Rhubarb rhubarb

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  1. biker

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    My rhubarb is going great guns though only plonked it in the ground to fill a bit of space and nice foliage in a damp shady bit of the garden. I have some questions as a new rhubarb grower.

    Some stalks are red some green regardless of size. Are they both nice to eat?

    Can you compost the leaves?

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    Both colours of stalks should be OK to eat.

    The leaves are poisonous to eat but I am pretty sure that they are alright to compost. I always put them on the compost heap and have done so for over 40 years with no apparent bad effect.:)
     
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    Thanks for replies. Glad you said the green stalks were ok as I'd given most of the first crop to cheer up a neighbour who was a bit miserable about something.
     
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