A wander around a local independent garden centre here in Wales proved to be quite successful when I chanced upon these 3 beautifully weather beaten rhubarb forcers by the fruit trees. They didn’t have a price on them and one had a lid missing but after enquiring I ended up loading all three beauties into my car boot for a mere £10 each! I was so unbelievably happy and can’t wait to get them back on the allotment.
Funnily enough I’ve been thinking of buying my Dad a rhubarb forcer as a little gift for the past few days. He has a rhubarb bed with 5 established crowns in and we’ve previously talked about the idea of forcing a crown every year and then moving the forcer onto the next crown for the next year. You aren’t supposed to force a crown 2 years in a row you see so having more than one proves to be useful. Also here’s another quick tip; only established crowns should be forced, young plants may suffer due to not having enough energy so leave the crown for a year or so before applying a rhubarb forcer.
One of these terracotta rhubarb forcers will be going to live on my Dads plot and I’m half tempted to keep one for myself. I have two rather new rhubarb crowns on my allotment which I planted last year so it will be a while until I can use it, however it’s sure going to look pretty sitting amongst the flowers for now!
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Just love them, full of character, also I too, search for a bargain find. They are really amazing though…deep envy! Would love to see the various ways of using the rhubarb, my favourite is rhubarb and ginger jam.
It’s funny that you often find bargains when you aren’t looking for them! I love them too and my Dad seems happy, I can’t wait to harvest some and get making, that jam sounds yummy!