Soak the seeds in warm water for a few hours prior to planting. Then fill 4-inch pots with a good potting or seed starting mix. Keep them indoors at room temperature until they sprout, when they will then need to be placed in a very bright window.
Once the seedlings are up and on their way they can be moved to a bright shady outdoor location. Keep the soil moist but take care not to keep them soggy wet. When they are a week old start fertilizing with a dilute liquid solution each time you water them. Soon afterward move them to a brighter location with some morning sun. Prepare the garden soil well prior to setting the transplants out into the garden. Rhubarb is fairly tolerant of a wide soil pH range and texture.
However, it is beneficial to mix several inches of compost into the soil and to plant on raised beds to facilitate drainage. The plants respond well to fertilization, so select a or ratio product such as or and mix in 2 to 4 cups depending on strength of the product per square feet of garden bed area prior to planting.
After the young plants are about 4 inches tall or have 3 to 5 leaves you can plant them out into the garden. This will be in about late September or early October. If the weather is still hot, a makeshift shade structure over them will help a lot to get them through the transition. One easy technique is to cut a bamboo shoot or a small juniper branch with leaves attached and stick it into the ground on the west side of the plant leaning over it a bit to provide filtered shade. Within a few weeks as the heat begins to ease up a bit the plants will be acclimated better and ready to take off on their own.
During this transition time watering is critical. The plants need to stay fairly moist, but not soggy wet. Rhubarb is susceptible to several fungal rots and if you overwater the plants they will quickly succumb to stem and crown rots, and die. As the weather moves into the mild days of fall rhubarb plants will slowly start to take off. Fertilize them monthly from September through April with 1 cup of the same product used prior to planting per square feet.
Rhubarb growing in a Central Texas garden. While the plants can take considerable cold, a hard freeze will damage the above-ground leaves and petioles. For this reason some protection on very cold nights is worthwhile.
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