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10-05-2008, 10:21 PM
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| | | Edible Rhubarb??
Hi can anybody identify this type of rhubarb, and is it edible??   
Its very common round here and grows just about everywere. |
10-05-2008, 10:30 PM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
It doesn't look edible to me Ian. |
10-05-2008, 11:33 PM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
Its not a rhubarb
I'm pretty sure its a burdock
Barbara |
11-05-2008, 02:15 AM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
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Originally Posted by Bub-les  Its not a rhubarb
I'm pretty sure its a burdock
Barbara | i dont think they are - they grow every year and never flower.
Plus some of those leaves are already 40 - 45cm in length and still growing.
Also the stems of the leaves increasingly turn red - which is already visable in one of the photo's. |
11-05-2008, 06:01 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: East Kent
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
That doesn't 'feel' like rhubarb to me. The leaves are not shiny or wide enough. 
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11-05-2008, 06:13 AM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
It looks like Lesser Burdock to me 
It is also called Wild Rhubarb |
11-05-2008, 06:25 AM
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I agree it is Burdock. |
11-05-2008, 06:48 PM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
Burdock, probably lesser, which is known as Poor Man's Rhubarb.
Cheers,
Adam |
11-05-2008, 07:21 PM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
The Burdock does seem to be extra large this year I keep thinking it can't get any bigger  |
11-05-2008, 08:11 PM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
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Originally Posted by mrs fish The Burdock does seem to be extra large this year I keep thinking it can't get any bigger | like this?  |
11-05-2008, 10:03 PM
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| | | Re: Edible Rhubarb??
So can you eat it?
I suspect you can - is it the burdock from Dandilion & Burdock?
I think both of these plants are supposed to be diuretics????? |
11-05-2008, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Cheryl So can you eat it?
I suspect you can - is it the burdock from Dandilion & Burdock?
I think both of these plants are supposed to be diuretics????? | Burdock can be eaten yes. |
12-05-2008, 04:14 AM
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Originally Posted by wildherbalian85 like this? |
Yes just like that | | |
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