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Post by Good Mind Seeds on Apr 5, 2012 18:12:33 GMT -5
has anyone here ever started rhubarb from seed?
i want to start some of yours Maren. we need to arrange a time to meet.
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Post by puttgirl on Apr 5, 2012 19:21:15 GMT -5
You know, I got seeds a couple of years ago...I wonder if they're still viable. I had forgotten them. Thanks for reminding me- maybe I should go try to find them.
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Post by johno on Apr 6, 2012 10:02:26 GMT -5
I started rhubarb from seed several years ago. It only lasted about a year, and I haven't tried again since.
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Post by bunkie on Apr 6, 2012 10:31:44 GMT -5
i have also started rhubarb from seed and they did and are doing great.
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Post by Good Mind Seeds on Apr 6, 2012 17:03:47 GMT -5
rhubarb is at home in my climate so im gonna try. they are buckwheats too like PA smartweed and japanese knotweed. it makes the same acid that is in oxalis, wood sorrel (oxalic acid). i know the leaves are toxic, but i see now that the root is used in essiac tea. what does the root do medicinally?
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Post by bunkie on May 23, 2012 13:18:27 GMT -5
root helps the digestive system turtle... www.rhubarbinfo.com/medicinali have started rhubarb from old seeds too and the plants are producing fruit just fine after 15 years!!! |
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Post by Good Mind Seeds on May 23, 2012 13:39:39 GMT -5
i have a big ol' bottle of esiak tea concentrate i traded for some seeds at white earth. it is one of four parts rhubarb root, and then also burdock, slippery elm, and sheep sorrel.
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