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RE: Murdered Rhubarb Mousse And What Else Is Cooking In My Garden, I Mean - Growing?
Dear Ivy - don't "cut" your rhubarb - meaning do not use a knife but instead "draw it out" - you have to pull the single rhubarb stemms out of the core so you do not hurt the plant :-) and never harvest more than one third of of the plant's total - otherwise it is going to die or at least will be very close ot dying ;-) All of the plants that live with you for many years need to have enough resource left for the next year... Big huggs from the Seven Mountains in Germany! I harvested some rhubarb today and made a nice salsa for BBQ :-)
thank you for such a tip @jkiw, I didn't know that - pulling instead of cutting ! ^ ^
am happy you shared it with me, don't worry though, this one's been very bushy this year so it really needs trimming. We normally just harvest a few as we're only two but this year, it's gone mad it wants to occupy more space than it's supposed to. Some mushrooms also grew around it and we're worried it would keep spreading with the help of the shade of the rhubarb's leaves so we beheaded plenty to make sure the sun gets to peep.
I hope you enjoy your rubharb salsa and that you had a great time BBQing ^ ^!
cheers to sharing a bountiful habit!