{"id":2536,"date":"2019-02-11T15:57:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T15:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2019-02-11T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T15:57:36","slug":"forcing-rhubarb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/newsandarticles\/forcing-rhubarb\/","title":{"rendered":"Forcing Rhubarb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nForcing Rhubarb is the process of covering the crown of your plant to exclude all light and speed up growth.<\/span>
\nYou can start forcing Rhubarb from December -January, cover the crowns of your plant with straw then place a bucket or rhubarb pot on top, the clay pots look nice and traditional but can be expensive to buy a bucket works just as well.<\/span>
\nWhen we exclude the light the plants natural reaction is to grow longer to find the light. You may have seen this before when seedlings grow \u2018leggy\u2019 searching for light.<\/span>
\nThe rhubarb when forced will grow long smooth stems quicker than the unforced,by keeping the rhubarb covered for approximately 8 weeks this will give you a much earlier crop, and more tender stems.<\/span>
\nIt’s important that you don’t try to force the same crown again the following year as the plant will need to recover.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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