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BAG RHUBARB RED CHAMPAGNE X 1 I

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Description

  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: any, except waterlogged soils
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    Long, scarlet stems that have a deliciously sweet taste. Though an old variety, it is easy to grow, reliable and early. Perfect for fertile, well-drained areas of the vegetable garden or allotment, once planted it should not be moved and appreciates a generous annual mulch of well-rotted compost or manure.

  • Garden care: Rhubarb crowns (or sets) are sent out in a packet containing a little compost, but are generally considered as ‘bare root’. They will usually just look like a section of root with not top growth at all, but these autumn planting rhubarb can sometimes begin to grow in their packets during milder weather – and therefore, it would not be unusual to see that some of them will already have started to produce long shoots. This will not have an adverse effect on their long-term health and vigour, and you will find that once the colder weather arrives, these long shoots will die back. As soon as the crowns arrive (whether they are shooting or not), they should be carefully unpacked and planted out within a few days.

 

Rhubarb needs an open, sunny spot with fertile, moist but freely-draining soil. Heavy soils should be avoided as overly-wet conditions in winter may rot the crowns. Rhubarb does need a cold period before it will start to put on new growth in spring, however hard frosts may damage the newly emerging growth, so try not to plant in a frost pocket if you can. Prepare the bed well by removing weeds and digging in composted manure, and plant the crowns at intervals of 75cm – 1m, making sure the dormant buds are just below the surface of the soil. Keep well watered and in spring apply a dressing of composted manure, making sure you avoid covering the crown of the plant. Sulphate of ammonia can be applied in summer. It is important that the stalks are not harvested in their first year as this will adversely affect the plants vigour, but cut any old, yellow leaves off after they have faded and remove all the leaves after they have died back in autumn. You should also remove any flowering stalks which appear. In the second year, you may start to harvest some of the stems, but restrict yourself to between a third and a half of the total crop, leaving the rest to mature on the plant. In subsequent years, stems can be harvested from late spring up until mid to late summer, although the stems tend to become tougher and less tatsy towards the end of the season. Allowing some late-developing stems to develop fully will also help the plant generate more energy for the following years crop.

 

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Our delivery day is currently Saturdays. Cut off time 11.45pm Thursday.

Desser Furniture

Delivery for Desser conservatory furniture is 8 – 12 weeks. Desser will contact customers with a delivery date nearer the time.

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We will arrange all returns, unless specified. For Local Delivery, we will arrange for the couriers to collect the goods. For National Delivery we will arrange a tracked postage with Royal Mail, including collection if required. We will communicate with you for any arrangements made, via telephone or email.

  • For all damaged or faulty products, or where information was misleading before purchase, you will not be charged for return postage.
  • For all orders that are returned due to ‘change of mind’, you will be charged for the cost of return. This will be the same and most reasonable cost of delivery from your original purchase based on the returned product. The cost of return will be deducted from your refund amount.

Refunds will be processed once goods have been received by Woburn Sands Emporium. All products must be returned in their original packaging to be accepted for a refund or exchange. Products that are not faulty or damaged must be received in a resalable condition.

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