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Post by beer monkey » April 1, 2007, 7:28 pm

whoops forgot to mention...never seen it and don't know where you would get it in Udon/Los.

Maybe if you made a Greenhouse(glasshouse) but made it work in reverse, and installed AC in it you may get it to grow. just thinking out loud :-k probably better just to remember how it was back home...ohh the sweet memories. :)



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Post by banpaeng » April 1, 2007, 7:35 pm

Good one BM. It is funny that when you are in the land of smiles, you long for something back home and when back home you long for something in the land of smiles. :lol: Reckon we ever get satisfied. Nah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

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Post by TJ » April 2, 2007, 8:55 am

In the US I purchased a rhubarb root instead of seeds. By accident my compost pile was adjacent to the rhubarb plant. It was a very healthy and productive plant. I needed the rhubarb for my rhubarb-strawberry pies.

Anyone hear of olive trees growing in Thailand?

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Post by cookie » April 2, 2007, 12:50 pm

Thailand is full of olive trees,
but not the same species.
They like to eat them sweet or pickled
You can see them in stands along the street in big glass jars with the green/yellow olives in there.
They are also bigger

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Post by Kudjap or Bust » April 3, 2007, 8:58 am

I've just asked a family member in the UK to send me some rhubarb seeds.......Not sure if they'll get here but worth a try. Doesn't look like I can buy it so - oh well- give it a go....
I also remember my Mum getting horse shi* delivered in a sack and her using it in the garden, we always had good rhubarb...wonder if it'll take to cow shi*...the TW's Brother uses it on all the veggies he grows and the crop is usually real good.

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Post by 747man » April 3, 2007, 4:23 pm

Kudjap or Bust wrote:I've just asked a family member in the UK to send me some rhubarb seeds.......Not sure if they'll get here but worth a try. Doesn't look like I can buy it so - oh well- give it a go....
I also remember my Mum getting horse shi* delivered in a sack and her using it in the garden, we always had good rhubarb...wonder if it'll take to cow shi*...the TW's Brother uses it on all the veggies he grows and the crop is usually real good.
Cow Shi* should work,but I would BEWARE of B.S. [-X :lol:

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Rhubarb

Post by bigtilly » April 4, 2007, 1:16 pm

Here is my twopenneth, for what it's worth. I am no expert on growing Rhubarb but I will tell you what I know to be factual.

My home town in England is about 3 miles from the "Rhubarb Triangle" the undisputed Rhubarb capital of the World. The Triangle being made up of the city of Wakefield & the towns of Carlton & Rothwell. There are 2 methods of growing Rhubarb that I know of. One is to grown it out in the open, this will produce the Green & Red Rhubarb with Green leaves that is green inside. I remember eating this raw when we were kids & it was made more palitable by our mam giving us Sugar to put on it. It makes my mouth purse now when I think about it! In the Triangle it is grown commercially in very low, long sheds & in near total darkness with the only light being provided by Candles & herein lies the secret. This method is called "Forcing" & with the Rhubarb being Forced to seek the minimal light, it grows very quickly & grows very Pink with Yellow leaves. This type of Rhubarb is often called Champagne Rhubarb as it is the colour of Champagne inside. It is possible to replicate this outdoors by simply covering up the tuber. My dad used an old tin Barrel.

In England it is at it's best in Spring & early Summer & this makes me believe that it may not grow here but I don't know for sure. Chok Dee.

Alloy Mai, you bet! Pass the Custard!

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Post by parrot » March 2, 2019, 6:56 pm

My Swiss neighbor and his wife are plant experts......he from a family that had flower farms and traveled the world collecting plant specimens to try and cultivate in Switzerland.....she from a family that had a large nursery in Khonkaen. One of their recent successes is rhubarb. They grew enough to make several pies this year, with more rhubarb still growing. In Udon!
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Post by Doodoo » March 2, 2019, 8:06 pm

tell me where pls Are they selling some roots???

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Post by vidmaster » March 2, 2019, 11:02 pm

Bet they don’t know how to make the crumble 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

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Re: Rhubarb

Post by TJ » March 2, 2019, 11:05 pm

Some time ago I had planted rhubarb as I enjoyed strawberry-rhubarb pies. Probably by accident I planted my rhubarb roots next to my compost pile. My compost pile grew and encroached the rhubarb plants. These rhubarb plants grew to what I call great size. If my memory is correct the rhubarb stalks were about twice as big as what I now see for sale in grocery stores and as shown in the above picture. The leaves, which are inedible, were very large and healthy looking. I think that there is a lesson learned there. You might pass this story on to your Swiss friend and he may explain why this situation grew very large rhubarb stalks. By the way this was in Virginia, USA which has a temperate climate. Good luck with your plants.

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Re: Rhubarb

Post by tamada » March 3, 2019, 7:02 am

Dark, cool and damp. That's what rhubarb needs to grow in the wild. Hence we had loads of it in Scotland growing up and the amount eaten after dipping it in sugar was always tempered by gran's warning, '"Dinnae eat ower much or it'll gie ye the scoor" since it is also a natural laxative. Bigger loads of it when I worked in northernmost Vietnam in February but TBH, I never encountered it in any local dining or recipes. Might be alright with a bit of dog, no? I think the world's rhubard epicenter has shifted from Yorkshire to southern China accordingly but that innovative 'champagne' version must be uniquely English.

There should be some fresh, local rhubarb sporadically at the Royal Farm Project shop across from Tops around this time of year. Comes from up around Chiang Mai/Rai I would imagine. It freezes well. Just cut into 2" segments, pat dry, layer between some kitchen towels and flat-pack it in the freezer in a large zip-lok bag. Then you can have your rhubarb crumbles and the like in the summer.

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