I always put them in a vase with my other flowers they are beautiful foliage. I love rhubarb I had 3 giant ones and bought 5 more plants . My entire family absolutely loves it.
Great tips! I have been using the leaves in homemade fertilizer/tea concoction for the last two gardening seasons and it seems to be working really well. I cut the leaves up into smallish pieces and fill a five gallon but with them and then fill the bucket with water. Let it sit for a month or two and give it a stir every few days. It smells like death but the plants I feed with it seem to love it.
Rhubarb lemonade... Can't have to much in the freezer. It's a must try, and good in lots of drinks. Cook and press out the pink liquid, add little sugar. Grandkids love it mixed up with lemonade.
I use some fresh rhubarb (very thin slices) in most every salad from spring thru fall. They give a nice tart contrast that is yummy. Also use thin slices or dices in tuna salad. Mmmmm. Thanks for taking us along on your bountiful harvest. I grew mine from seed and was shocked that it was successful!
You have mentioned that your family likes strawberry jam - might want to try doing strawberry rhubarb jam - I use 3 cups rhubarb to 1 cup rhubarb, can start with only 1/2 cup of rhubarb and see if they like it - stretches your strawberries - I stew the rhubarb first to make it much thicker and makes jam thicker with my freezer jam - may have to adapt it for cooked jam
lol My mom always made strawberry rhubarb jam and also rhubarb pickles and a rhubarb relish as well. These were on our table all the time and I always like chewing on the stocks for the juice and spitting out the pulp have a taste for bitter things same as my mom.. Cheer good vid..
That is a fantastic Rhubarb patch! Great job on that... We process ours into Rhubarb Jam (my mother in laws favorite jam) and Rhubarb Sauce to put over ice cream or use in a crisp or an awesome Rhubarb Custard cake my wife makes ( absolutely to die for). Rhubarb is a staple in our house....pretty much cannot live without it. Your comment about dipping Rhubarb in sugar and eating it raw as a kid brought back great memories! Thanks for the video Greg and have a great day! Mike 🇨🇦 🍁 👍
There is something very satisfying about pulling rhubarb. The pull with a slight uneven twist and then it pops off. Not a straight pull, the unevenness is what lets it break the bond where the stem is attached. My plants don't produce like that, I want every usable inch of stock!
I'm so glad you did this video on rhubarb because I had to transplant mine in a better location this year for its second year of growth, and right after I replanted it, it went to seed. Now I know that there is no way, rhyme, or reason I should save those seeds; I need to lop that top off my Rhubarb! Thanks 👍
I have been told that if you pull them out and don't cut them, the plant will be stimulated to produce more - see if it works for you to get more production. I have a very productive patch and do that.
Good video. I had always harvested my rhubarb by starting with the shaded stalks near the ground since they could not contribute to the plant very much. Today I went out and only took the biggest shade contributors and ended up with more in my basket than usual. After processing I had 4 cups from my 2 plants and what is left looks great. Mine were grown from seed with no trouble. Victoria seed is readily available on line and I started mine indoors, after several weeks of refrigerator stratification, last spring season. They got big enough that I was willing to harvest just a bit late in the year that I planted them but this second year they are amazing plants. Your comment about seed is probably right but I had about 25% germination and the plants look wonderful. They are not as red colored as the ones I could buy at a store but I really don't care about the color and they taste just right. This spring they tried to flower but I put an end to that. A question I could not find an answer for is whether the flower stalks are edible. I defaulted to "If you don't know, treat them as no good" but that may have been wasteful.
I planted rhubarb last fall, can’t wait until I get enough to start picking. I was told I should wait a couple of years before I start picking. I love rhubarb and like to eat it raw with salt, or cooked down and add it to my oatmeal. Rhubarb muffins, rhubarb crisp so I’ll wait to see your version, patiently waiting . Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Give us the crisp recipe! Good tips. I use all these. I have rhubarb growing several different areas and it's interesting to see how different the plants are depending on light/shade and soil fertility. Some go to seed easily, some have thinner redder stem, etc...I like rhubarb meringue and rhubarb coffee cake.
Check out Pinterest for recipes. I recently used two different recipes one a bar that used oatmeal top and bottom of the Rhubarb. The other was like a bliss bar with a short bread crust and the Rhubarb in a custard filling with a cream cheese icing. Both were very delicious.
yup, waiting on the recipe now, lol, sounds delicious, wow the size of those,,,,,great looking rhubarb, my neighbor keeps horse poo all around hers and hers are twice as big as mine
Your rhubarb is coming up faster than mine. I have three large plants that I transplanted over 10 years ago from my first house. I make some great rhubarb sauce, crisp, pie and all kinds of other treats. Unfortunately, my family doesn't like it as much as I do.
It's tough when you're the only one that likes something in the garden. I feel your pain. There's many things I don't grow because no one likes them but me
When we have an abundance of rhubarb we stew it and drip thru cheesecloth, to make a syrup. There are lots of recipes online, but its basically just water and sugar or honey to sweeten. You can use the syrup in soda water (etc.), with ice cubes, a few mint leaves, slice of lemon, makes a delicious summer drink. Stored in a glass jar it will keep in the fridge for weeks. We both pull some stalks if the plant looks rather overgrown in the centre or cut as sometimes pulling might do some damage. I've heard that the leaves are not good for your compost . . do you have opinion on that?
Thanks that's a good way to use it! To answer your question, since I am using them as a mulch in my garden, I guess I'm not that concerned about using them in compost. There are people that simply live in fear about everything. They don't read and look things up, they just continue to add things to their long list of things they think are bad, and they go around telling everyone what's bad, even though they rarely understand enough to know the bad from the good. I have no time for the advice of such people :) It's my understanding (from reading agricultural extension materials) that oxalic acid - the main toxin in Rhubarb leaves - is not readily absorbed by plant roots. , So compost containing decomposed rhubarb leaves can be safely applied to the vegetable garden. It's also the case that the leaves are not 100% oxalic acid! In fact, I think they are more like 0.5% O.A by weight. Also, it's my understanding that swiss chard and spinach have more oxalic acid by weight than rhubarb leaves - and no one worries about composting them. Hope that answers your question :)
Mine make seeds every year. At least 40 yrs in the same spot where the soil is a good 3 feet at least of dredged pond muck. No problem with them germinating and making perfectly new rhubarb, not that it's a goal, nice to see. I used to leave one or two go so maybe birds would have seeds to eat. Don't anymore.
I must be doing something wrong. I let the rhubarb go to seed last year and the ones I planted have all germinated. I trench composted the leaves in a flower garden that had been ignored for over a decade. I simply laid the rhubarb leaves down and covered them with a thin layer of composted steer manure last fall. I added earthworms and watered until winter hit. I was amazed how quickly the soil turned black when I began relocating plants in that bed. I was surprised to see you throwing away that seed stalk instead of using it as mulch.
...been meaning to do this video for 2 weeks but not got to it! Toss them into the bushes! There's another one! I have to give him a 'like' for all that! After 1 year when I thought chickens had dug the whole thing out, 1 year looked great, this year it looks like in the video with huge leaves, swallowing the josta berry plant on each side of it that I thought were plenty far from it. Duh, cut it up, freeze it; cook it! Great idea! Somehow I forgot long ago that it doesn't have to be eaten raw with "cheeze whiz". Maybe I'll harvest some after all. Ya! 1700g harvested in a minute. Could have taken more. Biggest leaf is about a meter across! Must go cut it up now. Thanks Maritime Gardener! Later -- Hmm, some of the stems are green inside, others (bigger ones?) are red. Does this mean anything?
@@maritimegardening4887 Okay, great! Thanks again - the stewed rhubarb was delicious and in addition to lots more on the plant any time there's a bunch cut and bagged in the freezer for winter.
Would love to see vid on that recipe 😊… I was wondering how many hours of sunlight does the plant need? For some reason my plants aren’t getting very big. I think they have enough water, but idk about the sun. Thanks 😊
They'll take all the sun they can get, but they also do ok in less than ideal spots. It takes a few years for them to be big - just keep them mulched and they will be fine
Since you posted I now have a huge japanese beetle problem. They are completely stripping the leaves of my relatively mature rhubarb. How can I reduce the damage without systemic poisons? I am concerned that next year the rhubarb will fail because there is so much damage from these bugs..
Awesome thank you… my rhubarb flowered for the first time this year and I broke the flower stalks off… then I panicked because I was worried I damaged the plant. I asked on a local garden group and they assured me the plants were fine. Not only were they fine but they took off again after cutting the flowers off. My question to you is that you said you cut your rhubarb off. I’ve always been told, seen posts etc. about how you should never cut it and only pull it. So have you ever had any I’ll effects from cutting? It would be much easier to cut than pull. 🤷♀️
My Mother told me to always pull it and not to cut it, so I always pull it. But I am Older now and either the plants are stronger or I am weaker it’s quite the chore to pull and I almost land on my butt at times lol. The joys of gardening Have a Great day!
If you pull the stalks off, you get that YUMMY pink base! Best part of the stalk when cooked up. Now, where's the recipe? By the way I heard on a cooking show you'd need to eat 15 pounds of rhubarb to reach a toxic level.
7 of 9 of my plants went to seed the 1st leaf out this year... I gotta disagree with you about the seeds Greg, where do you think new varieties come from? I have been messing with growing Rhubarb from seed for a few years, but then I also mess with Potatoes and Apples from seed too... BTW the flower clusters when tight like Cauliflower are edible cooked like Cauliflower too.
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You're funny! My rhubarb seedlings are ready to plant! Yay
I always put them in a vase with my other flowers they are beautiful foliage.
I love rhubarb I had 3 giant ones and bought 5 more plants . My entire family absolutely loves it.
Great tips! I have been using the leaves in homemade fertilizer/tea concoction for the last two gardening seasons and it seems to be working really well. I cut the leaves up into smallish pieces and fill a five gallon but with them and then fill the bucket with water. Let it sit for a month or two and give it a stir every few days. It smells like death but the plants I feed with it seem to love it.
Rhubarb lemonade... Can't have to much in the freezer. It's a must try, and good in lots of drinks. Cook and press out the pink liquid, add little sugar. Grandkids love it mixed up with lemonade.
Thanks for the tips!
I snap my stalks by twisting, they break at the roots . My rubarb goes to flower/seed every year. We make jam and pies, and freeze as well .
I use some fresh rhubarb (very thin slices) in most every salad from spring thru fall. They give a nice tart contrast that is yummy. Also use thin slices or dices in tuna salad. Mmmmm. Thanks for taking us along on your bountiful harvest. I grew mine from seed and was shocked that it was successful!
Cool !
You have mentioned that your family likes strawberry jam - might want to try doing strawberry rhubarb jam - I use 3 cups rhubarb to 1 cup rhubarb, can start with only 1/2 cup of rhubarb and see if they like it - stretches your strawberries - I stew the rhubarb first to make it much thicker and makes jam thicker with my freezer jam - may have to adapt it for cooked jam
lol My mom always made strawberry rhubarb jam and also rhubarb pickles and a rhubarb relish as well. These were on our table all the time and I always like chewing on the stocks for the juice and spitting out the pulp have a taste for bitter things same as my mom.. Cheer good vid..
We like freezer jam - so cooking it to go with rhubarb would be sacrilege :)
@@maritimegardening4887 Whatever works LOL - I just like how the cooked rhubarb thickens the crushed strawberries
Shelley, You use 3 cups of rhubarb to 1 cup of strawberries? Or vice versa?
@@camicri4263 3cups crushed strawberries to 1 cup thick rhubarb, stewed a long time.akes the Jam thick and delicious
That is a fantastic Rhubarb patch! Great job on that...
We process ours into Rhubarb Jam (my mother in laws favorite jam) and Rhubarb Sauce to put over ice cream or use in a crisp or an awesome Rhubarb Custard cake my wife makes ( absolutely to die for).
Rhubarb is a staple in our house....pretty much cannot live without it. Your comment about dipping Rhubarb in sugar and eating it raw as a kid brought back great memories!
Thanks for the video Greg and have a great day!
Mike 🇨🇦 🍁 👍
Thanks Mike
There is something very satisfying about pulling rhubarb. The pull with a slight uneven twist and then it pops off. Not a straight pull, the unevenness is what lets it break the bond where the stem is attached. My plants don't produce like that, I want every usable inch of stock!
I'm so glad you did this video on rhubarb because I had to transplant mine in a better location this year for its second year of growth, and right after I replanted it, it went to seed. Now I know that there is no way, rhyme, or reason I should save those seeds; I need to lop that top off my Rhubarb! Thanks 👍
Glad it was helpful!
I have been told that if you pull them out and don't cut them, the plant will be stimulated to produce more - see if it works for you to get more production. I have a very productive patch and do that.
I have a productive patch and do both ways
@@maritimegardening4887snapping at roots is better
Good video. I had always harvested my rhubarb by starting with the shaded stalks near the ground since they could not contribute to the plant very much. Today I went out and only took the biggest shade contributors and ended up with more in my basket than usual. After processing I had 4 cups from my 2 plants and what is left looks great. Mine were grown from seed with no trouble. Victoria seed is readily available on line and I started mine indoors, after several weeks of refrigerator stratification, last spring season. They got big enough that I was willing to harvest just a bit late in the year that I planted them but this second year they are amazing plants. Your comment about seed is probably right but I had about 25% germination and the plants look wonderful. They are not as red colored as the ones I could buy at a store but I really don't care about the color and they taste just right.
This spring they tried to flower but I put an end to that. A question I could not find an answer for is whether the flower stalks are edible. I defaulted to "If you don't know, treat them as no good" but that may have been wasteful.
I planted rhubarb last fall, can’t wait until I get enough to start picking. I was told I should wait a couple of years before I start picking.
I love rhubarb and like to eat it raw with salt, or cooked down and add it to my oatmeal. Rhubarb muffins, rhubarb crisp so I’ll wait to see your version, patiently waiting . Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Great tips Thank You !
Give us the crisp recipe! Good tips. I use all these. I have rhubarb growing several different areas and it's interesting to see how different the plants are depending on light/shade and soil fertility. Some go to seed easily, some have thinner redder stem, etc...I like rhubarb meringue and rhubarb coffee cake.
Check out Pinterest for recipes. I recently used two different recipes one a bar that used oatmeal top and bottom of the Rhubarb. The other was like a bliss bar with a short bread crust and the Rhubarb in a custard filling with a cream cheese icing. Both were very delicious.
Perfect timing! I finally got my patch established and you answered all my questions. Thanks buddy!
No problem!
I thought my rhubarb was amazing, yours dwarfs mine by 4X. Lol I just love having all that rhubarb in my freezer. It's a good investment. 😀
Agreed. A must have for any backyard garden
What a beautiful patch of rhubarb!!
Awesome
Thank you! I don't think I ever had rhubarb.
Yes please to the recipe!
Will do!!
yup, waiting on the recipe now, lol, sounds delicious, wow the size of those,,,,,great looking rhubarb, my neighbor keeps horse poo all around hers and hers are twice as big as mine
Your rhubarb is coming up faster than mine. I have three large plants that I transplanted over 10 years ago from my first house.
I make some great rhubarb sauce, crisp, pie and all kinds of other treats. Unfortunately, my family doesn't like it as much as I do.
It's tough when you're the only one that likes something in the garden. I feel your pain. There's many things I don't grow because no one likes them but me
When we have an abundance of rhubarb we stew it and drip thru cheesecloth, to make a syrup. There are lots of recipes online, but its basically just water and sugar or honey to sweeten. You can use the syrup in soda water (etc.), with ice cubes, a few mint leaves, slice of lemon, makes a delicious summer drink. Stored in a glass jar it will keep in the fridge for weeks. We both pull some stalks if the plant looks rather overgrown in the centre or cut as sometimes pulling might do some damage. I've heard that the leaves are not good for your compost . . do you have opinion on that?
Thanks that's a good way to use it! To answer your question, since I am using them as a mulch in my garden, I guess I'm not that concerned about using them in compost. There are people that simply live in fear about everything. They don't read and look things up, they just continue to add things to their long list of things they think are bad, and they go around telling everyone what's bad, even though they rarely understand enough to know the bad from the good. I have no time for the advice of such people :) It's my understanding (from reading agricultural extension materials) that oxalic acid - the main toxin in Rhubarb leaves - is not readily absorbed by plant roots. , So compost containing decomposed rhubarb leaves can be safely applied to the vegetable garden. It's also the case that the leaves are not 100% oxalic acid! In fact, I think they are more like 0.5% O.A by weight. Also, it's my understanding that swiss chard and spinach have more oxalic acid by weight than rhubarb leaves - and no one worries about composting them. Hope that answers your question :)
Yummmm
You can eat the flowers when still tight. Trim all stem/leaf off them. Great in a sweet and sour stir fry. Texture is like broccoli.
Thanks for the tips!
Mine make seeds every year. At least 40 yrs in the same spot where the soil is a good 3 feet at least of dredged pond muck. No problem with them germinating and making perfectly new rhubarb, not that it's a goal, nice to see. I used to leave one or two go so maybe birds would have seeds to eat. Don't anymore.
Mmmmmmm - would LOVE to see your recipe demonstration for rhubarb crisp!
will do
I must be doing something wrong. I let the rhubarb go to seed last year and the ones I planted have all germinated. I trench composted the leaves in a flower garden that had been ignored for over a decade. I simply laid the rhubarb leaves down and covered them with a thin layer of composted steer manure last fall. I added earthworms and watered until winter hit. I was amazed how quickly the soil turned black when I began relocating plants in that bed. I was surprised to see you throwing away that seed stalk instead of using it as mulch.
...been meaning to do this video for 2 weeks but not got to it! Toss them into the bushes! There's another one! I have to give him a 'like' for all that!
After 1 year when I thought chickens had dug the whole thing out, 1 year looked great, this year it looks like in the video with huge leaves, swallowing the josta berry plant on each side of it that I thought were plenty far from it. Duh, cut it up, freeze it; cook it! Great idea! Somehow I forgot long ago that it doesn't have to be eaten raw with "cheeze whiz". Maybe I'll harvest some after all.
Ya! 1700g harvested in a minute. Could have taken more. Biggest leaf is about a meter across! Must go cut it up now. Thanks Maritime Gardener!
Later -- Hmm, some of the stems are green inside, others (bigger ones?) are red. Does this mean anything?
All of mine are green inside - not a problem, some of them are like that
@@maritimegardening4887 Okay, great! Thanks again - the stewed rhubarb was delicious and in addition to lots more on the plant any time there's a bunch cut and bagged in the freezer for winter.
There's alot of nutrients in those flowers! Probably better used in the garden than the woods?
Would love to see vid on that recipe 😊… I was wondering how many hours of sunlight does the plant need? For some reason my plants aren’t getting very big. I think they have enough water, but idk about the sun. Thanks 😊
They'll take all the sun they can get, but they also do ok in less than ideal spots. It takes a few years for them to be big - just keep them mulched and they will be fine
I dont can my rhubarb normally I freeze it.
This year Im doing a few jars for ice cream.
You should pull not cut . I make juice with mine. It is very good for you.
I'm always looking for ways to use up our rhubarb. Please give us your recipe!
Will do soon
Yummy!!!!! Recipes PLEASE!!!!!!! I have 2 plants in my yard....how come the seeds are not viable?can you propagate the plant?
Will do soon
Since you posted I now have a huge japanese beetle problem. They are completely stripping the leaves of my relatively mature rhubarb. How can I reduce the damage without systemic poisons? I am concerned that next year the rhubarb will fail because there is so much damage from these bugs..
Safers beetle traps are a good option
Rhubarb and apple pie..
Awesome thank you… my rhubarb flowered for the first time this year and I broke the flower stalks off… then I panicked because I was worried I damaged the plant. I asked on a local garden group and they assured me the plants were fine. Not only were they fine but they took off again after cutting the flowers off.
My question to you is that you said you cut your rhubarb off. I’ve always been told, seen posts etc. about how you should never cut it and only pull it. So have you ever had any I’ll effects from cutting? It would be much easier to cut than pull. 🤷♀️
As I put in the video - you can do either. Pulling it probably better but I've done both with no probs
My Mother told me to always pull it and not to cut it, so I always pull it. But I am Older now and either the plants are stronger or I am weaker it’s quite the chore to pull and I almost land on my butt at times lol. The joys of gardening Have a Great day!
If you pull the stalks off, you get that YUMMY pink base! Best part of the stalk when cooked up. Now, where's the recipe? By the way I heard on a cooking show you'd need to eat 15 pounds of rhubarb to reach a toxic level.
That would be 15 lb of stalks, not leaves.
Thanks
7 of 9 of my plants went to seed the 1st leaf out this year... I gotta disagree with you about the seeds Greg, where do you think new varieties come from? I have been messing with growing Rhubarb from seed for a few years, but then I also mess with Potatoes and Apples from seed too... BTW the flower clusters when tight like Cauliflower are edible cooked like Cauliflower too.
I was always taught to pull the stalks out but I see you are cutting them. What would the difference be between those approaches to harvesting?
No difference really. Pulling is supposed top be better, but I do both
Are you not supposed to pull out the stalks and not cut them out???
You can do either
Will it be ok for me to transplant at this time? Also a new bruswicker 👍
It's a bit late for that but should be ok.
Hi Greg what type of rhubarb do you grow?we have a large patch and the rhubarb is spindly.
I have no idea what kind it is - got it off kijiji years ago. Yours should get bigger if you give it good sun and good soil
Always cut them off while just starting. Once they flower they stop producing stalks
Rhubarb crisp please 😁👍
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I've tried growing this and it never took off.....sadly I bought roots and starts.
I started mine from roots as well - most people do - no shame in that :)
how soon do they grow back?
They just continue to grow
Why are you cutting your Rhubarb? instead of pulling like you should, cutting is not a good idea can cause rot
Lots of people say that but the risk must be very low because I've never had a problem.