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Rhubarb in Newfoundland
Thrives in cool climates; give it a permanent corner.
demo estimate Guidance awaiting local review.
- Suitability for Newfoundland
- Cool-season — well suited
- Indoor seed start
- Not usually needed
- Transplant / sowing
- ~3 weeks before typical last frost
- Frost tolerance
- Tolerates light frost
- Days to harvest
- 365–400 days
- Sunlight
- Part sun (2–4 hrs) or more
- Spacing
- 90 cm apart
- Wind
- Handles wind well
- Containers
- Better in beds
- Greenhouse
- Not needed
Common problems here
- Crown rot in waterlogged soil
Varieties that make sense for a short season
- Red-stemmed types
Harvest
Lightly in year two; fully from year three.
Will rhubarb work in your garden?
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