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Default I ordered a new rhubarb

On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7:04:07 PM UTC-7, Sheldon wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 16:50:09 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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> >
> >"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
> .. .
> >>
> >> After decades of service, my old rhubarb died. It used to produce
> >> really broad stalks and lots of them
> >> I replaced it a couple of years ago but all the new plant produced
> >> were blossom stalks and a few skinny stalks.
> >>
> >> I ordered a new rhubarb yesterday. It promises to produce few or no
> >> blossom stalks. It looks like it will produce nice broad stalks.
> >> https://www.growerssolution.com/rhub...e-rhubarb.html
> >> Until I started looking around online for rhubarb I didn't realize
> >> that some rhubarb has a nasty habit of producing a lot of blossom
> >> stalks. The blossom stalks steal all the plant energy and the stalks
> >> themselves are throw aways.
> >>
> >> I'm looking forward to a new crop in 2020. We enjoy rhubarb sauce,
> >> pie and kuchen.
> >>
> >> Janet US

> >
> >When we first moved into the house we bought in WA (as a child), there
> >appeared to be two beautiful rhubarb plants behind the flowering quince. A
> >neighbor confirmed that they were in fact rhubarb but my parents wouldn't
> >let me eat either the quince or the rhubarb, thinking them to be poison.
> >Even though I promised to cook them both, they still told me to keep away.
> >My dad ripped out the rhubarb and eventually. the quince.

>
> Rhubarb leaves are indeed toxic. There are many plants that produce
> ordinary produce that her highly toxic... tomato plants are quite
> toxic... tomatoes are in the nightshade family, the leaves, stems. and
> roots are very toxic, same for potatoes.


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