The followers of the sour refreshment are looking forward to it. Once it has started, the rhubarb season is quickly over. Nobody wants to miss the starting signal to really savor them. We will provide you with all the important details.

The starting signal falls in April

The first smooth rhubarb stalks are the prelude to the sour taste buds. With mild weather and proper care, the first compote and rhubarb cake will be on the table in April. Now everyone can enjoy the fruity-fresh treat carefree, thanks to the minimal oxalic acid content:

  • unscrew individual rods and do not cut them
  • Peeling also reduces oxalic acid
  • Do not eat the leaves and the whitish stalk

Increase the harvest quantity for a productive rhubarb season

April has passed far too quickly and May is just around the corner. Now the rhubarb plant is trying to blossom. Experienced hobby gardeners do not allow this in order to increase the crop yield.

  • the rhubarb blossom break out in time
  • the plant invests too much energy in flowering instead of in the coveted stems

Anyone who is familiar with the varieties will not go without flowering or a rich harvest during the rhubarb season. Plant the Chinese ornamental rhubarb freely. The flower can linger here and present its breathtaking beauty.

Thanksgiving for rhubarb is on St. John's Day

The beautiful rhubarb season ends on June 24th, St. John's Day. Anyone who then gets carried away with the harvest may harm themselves and their rhubarb plant.

As the rhubarb season progresses, the levels of toxic oxalic acid in the stalks increase. While it was still at a low level at the beginning of the season, it rises significantly in the summer. For this reason, health-conscious hobby gardeners will no longer eat it.

The rhubarb plant uses the St. John's sprout that sets in at the end of June to build up fresh energy reserves. It is now fertilized more with nitrogen. This care measure promotes vitality so that it conjures up numerous fruity rhubarb stalks the next time.

tips and tricks

The rhubarb season can be brought forward with the following gardening trick: Put a bucket over the rhubarb plant. Cover this with a layer of straw and put a larger bucket over it. A warm microclimate is formed, which allows the sour sticks to ripen more quickly.

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