Ship Season: Spring

Items Per Package: #1 roots

Height: 2-3 feet

Sun/Shade: Full Sun until the middle of June

Spacing: Set divisions 3 feet apart in rows 4 feet apart

Depth: Plant divisions 3-4 inches below the soil surface. Plant early spring for fall, don't harvest stalks 1st season. Harvest freely the following seasons.

Comments: Large stalks, yields 4-12 lbs. per crown. Color won't fade during cooking. Sweetest of all, needs less sugar when baking than others. Harvest well into fall, seldom goes to seed. Rhubarb is a long lived perennial. Dependable producers red stalks. Simmer, boil or bake. Perfect for preserves. Takes 2 years before ready to harvest. Apply winter mulch in late fall. Separate them into several small sections; each section should have at least 3 leaf buds & plenty of roots. Each fall top dress soil with 3 inches layer of well rotted manure or compost; apply along side and directly over the roots. Leaves of rhubarb are poisonous. Not available in NV, UT, WA