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Best way to kill Rhubarb?
This crap is invasive! I have pulled up all the plants by the root, but it keeps growing back, and speading! What is the best chemical free way to kill it?
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Re: Best way to kill Rhubarb?
dig it up and send it to me? i love the stuff!
That, or just over-harvest it, and give it away to friends and family. Rhubarb goes great with almost any strawberry recipe (muffins, fruit crisp, pie, etc)
I'm not sure what type of rhubarb you have... the one I have is simply one large plant. It doesn't spread or travel (aside from the leaves growing larger and stalks growing taller). The only way I can imagine it spreads is if you see a 'seed stalk' (a stalk with a grouping of seeds on top) sprout. Pull that before the seeds spread.
The plant typically goes dormant in the fall, so cutting back then may help, too.
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This is what it looks like. I don't have any pics at work, so I found this on google. What I dug up, I gave away, but it keeps coming back. Somebody told me to cutt the heads off, and pull them up, I but I want them gone for good!
Count me as one of those who don't think it's rhubarb. I have 5 plants. And they have never spread, I wish they would.
Does yours get a seed head on it, much like the picture? My farmer hubby thinks that it is burrdock. (He says that stuff spreads). The rhubarb has more of a shiny leaf than the burrdock. Burrdock's leaves look kind of dull and fuzzy.
I am with another poster...dig it up and send it to me.
I make Rhuby-Q-Sauce (a bar-b-que sauce). I make jam/jelly, crisp, pie, chop it and freeze it so we can eat it in the winter.
I am always asking others if I can cut theirs and use it, most say, 'come and get all that you want'. I make them things as a thank you.
I would try pouring boiling hot water on it. It may kill the grass (if it's amongst it).
Good Luck!
I have the same problem with rhubarb in my backyard. I've told my landscaper to just leave it be over the seasons but I think it is just time to get rid of it. As much as I'd love to make a profit off of the nuisance, I'm not interested in the work that comes with it. Here is the best chemical free article I've seen for removing rhubarb plants. http://www.ehow.com/how_8791537_kill-rhubarb.html
Good luck!