On 2019-02-13 7:30 a.m., songbird wrote:
> wrote:
>> I once had rhubarb and it came a bad hail storm, I don't think it ever did recover.
>
> it's really hard to kill off completely.
>
> i give a lot of ours away since i don't
> eat much of it any longer myself.
>
> it makes a nice edge planting that can
> help keep down grasses/weeds.
>
True. I can't imagine rhubarb being killed off by hail, unless the
stones were the size of soccer balls. It is pretty hardy stuff. I
realize that some places in the US get hail way bigger than anything we
see. Around here is is rarely any bigger than the size of a lentil. It
doesn't do much harm to plants and fruit trees. It just damages the soft
fruit on them.