Rhubarb growing - removing rhubarb leaves

by arthur
(plqayford s.a)

I saw on comp that you should remove the larger leaves of rhubarb because of high water content. Is this true? Thank you

Comments for Rhubarb growing - removing rhubarb leaves

Click here to add your own comments

May 02, 2010

Rhubarb Leaves
by: Virginia P.

Rhubarb grows beautifully with all its leaves intact. There is no reason to remove them for the plant's sake.

Rhubarb leaves do contain a poison, though, so you should remove the leaves before consuming the stalks. This has nothing to do with water, though, so I don't know where that concern came from.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How? Simply click here to return to Vegetable Growing Problems.

Back to HOME page: No Dig Vegetable Garden

[?] Subscribe To Website Updates

Garden Gift Hub is one of the most thoughtful and interesting places on the web to find original and useful gardening and nature inspired products.