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Why Are Rhubarb Leaves Poisionous?

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For a couple of generations we have been told that Rhubarb leaves are poisonous - but how toxic are they? Can they be added to compost? John examines these questions while attending to winter garden jobs.
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@rubygray7749 6 лет назад

Rhubarb! Its leaves are certainly not toxic to those brilliant blue beetles that munch on it. It's also not toxic to rabbits. My rabbit farming book says that people who grow rhubarb commercially can feed the leaves to their farmed rabbits with no ill effects. My pet bunny loves them.

@bhavnashukla2079 3 года назад

My mother makes stuffed steamed rhubarb rolls from the leaves and they're delicious!

@markfcoble Год назад

Thanks. Using the leaves in my black swamp water fertilizer. So far so good....I think the heat and microbes break everything down very well.

@billseron2391 2 года назад

This is a really well done video. Very academic, sadly this kind of approach doesn't get as many eyeballs because people generally don't like to think when doing a hobby. But what I can say is that you will build a niche that many others won't have. Good angle to start a channel and work from there.

@nigelrogerhall22 6 лет назад

We gave our neighbour some rhubarb and I did not take off the leaves. We did not see her for three days and on enquiring why she said she had boiled both up and was very ill with diarrhoea so be careful.

@homesteading 6 лет назад

Yes, I think there is something in the leaves that isn't good to eat...actually I have noticed that if the leaves stay on the stalks for too long after harvesting the stalks go limp - a bit like carrots do - so best to cut them off immediately.

@Berkeloid0 5 лет назад

I've also heard the same thing, that small quantities of the leaves are fine and you may risk an upset stomach. However the real issue is that foods high in oxalic acid may contribute to one type of kidney stone (calcium oxalate stones). While this hasn't been conclusively proven yet, it's as good a reason as any not to go overboard with your total intake of those foods high in oxalic acid!

@d.watson7643 3 года назад

🥰💓👍 I want to thank you for this information! you have answered my question about... if it is safe to lay the poisonous rhubarb leaves back onto the garden ground !!!.. I am happy to know that what I have been doing is safe.!!!...🥰.have a great blessed day!!!.. I am from the Ohio Valley USA along the Ohio River🥰

@newt1834 3 года назад

The leaves contain a lot of oxalates, it’s not poisonous to a normal person, but to a person who has issues with kidney stones. It’s best cooked before consumption.

@carmenortiz5294 4 года назад

I'm not surprised about throwing out the leaves but the stalks also? What do you eat the roots?

@homesteading 4 года назад

No the stalks are eaten. I was just clearing away the old ones. Better when young and juicey.

@mikebrodie6407 3 года назад

informative..why are you throwing good food in a compost though?

@projetchalet Год назад

awesome info

@terrystapleton2543 6 лет назад

I think you hit the nail on the head. You’re not eating the compost so it’s irrelevant.

@clarkjohnson6493 2 года назад

Great video! Thank you for clearing up this confusing topic

@AINTurBIZNIZ1 4 месяца назад

I def took a bite of a leave a time or 2 and def ate the shoots out of them. I can say it did not kill me what it did to me idk. never had anything happen that made me stop js. I was taught when I picked pieces to toss the leaf underneath them.

@rodneyholland1867 6 лет назад

Thanks again for an interesting video

@homesteading 6 лет назад

Your welcome😁

@FM-qm5xs 5 лет назад

Tomato leaves are also toxic but certainly not toxic when they are composted down to add some great nutrition to plants.

@FM-qm5xs 5 лет назад

Rhubarb leaves are excellent in the compost.

@lukewarm2075 5 лет назад

Great video

@Youdontknowmeson1324 Год назад

They have a mixture of oxalic, calcium oxolate and quinone alkaloids. Some people say that ourmental rhurbarb Chinese rhurbarb could be toxic anybody know if that kind is edible they say that it has superior flavor while other people say it is all toxic any ideas?

@OverlandTT 3 месяца назад

as a kid we ate all the stalk, now i'm told we have to skin it? right or wrong - please advise.

@davidfellows6250 4 года назад

Might I ask what you are using for fertilizer? Especially for your fruit trees.

@homesteading 4 года назад

Generally I use "Blood and Bone."

@davidfellows6250 4 года назад

@@homesteading good to know. I usually use bone,ash,chicken shit and small amounts of sulfur, lime,and whatever macronutrients I think I need. Do you ever foliar feed your fruit trees?