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Posted by BigSteps SE Melbourne (My Page) on Tue, Sep 13, 05 at 7:13
Hi all,
Has anyone ever had their Rhubarb sprout a great big flower out of the centre of the plant?
Mine has, mind you, it had been moved which is my guess for this behaviour. Otherwise the plant is putting on some nice growth.
Any other ideas will be appreciated as I am unsure if I should leave it be or cut it out?
Cheers
BigSteps |
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RE: Whoa...Rhubarb!
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| BigSteps, my rhubarb does that too, once in a blue moon. I just ignore it. I did read somewhere that you should remove it as soon as possible. It makes the plant less productive. The reason for flowering is either old age (the rhubarb's), or extreme drought. Maybe yours didn't get enough water? (Mind you, I never water my rhubarb. But I may be a bit extreme. It still produces like mad.) |
RE: Whoa...Rhubarb!
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| I always remove it as it weakens the plant as Spatz says. |
RE: Whoa...Rhubarb!
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Down here in northern Antarctica, where the summer days are much longer and the winter chill more pronounced, all our 4 rhubarb plants of different varieties flower every year: the winter deciduous cultivars now, the evergreen ones in autumn. I assume it's either because their chilling requirement is not satisfied or because of daylength that plants up north may only flower occasionally or when they have been stressed...?
Since they come from the central Asian plains originally, I assume they need an environmental trigger for flowering that is not present in most of Aus? Plants that flower put energy into this that would be spent making vegetative growth otherwise, so it's best to remove flowering shoots as soon as you can cut them without injuring the rest of the plant. Manuel, in Woodridge, TAS. |
RE: Whoa...Rhubarb!
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| It's well known apparently up here too. The locals have mentioned it. I thought they had been eating a bit too much giggle weed. Just goes to show..... |
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