Midsummer weekend has been and summer is in full swing. The weather is sunny and warm and all the plants and flowers are growing so that it cracks in the summer heat.
Some varieties of strawberries and tomatoes are even ready to harvest now. News24 has previously written about how to go about getting plenty of fruit on your tomatoes this summer.
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The rhubarb has started to grow
Even the rhubarb has come up with plump leaves and more stems. However, you should not pick the stems that grow up just after midsummer.
The hortologist and the plant expert Maj-Lis Pettersson explains in TV4’s “Nyhetsmorgon” why it is so.
– The number of leaves is what I count, she explains the program.
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She believes that you have to let your rhubarb grow in size and get many large leaves before you can start “taxing”.
– They need to charge for quite a long time, it can be several years. It depends on how well it thrives, says Maj-Lis Pettersson i News morning and continues:
– And why shouldn’t you take them after midsummer then? Well, it’s because they need charging. The roots need nourishment, so that’s why you shouldn’t remove too much.
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