Mudketeers diary – 20th January 2020

Jan 20, 2020

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Steve Ott

in Blog

Forcing rhubarb

It was such a glorious day, the sky was blue with not a cloud in it and the sun was almost warm.

I decided to tidy the rhubarb which had started sprouting well due to the mild weather. I pulled off the dead stems and also most of the larger red stalks. Then I covered the plant with an upturned bin. Hopefully in a few weeks time we will have some nice forced sweet stems.

About the author

Steve Ott

Steve Ott is editor of Kitchen Garden magazine and started his career as a professional grower, producing everything from cut flowers to vegetables. He has been growing fruit and veg all his life and spends most of his spare time in his garden in the East Midlands. He loves to experiment with crops and varieties he has never grown before and when he isn’t gardening is to be found out in the countryside bird watching and walking his dog Ted.

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