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Thread ID: 56166 2005-03-29 03:39:00 Eat more rubarb an idiot (7738) PC World Chat
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339234 2005-03-31 01:48:00 i thought you would of picked it up.

Nope, I'm stupid. There's always PM you know ....
Biggles (121)
339235 2005-03-31 04:11:00 Sadly enough I have a question about Rhubarb
My rhubarb is in a greenhouse, but the damn stalks won't turn red, they are still a pretty shade of green,
I am wondering if the rhubarb needs real sunlight, not the stuff that filters through the old corrugated plastic/fibreglass roofing (probably about 30 yrs old), any help would be much appreciated

(I also notice this rhubarb thread hasn't been picked up by google yet)
Morgenmuffel (187)
339236 2005-03-31 05:03:00 Might be the green-stalked variety:

www.rhubarbinfo.com
Biggles (121)
339237 2005-03-31 05:05:00 Man, can you believe there is actually a website called www.rhubarbinfo.com

The things you discover when you go looking for warez ....
Biggles (121)
339238 2005-03-31 05:26:00 Man, can you believe there is actually a website called www.rhubarbinfo.com

The things you discover when you go looking for warez ....
Just goes to show that there isn't much that you can't find out about on the internet, is there? :p


Sadly enough I have a question about Rhubarb My rhubarb is in a greenhouse, but the damn stalks won't turn red, they are still a pretty shade of green, I am wondering if the rhubarb needs real sunlight, not the stuff that filters through the old corrugated plastic/fibreglass roofing (probably about 30 yrs old), any help would be much appreciated
I don't think you should worry about the colour of it, just the taste. Yours should be less tart than outside grown rhubarb.


Varieties: Rhubarb comes in two main varieties: hothouse-grown (pink or light red stalks, with yellow leaves) and field-grown (dark red stalks, with green leaves). The hothouse variety has a somewhat milder flavor and is less stringy.

Hothouse rhubarb, on the other hand, has pale pink to pale red stalks and yellow green leaves. The stalks are not as tart as field grown but has the advantage of being available year round.
FoxyMX (5)
339239 2005-03-31 05:44:00 "Warez my Rhubarb, Honey !!!" KiwiTT_NZ (233)
339240 2005-03-31 05:49:00 "Warez my Rhubarb, Honey !!!"

Very Clever:D
Dannz (1668)
339241 2005-03-31 06:03:00 Jams, Your a very naive young chap.

thanks Metla. im not around to impress anyone.

your probably the only one on here that has any sense.
Jams (1051)
339242 2005-03-31 06:16:00 There was a Rick Stein programme on a while ago about his Food Heroes. One segment was about some rhubarb growers somewhere in Pongolia who grew their rhubarb in very hot dark conditions in an enclosed house like a mushroom shed. From memory it was also grown quite deep like celery, but I cannot be definite about that.

They produced white - pink rhubarb with thick stalks. Apparently much prized in the land of the permanent cloud.
John H (8)
339243 2005-03-31 06:26:00 Sorry to bring the old topic up but i see the person calling him/her self andr has signed up again and promptly got banned

Well done to the mod that did that
Dannz (1668)
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