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Posted by lonewolf_amar 4 (My Page) on Sun, Jun 7, 09 at 14:55
| My father loves rhubarb and has had difficulty with his rhubarb for a couple of years now. He has numerous rhubarb plants and plants new ones every year. However, every year the rhubarb bolts almost as soon as it starts growing. He does not get a chance to harvest any because it bolts so early. He lives about 20 miles north of Madison. The soil grows most things very well and he composts and spreads both chicken and cow manure over the gardens. Does anyone have any ideas about why the rhubarb might bolt so early and what he can do to help prevent it? |
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RE: Bolting Rhubarb
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| Could be too much fertilizer. Rhubarb "bolts" when it wants to grow seed. You want to put that off as much as possible although almost everyone will have a stalk or two that has to be lopped off. I'd suggest a soil test. A soil test would show if the ph was off too. |
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