height (in cm): | 75 |
| Plant characteristic: | Edible (fruit, leaf, flower) |
| Plant family: | Knotweed family |
| Planting distance: | 1-3 pieces per m² (60-100 cm apart) |
| Pruning period: | March |
| Synonym / Trade name: | Rheum hybridum, Rheum rhaponticum, Rheum undulatum, Rheum xcultorum, Rheum xhybridum |
| Winter foliage: | Losing leaf |
| maximal growth height (in cm): | 100 |
| type of crop: | Vegetables |
| type of soil: | Clay soil (calcareous), Normal soil |
| type of soil / ground - details: | Fertile and rich soil |
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