Vegetables Rhubarb – Victoria

Description

Vegetables Rhubarb – Victoria

Vegetables Rhubarb – Victoria  is one of the largest, most productive and easiest Rhubarbs to raise from seed and can be harvested in one year after sowing. Victoria is also very popular as a forcing type of Rhubarb and produces juicy, medium sized green stalks and greenish-red coloured leaves. First recorded in 1837 in England. 18-24″ tall .

Cultivation advice

• Soak seeds for an hour before planting.
• Sow 2 seeds per pot in good quality soil based compost at 5mm deep at a minimum temperature of 70 F to ensure good germination.
• Once germinated move to a well lit cooler location.
• At around 60 days thin to the strongest plant and acclimatize to outdoor conditions.
• When 6-8 inches in height plant out to their final growing position in good light with ample organic matter dug in.
• Plants should achieve 12 inches in height at the end of the first season.