They return to favor. From year to year, more and more young people decide to plant them in the garden because they have an interesting, slightly sour taste. They match sweet and dry dishes, you can also prepare delicious refreshing compotes and desserts.
If you also decided to grow rhubarb, you must remember a few rules for caring for these plants. If you care about the best taste of vegetables, be sure to cover them this way. They will look strange, but the effects are worth it.
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Rhubarb is not only tasty. It is also one of the healthiest long -term vegetables in the garden. Is a treasury of antioxidants (especially anthocyanins and protocials) that help fight free radicals in the body, protecting it against cell damage.
This reduces the risk of many chronic diseases. Rhubarb also contains, among others Vitamins: C, A, E or K necessary for bone health, as well as iron, magnesium or selenium and is a good source of fiber.
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If you decided to grow rhubarb, you must choose the right place in the garden for him. Remember that This plant is characterized by a deep root system. Place it in the fertile, permeable soil with the addition of compostat a depth of about 5 cm (the buds should be right below the surface of the earth).
For rhubarb, choose sunny and warm. It can also grow in a slight shadethen, however, take care of the later collections. And do not forget about the regular watering of the plant, especially on hot summer days.
If you want, To make the rhubarb grow well and be tasty, try to cover it with a pot. This useful trick has recently appeared on the instagram profile of @Fabrykarozsada.
Apparently, this treatment is professionally called rhubarb bleating. The idea is to cut off the vegetable from access of light to leaf tails by providing a shadow.
You can do it with a pot, box, cardboard or bucket. This will make them have a more delicate, less sour taste. In addition, their fibers will not be so noticeable either.
