What can you do with rhubarb plants?

[Kadee]

I stew mine with apples , and we eat it warm with nice freshly made vanilla custard

 

[Kadee]

Rhubarb is something that we always had when I lived up north in Idaho and Washington; but it does not seem to grow down here in the south in Alabama. I have tried a couple of times, and it didn’t make it once the summer heat started.
I read that some people here grow it as an annual crop, planting the seeds each spring, and then harvesting what comes up until it dies from the heat in summer. I ordered some seeds from eBay and they just arrived today, so I planted some seeds in two of my planter pots, and will thin them into several containers once they come up and get a start.
If i can keep them over the summer, I will and if not, then I will at least have a few shoots to enjoy as they grow this spring.

Mine never dies in summer , we need to keep the water up to them ~ and they continue to thrive in our harsh Aussie climate

I was told to never let them go to seed ….or they will die ~ mine keeps sending up a seed spike but I cut it off as soon as I see it
@Happyflowerlady

 

[Kaila]

Rhubarb is something that we always had when I lived up north in Idaho and Washington; but it does not seem to grow down here in the south in Alabama. I have tried a couple of times, and it didn’t make it once the summer heat started.
I read that some people here grow it as an annual crop, planting the seeds each spring, and then harvesting what comes up until it dies from the heat in summer. I ordered some seeds from eBay and they just arrived today, so I planted some seeds in two of my planter pots, and will thin them into several containers once they come up and get a start.
If i can keep them over the summer, I will and if not, then I will at least have a few shoots to enjoy as they grow this spring.

Can you try to plant them in a mostly shade spot, to keep them out of the hot sun?
Or at least not with a southern exposure?
Just thoughts.
They love the cold, as you already know.

 

[papa tiger]

Rhubarb pie with vanilla ice cream.

 

[Twostep]

Rhubarb is something that we always had when I lived up north in Idaho and Washington; but it does not seem to grow down here in the south in Alabama. I have tried a couple of times, and it didn’t make it once the summer heat started.
I read that some people here grow it as an annual crop, planting the seeds each spring, and then harvesting what comes up until it dies from the heat in summer. I ordered some seeds from eBay and they just arrived today, so I planted some seeds in two of my planter pots, and will thin them into several containers once they come up and get a start.
If i can keep them over the summer, I will and if not, then I will at least have a few shoots to enjoy as they grow this spring.

I managed to get rhubarb to grow in Birmingham, AL. A somewhat shady spot with deep fertile would and plenty of watering.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

You can just munch on a peeled stalk- it's really sour, but after a couple of chomps, it's not too bad. I used to do that as a kid.

 

[Michael Z]

A grocery store by us will pay money for fresh cut rhubarb. If you could make arrangements with a bunch of stores, you could make a bit of extra money.

If you want to get rid of it, you will have to dig up and remove every last root.

 

[jujube]

My grandma used to make rhubarb pies, but I never took to them.

 

[jujube]

The origin of the term "rhubarb", meaning an uproar. I read that a movie director once was filming a crowd scene and couldn't get the sound right. He instructed them to mutter "rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb" and slowly get louder and it worked.

After that, a hreatening crowd scene would be known as a rhubarb. The old baseball commentators also used the term to describe a "bench clearer" fight on the diamond.

 

[Capt Lightning]

We have a very productive rhubarb plant. We usually have trouble giving it away if we can't use it all.

 

[Twostep]

We have a very productive rhubarb plant. We usually have trouble giving it away if we can't use it all.

I will take it all!
Mixed with strawberries it makes a delightful marmalade.

 

[Kaila]

The origin of the term "rhubarb", meaning an uproar. I read that a movie director once was filming a crowd scene and couldn't get the sound right. He instructed them to mutter "rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb" and slowly get louder and it worked.

After that, a hreatening crowd scene would be known as a rhubarb. The old baseball commentators also used the term to describe a "bench clearer" fight on the diamond.

It sounds like a tall tale, but could be true.

Is it?

 

[Kaila]

Where did you read that, @jujube ?

 

[jujube]

Where did you read that, @jujube ?

Somewhere, somewhere. I have this intricate filing system in my head where I can find the most useless pieces of information but cannot find where I filed the important stuff. I'm sure if someone looked up rhubarb/slang or the like, it'd be there.

Here ya go: sense evolution of ‘rhubarb’: from theatre to nonsense

 

[Kaila]

Somewhere, somewhere. I have this intricate filing system in my head where I can find the most useless pieces of information but cannot find where I filed the important stuff. I'm sure if someone looked up rhubarb/slang or the like, it'd be there.

Here ya go: sense evolution of ‘rhubarb’: from theatre to nonsense

You had me laughing about your intricate filling system.

But thank you for finding it.
Very interesting!

 

[Kaila]

I will take it all!
Mixed with strawberries it makes a delightful marmalade.

Sounds great to me.

I don't know what the ratio would be.


I guess it depends on who you're hoping to please;
A rhubarb lover wouldn't need many strawberries whereas others might want lots of them for each cup of rhubarb.