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28 Apr 13, heather clark (Australia - temperate climate)

I was told to use a nitrogen rich fertilizer every six weeks

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10 Mar 13, Margaret Goldie (Australia - temperate climate)

I have same problem as a few others the stems on the Rhubarb plant are green what can I you do?

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01 Jun 13, (Australia - temperate climate)

Margret If the stems on your Rubarb plants are green and you profer them red, I would suggest that you change varieties. Denis

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15 Mar 13, B (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

If your plant is green, it is probably the green variety. Nothing to worry about. Just cook it and eat it!

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21 Feb 13, Bill (Australia - temperate climate)

We have just moved in to our new home. Made a lovely vegie garden,put in good soil mixed with cow manure. Planted 5 Rhubarb plants brought from the garden place, They all appear to be dieing What have we done wrong? We have one plant what is about 3 years old and grows very well in the same garden?

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11 Jun 13, Eve (Australia - temperate climate)

I have noticed with my rhubarb is they tend to wilt easily and need constant supply of water when it is particularly hot. They appear to need more water when younger. I also have an older plant which seems more robust.

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06 Feb 13, ken bulmer (Australia - temperate climate)

i live in adelaide.the storks green not red,can we still eat them.manythanks.ken

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12 Feb 13, Tash (Australia - temperate climate)

Yes you can still eat them, the inside is green regardless of what the outside looks like. Be sure to chop the leaves of straight after cutting the stalks as the leaves are poisonous and the poison will leech into the stalks if you don't remove them.

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27 Jan 13, Philip bailie (Australia - temperate climate)

Can we eat of the first pick or not and do we cut the leaves off when they are big so the little stems underneath get sun light

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20 Jan 13, Michael Du PONT (Australia - temperate climate)

I have several Rhubard plants, we went away at Christmas, we have automatic retic which comes on every two days. As you will be aware, Christmas saw WA peak at 6 days at +40, on our return I found that all my Rhubard (Stalks & Leaves) were dead and lifeless (Horizontal) What should I do ? Are the crowns still OK or should I dig up and start again?

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