my rhubarb arrived
On 2019-02-14 12:21 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> I'm so pleased. It got here yesterday. It came in a tall box with
> Fragile Handle with Care all over it. The box was filled with foam
> peanuts.
How do they taste? ;-)
>The rhubarb itself was in a 6-inch pot with very wet soil
> around it. I tucked the soil more tightly around the plant and
> discovered that the pot contains mostly big, solid root. The rhubarb
> is just beginning to get 'bumps' above the soil. I couldn't be more
> pleased with the plant and the condition. I've never ordered before
> from those folks but I would again.
> Growerssolution.com
> Now, if it would stop raining and snowing I could prepare the soil for
> it. Meanwhile I have it in the unheated back bedroom.
>
Don't expect a crop from it this year. Rhubarb usually takes a year or
more to take hold, even if you move an entire plant just a few feet into
the same type of soil. At least, that is my experience.
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