Why did I find this video so strangely satisfying? I love rhubarb, because I have a preference for tart and tangy foods. However, that dry feeling you get in your mouth after eating it isn't so desirable. I use rhubarb to make pie, or a crumble or cobbler. I discovered that adding one or two ripe strawberries mellows the rhubarb so you don't get that dry mouth feeling. Also, it makes it prettier with a natural red color. I was so fascinated by the moon cycles and how they affect plants. My grandmother preferred to plant her garden during the full moon cycle because she found that it produced better. Back then, it was considered an old wife's tale, probably because they couldn't explain it. I guess we know better now ;)
Thank you very much! I'm glad you found it strangely satisfying! 😄 Thank you too for the strawberry advice. I'd love to try that if ever there were any strawberries ripe at the same time the rhubarb is! 🍓🤷🏻♂️😄
I was looking for mugwort videos and inadvertently found this amazing RU-vid page. Already planning to harvest the last of my "late Spring" rhubarb today, I had to watch this one as well when it popped up! Now I'm quite hooked on your videos and I subscribed to your channel this morning. My favourite thing in the world is a good rhubarb compote. Thank you for sharing your amazing experiences.
Thanks you so much, Mark 😊 And welcome to Rob's Discovery! 🤗 Enjoy the compote 😋 I'm looking forward to the autumn rhubarb harvest now but at least there are more than enough berries to keep me satisfied for now! 😄
I checked moon (it is ascending) and it is morning so I harvested my 2 year old rhubarb (was not harvested the first year of planting). Thank you for the wonderful visual. Now I have to decide whether to cook or put in freezer bags. Probably I will cook 1/2 of the harvest and freeze the other half in 4 inch stems (freezer bags). Thank you!
Greetings from Portland, Maine, USA. Thank you for the great lessons! We are going to divide and plant up a new rhubarb garden today and we look forward to harvesting in a year or so!
Thanks, Carol. Greetings from the dark & windswept Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. It's nearly midnight here so I'm just off to sleep. All the best with your rhubarb garden! You'll be glad you did it 😋
Your Rhubarb looks good and healthy! Thank you for all of the info about Rhubarb in this video. I especially liked that you told us how far down to cut it from the leaves. But your stalks have two or more leaves growing out of it, whereas my Rhubarb has a single leaf and the leaf seems to come down the sides of the stalk quite a bit and I am wondering how far down to cut.
My granny was so wonderful in making Rhubarb and strawberry pie and also a compote which she boiled with fresh lemon juice sugar strawberry and Rhubarb.sp good. I always wanted to know how to grow and take care of it .thank you so much for showing me this video.
You're most welcome, Roxana. I'm so glad you got something from it. Rhubarb & strawberry pie!! Yum! I've never had that as the seasons never seen to coincide. I must get my freezer running one of these days to make a rhubarb & strawberry pie possible, amongst other things! 😄
My favourite vegetable and mine is very productive and this season I’ve tried forcing some of the same type rhubarb and oh boy it’s so much sweeter and tender 👌
This is so much fun and very educational! Thank you Rob! ---- I live in Ireland and stupidly planted my rhubarb seeds on the 20th of Feb indoors instead of June, I hope I didn't ruin them and that they won't be too perturbed... if anyone think that I need to throw them away or just keep them and they'll be fine, pls let me know I'm clueless!
Thank you very much, Choucroute! I'm so glad you liked it 🤗 You do mean seeds rather than crowns do you? I've little experience with rhubarb seeds but would have thought they'll be happy enough growing if they don't get frosted. Let us know how it goes! 🌱😊
@@robsdiscovery Yes I'm using seeds and we hardly ever gets frost here (Wild West Coast), so far the seedlings seem to be ok. It will be an evening of watching the rest of the videos on this channel, I'm having a blast! :D
Mmm, the wild west Coast of Ireland, my dream destination 😌 It sounds like your rhubarb seedling ought to make it then 😊 Awww, I hope you find some of my other videos to your liking too! ☺️
Greeting from Ontario, Canada! I either "saved' or got some rhubarb crowns for free when I learned there would be townhouses built on an empty lot near my home. Was searching how to control pests and cook it when I found your video. Now I know not to "pull rhubarb" this first year at all. Although nettle is an extremely important herb, I have decided not to plant nettle in my garden so the prickles don't become a problem but if you have other rhubarb pest control advice I'd be glad to hear it.(I have reddish spots on the leaves), Love your calming, informative video with the beautiful, peaceful shots of nature.
Hi Glenna, I'm so glad you liked the video 😊 Those red spots sound like rhubarb rust. Good airflow around the plants could help with that. Happy harvesting! Next year 😁
I learned about the moon cycles recently but hadn't realized about the daily cycles. I have rhubarb that started last year so hoping to harvest something this year.
Great content as usual Rob. We had a rhubarb patch when we were growing up, and I always looked forward to rhubarb dessert and occasionally rhubarb jam. My brothers didn't like it as much, so I got their's as well, mmmmmmm.
Nearly a decade ago, when I was on a raw food kick, I had subscribed to a local CSA Co-Op that delivered fresh weekly organic produce. I lived in the suburbs at the time; for 4 yrs. now, I live in the country. (Yay!!!) I hadn’t tried rhubarb before, nor did I know anything about it. When I got my box 📦, one particular week, there were these odd looking, yet rather beautiful large green leaved plants with pretty red & green streaky stalks. I washed them and bit into the leaf! 🤢 Then I tried the stalk & thought, ‘Oh, that’s not too bad, yet the leaf is going to be hard to get down. So I’ll make a smoothie!’ - I crammed the whole leaf into my smoothie; then I added various fruits to make it palatable & drank the whole thing! This was from a large blender, too. Consequently, I didn’t feel too well. I felt like throwing up, yet that’s always been a challenge for me & it’s been a rather rare occasion for me to do so. I fell asleep. As the days went on, I slept a lot; I had become quite sick. Turns out I developed a severe kidney infection, where I found myself in the ER. It took a while to heal from that, with bouts flaring back up here & there, *in the past*. Now, I’m thriving well with a plant based lifestyle & I cook certain foods rather well, like spinach, for example. It took years before I figured out the rhubarb connection! The CSA peeps didn’t include any info about how to properly prepare rhubarb & I don’t know why they didn’t bother to trim off the leaves before including them in our boxes. So I’m very grateful that you’re sharing your knowledge and educating others about this! Thank you! ~ Thank you, so much! ❤️😇
You're most welcome, Zaadia 😊 And thank you for sharing your horrific rhubarb story!! 😬 Yeah, why ever didn't they include any info in the box?! 🤷🏻♂️ I'm glad you're living in the countryside now 😌
Hi, Rob, just wanted to say a "Hi!" I hope you're doing fine. I am in bed and thought to re-watching some of your soothing videos until I get a nice sleep. Your content is unlike anything there is over RU-vid. And trust me, I've subscribed to thousands of channels, none like yours. Keep feeding us your awesome videos, Miss them.
Awww, thank you Sam. It's been a bit of a difficult January (not only for me, I'm sure!), hence the lack of videos.. but not to fret, I've many new exciting episodes planned for this year.. Starting very soon, hopefully! Thanks again for your encouragement and I hope you get a good night's sleep! 😴
@@robsdiscovery Hi, Rob, sorry was a bit occupied with work lately. Why, What happened ? I suppose, winters are a great time for growing veggies. Maybe, you should do a compilation tour of all veggies, fruits, herbs in separate assortments and do us a video that shows us how you get into growing them. For example, "All the herbs in my property", "winter fruits", "summer fruits", etc. Btw, I've grown Watercress all over my patio and it's gonna be summer in just 3 weeks, so, gotta re-arrange everything.
My rhubarb is ready to harvest.. This video populated on my RU-vid feed... What a pleasant video... informative, Beautiful scenery, good hands on teaching... I love your voice/accent... Subscribed today... Please do a video on strawberry plants??
Thank you, Cindy 😊 And welcome to Rob's Discovery! 🤗 I'm not doing too well with strawberries at the moment but shall add your suggestion to my video ideas list 📝😉 Enjoy your rhubarb! 😋
@@robsdiscovery Hi Rob I live in rural Australia... we call the fruit drink concentrate you add to water cordial. The fizzy drink I think you call pop is called soft drink here, lol. Usually a berry flavour .Hope that helps. I am looking forward to learning more re food forest as I am in the process of planting ( and harvesting) a food forest Also raising chickens for eggs and fertilizer an added bonus. G'day from Australia. 🦘🐾🐨
Thanks for that, Janet. Berry cordial with rhubarb! Yum yum! What you're doing sounds mightily interesting too 🧐 If ever you start a RU-vid channel let me know, I'd love to see. G'day, from England! 👋😄
I use Turbinado raw sugar. Btw when you pile up a teaspoon the way you did...it's a TABLESPOON ! Hehe. I am an Ex Brit in the USA and after 50 years still LOVE rhubarb and am about to make a Rhubarb & Apple pie, being careful to watch the sweetener as I am a diabetic. The apples should give enough sugar to make it just right. Great video.Thanks.
Hello James, I'm so glad you liked the video. I always forget about apple for sweetness! The first apples will be ripe just as the rhubarb comes back into season in the autumn 🤗👌 Haha, that must be why all the recipes I've followed turned out super sweet! 😄 What a delicious mistake 🤭
Helloha; we pulled rhubarb on tge same day 4/25, coincidently! I have my father's 40 year old plants & was just gona do something rhubarb today & you convinced me to pull a few stems, ty for reminding us the moon's role in harvesting & I never soaked the stems 24 hours b4 to remove the oxablabla acid. I can't wait to make bebopabebop rhubarb pie tomorrow. Cheers thanks alot!
Awww, I'm so glad to have inspired/reminded you to make that pie! 🥧🤗 Speaking of which, I've never heard of a bepopabebop pie! Is that your own word for a reaally tasty rhubarb pie? 😆
@@robsdiscovery yes it is! Actually it's a song from American Garrison Keillor's ol radio show 'Prairie Home Companion'. "Mama's little baby loves rhubarb pie.." sorry, my singingvoice isn't what it used to be!
I am new to your channel and I love the information you gave. As my teacher means I am 8 years so i needed lots of information about Rhubarb. I thought I needed to watch like 6-9 videos in Rhubarb but this video was one video which gave me all the information Thanks a lot make videos like these please.!
Very cute video, but just one small detail.... While all plants will flower/bolt at some point just to make more plants, they generally flower at a younger age (for perennials) or more frequently if they're UN-happy. It's often an indication that the plant is stressed in some way and its 'procreate right now!' mode is activated.
@@robsdiscovery hey rob can you do some updates? Talk about rhubarb some more? I've actually been growing my own just this year I bought two starts. They're taking off!! I've been using a high high balance of nitrogen, and these are super thirsty plants! The more water the better, and they love as much sun as you can give them.
Hello again Connor, many more updates on the way! Though I'm not sure I have much more to say about rhubarb specifically 🤔 I have given it a couple more sacks of horse manure this year so it's in nitrogen heaven at the moment! 😄 You're right, they're super thirsty too, but I never water anything in my garden, it all has to fend for itself once planted! 💪🌿😆
Rhubarb is my favorite snack/vegi/food in entire world, hopefully in next 2 week we can harvest them But here in Kurdistan, it's all natural growing in mountains, and looks like there is some different between rhubarb that we have here and yours
Wow, thanks Vanessa. That's quite a compliment! 😄 (I'm about twice his height though 🤭) I watched that film for the first time recently ⚔ I shall now take even more pride in my swishing locks 😆 I'm glad you liked the video too 🤗
I like to stew the rhubarb and set it in raspberry jelly. I also include a few inches of stem from an Angelica plant, which reduces the acidity and improves the sweetness without using sugar. I do compost the leaves and am not aware of any problem.
That sounds amazing. Thanks for that. I also compost the leaves now too. I've learned a lot since this video and wish I could now change a few things in it!
I haven’t actually watched this one! So you must talk about the sap rising thing elsewhere..! I’ve never eaten Rhubarb 🤭 they sell it in the shops ... but never have I been introduced to it in a meal in my life! 🤷🏻♀️ Fascinating!
What a marvelous suggestion. I've never tried that 🤔 The rhubarb is still juuuuust about in season so I'll try your method with this last batch 😉 Thanks!
We are delighted to find this Forest Farm Rob! want to increase our single rhubarb stock to many because we love it. Do deer stay away from rhubarb? we have learned much about this amazing vegetable thanks to you - Thank you. we have subscribed to learn even more! Meredith & Bryce
Thanks for the helpful tips. I did not know many of them, though rhubarb is a favorite. I have developed problems with lectins in plants so I have been afraid to have it for about 5 years. I am going to try and peel the skin off and see if it is ok that way. If I have one of my violent attacks from lectins, I will know I cannot have it, even with the skin off. It is hit and miss and I do not like to experiment because the attacks are hospital events. I did not know about the other toxin that filters down from the leaves, so maybe I should think twice about this.
I'm sorry to hear that, Lydia May, but glad you liked the video! I know very little about lectins 🤔 but I did know someone once who was sensitive to them so used to drink pure aloe vera juice before any lectin heavy foods to protect the gut! I'm not saying that wouud work for you though. As tasty as rhubarb is it doesn't sound worth the risk!
@@robsdiscovery Dr Steven Gundry's book, "The Plant Paradox" which was such an eye opener for me and explained what was happening with the lectins which the doctors could not figure out. It was that book that solved the mystery. I think you might find it a very interesting book if you have not read it. My husband could live on tomatoes yet they are threatening to me now. Plants are really a world to their own. So much to learn about them, life saving or threatening, but they are wonderful. Another one, "The Potato Hack" is very informative about the potato, which is my staple (without the peelings, which I loved) but I did not know how good the resistant starch was in them.
Rob, great video as usual. my favourite way to eat rhubarb is cut it into 3 inch pieces,pour alittle honey along its length and roast it on a tray in the oven.It doesn't take long.I eat it with vanilla icecream.
Hello! Thank you for all the helpful information on rhubarb...i just wanted to clear something...you say to pick the stacks in the morning and then to soak overnight. Does that mean they soak from noon until the next morning? I must have missed something there. ☺️
You're most welcome, Diana 😊 I suppose I only said over night in the video because I was recording the chopping up and soaking bit in the evening so the earliest I'd have been able to stew them would have been the next morning. I find five or six hours quite sufficient 😁
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Hi thanks for the vid but i have a question about the 'only taking a third' rule - so do u take a third (assuming its ripe) then never go back or try to remember the size of the plant then harvest over time but stop once youve taken a third ? Or both ? (ie. If a third is ripe at once you then have the choice to harvest all or just some and leave the ripe ones on the plant ?) And when is a third a third ? (sorry !) I mean mine (4 plants) r only in their 2nd year so is it best to wait til June for biggest plant size therefore biggest poss harvest ? Im a bit disapointed as i imagined harvesting rhubarb for 10 months of the year as it says u can on many sites. Thank u .
Good questions! And I'm glad you liked the video 😊 I usually take a third of the plant after the third I've taken before has regrown. Sometimes that's after a year and sometimes it's within a month, depending on what I'm harvesting. And no, I don't usually take it all at once, just what I need at the time then come back for the rest when I need it, yes stopping at about a third, unless more has grown meanwhile. I like rules as much as you but it's certainly not a strict rule, only a guide. You get to know your own plants and how much you can take without risking their health. Some people take every bit of a plant and it's fine! I never risk doing this so saying a third is only for risk free beginners. But then it very much depends on the crop in question! 😄 Clear as mud? Yep! Thought so! 😄 With regard to harvesting rhubarb for ten months of the year it very much depends where in the world you are, or where in country, or even where in the garden! I could probably harvest mine for a good month longer if I had any shade! 😄 I hope that helps! 🤷🏻♂️😄
It's a lot of effort for results that aren't much better than letting it grow naturally. Then you have to remember which plant you covered and let it recover for a couple of years etc. I could do it with a couple of plants but the main point of what I'm doing it to let all the plants do more or less what they like with as little interference from me as possible. Now that you've mentioned it though if I come across any antique terracotta bell forcers I may try it! 😄
@@robsdiscovery I've subbed to you over this video, so it would be awesome to see you give it a go.. I watched a few other people try it, and the results look amazing.. People also say there is a notable taste difference, so could be interesting to see you do a test.. I find the whole thing facinating, thats how I came across your youtube :) Thanks for your time mate. Cheers from Australia
You'd have to have a word with my grandmother. All my rhubarb growing/harvesting information was taught by her. There haven't been that many research studies on the subject, as far as I know, but it's been working well for me so far.
Did you save seed and try planting the seeds from last year? I have some rhubarb that went to seed this year and wondering if the seed is developed enough.
I suspect that using seed would ensure better productivity in the long term, but it will take longer to get a mature plant that way. It is ridiculously easy to propagate from the mother plant. It makes "babies", which are produced as rhizomes, I believe. All you need to do is dig into the soil a bit until you find where it is attached to the mother. Snap it off, and plunk it into another bare soil space. I discovered this when I accidentally dug some up whilst trying to get rid of some weeds. That was only about 3 weeks ago, and now it is a good-sized plant, nearly as big as its mother.
Good question, Amanda. I'd be inclined to peel it if the stems I harvested were thicker than an inch, lest there be stringy bits! 😫 But thinner than that, there's no need to in my experience 😊
What do you do with the stems that are too wide, 1"??? I have some that are too large right now but not really long. First time for growing rhubarb so I need advise. Thanks.
If in doubt just leave them. The plant will use them to strengthen itself 😊 If it's warm where you are at moment I'd advise not harvesting at all as it's unlikely to grow again until it gets a little cooler.
@@heavenleigh1564 All the foliage, leaves & stems, wither & die back every winter so it will only stay large until then. All the stems will begin to sprout from the underground crown again in the spring 😊
@@robsdiscovery OK, the stems are still greenish, so I can tell they are not ready to harvest. It's just the over sized large stems are hollow and I was thinking if I cut them, then the regular sized stems would benefit. Thanks for replying.
To be honest, if the plant is more than a couple of years old you can't really go wrong. It's unlikely you'll kill it 😄 And depending on the variety you have, it may not turn from green at all, even when it's ripe! Happy harvesting 😋🤗
Hey, Rob, I'm sorry I had been a bit unwell early past week. I wanted to greet you for New Year. May you have a splendid year ahead. Hope to see more from your food forest. Stay blessed.
I have a question: i planted red swiss chard a few months ago, now stalks are about 6"-8" long. I tried one - it tasted awful, threw it away. Does anybody know why? Too early? Thx
Rhubarb is the name given to red Swiss chard, so it's Swiss chard. If you bought seeds then that's almost certainly the case as rhubarb is usually sold & planted as 'crowns' 👑🌱😁
@@robsdiscovery THANK YOU!!!!! That's why it tasted weird - I remember in my childhood I ate rhubarb stalks raw and they were great. Now I have to figure out what to do with chard, lol
I've never tried myself, but yes, you certainly can! The pot would have to be huge though. The root system per plant can be upto a foot and a half wide & deep (45cms) so the pot would need to be big enough to accommodate that. Plus maybe a little deeper for drainage as they don't like sitting in water much either! I hope that helps 😊
Sorry, I've no idea. If anyone else is able to identify it from the video though I'd be interested to know 🤔 I dug it up ten years ago from someone's compost heap. They'd discarded it because it's productivity has dropped over the previous twenty years and I think it came with their garden when they moved in! So it's probably some ancient variety! 😄
@@robsdiscovery Oh , well my guess would be that it is Victoria then. It is a very old cultiver. I dont think there was many really- red varieties that long ago, but I could certainly be wrong
Good idea, Wendy. Many people do! I've never tried or myself 🤔 But then I've never bought orange juice 🍊😄 Lemon juice works well sometimes, but I usually end up adding a little sugar as well! 😄
Hahahha. Yr brother is funny. You have very nice property. I luv the duckies. You are very easy to listen to. I have one rhubarb plant , and this year it was huge. My friend is gonna come in the fall and take a hunk of it. Stewed rhubarb is awesome with toast. It is definately a natural laxative. And that can be a good thing sometimes. Hahahah. 🤣. TFS. From ontario , canada. ❤️
Thanks, Sheryll 😊 I had stewed rhubarb on toast once, by accident though as I thought it was curry! They were the same colour in the freezer! It would have been even better without the grated cheese on top 😄
That's lovely 😊 There's no right or wrong way exactly. You did what worked for you, in the way that, in this video, I'm demonstrating what's worked for me 😊 What's rhubarb crisp? Sounds delicious 😋
@@tannerreiser3992 Thanks! That looks mightily similar to what we'd call rhubarb crumble, only a bit tastier 🤔.. Maybe 😄 There's only one way to find out 😋
You'll find much conflicting information on the internet. People seem to have their feet in a dozen different camps! I'm only passing on what I was taught and what's worked for me so far. There are many in a better position than I to explain the specifics but why not try it yourself and see how you get on :-) With regards to harvesting times, regardless of whether it's due to the moon or not, here's a useful link: www.reneesgarden.com/blogs/gardening-resources/98156289-when-the-time-is-ripe-harvesting-vegetables-for-best-flavor I hope this helps a bit! :-)
The idea of picking and planting by the phases of the moon arose initially from astrology but was a century ago incorporated into what is often called biodynamics, a mystical extension of what we'd think of as normal organic agricultural practices. It is controversial; it has been tested and found to have no evidential basis. The fact that the idea came from Rudolf Steiner, who also advocated burying a cow horn filled with ground quartz in each field in order to harness 'cosmic energies', should be a tell that many of its tenets lie somewhere between magical thinking and pseudoscience.
