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Rhubarbs
Rhubarbs are often used for cooking for desserts because of their relatively sweet flavor.
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Yes, rhubarb is a dicot, which means it belongs to the group of flowering plants characterized by having two seed leaves, or cotyledons, in their seeds. Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) exhibits other typical dicot features, such as net-like leaf venation and flower structures. As a member of the Polygonaceae family, it shares these traits with other dicot plants.
What do belladonna rhubarb dogbane jack in the pulpit plants have in common?
They are all poisonous and they harm humuns
How many syllables are in the word rhubarb?
IMPROVED: Hi: Perhaps it wasn't so obvious to the asker. Your english should have been as obvious.
CORRECT ANSWER: There 'are' 2 syllables.
there is two (rhu-barb) its obvious
Why would rhubarb leaves turn red?
Perhaps crown root rot? If so your plant should be discarded and start a new plant in another location in disease free soil. Rhubarb does best in a soil with lots of organic matter (composted manure) but needs to be well drained. Try planting your rhubarb in mounded soil. If the roots get too wet and stay that way too long, you will get rot -- a fungal disease.
Why has rhubarb seeded so soon?
When plants come under stress their natural reaction is to set seed.
Check that the roots of the plant are well watered and then apply a mulch of rotten manure. Remove the seed stalks.
How do you pull stalk from rhubarb plant?
Grasp the stalk and pull until it parts company with the root
Why do people eat the stalk and not the leaf of a rhubarb?
People avoid eating the leaves of rhubarb because they contain relatively high levels of oxalate (oxalic acid), which at this concentration can be poisonous.
The stalk contains less oxalate, and is considered safe to eat.
Rhubarb also contains another poison: a group of compounds known as glycosides. However, within the leaf stalk these poisons are confined to the bottom of the stalk, and the middle of the stalk is considered safe.
Why is your rhubarb green like celery?
Almost certainly the variety is one of the naturally green types of rhubarb that are available. They taste the same but aren't as visually appealing. Choose a variety that has something like 'cherry' or 'ruby' in it's name.
