Rhubarb Type Victoria - Rheum - Rhubarb - SEM06

Conditioning: 20 seeds (in a 4x6 zip bag)

Spring/Summer sowing: April to May
Flower colors: White
Height: 70cm
Family: Polygonaceae
Exposure: Sun
interference suppression (Purin): slug

Semi-early variety with green flesh. Big quality production. 40% red-ribbed approx.
Rhubarb is a perennial plant that measures more than 1.50 m high in flower. It has large green leaves.
In the kitchen, the cooked petioles are prepared in jam, compote, filling for pies or crumbles. They also go very well with fish and meat such as pork tenderloin, sautéed in butter and caramelized with honey.

Prefers cool, deep soils. Watering necessary at the beginning of vegetation.
Plant with rhizome, deciduous, rustic.

Rhubarb is a vegetable plant and more precisely a stem vegetable. It is anchored in the ground by a very large pivoting and fleshy root with large, thick, green leaves indented at the point of attachment of the petiole and with wavy edges.

The + variety
Rhubarb is rich in vitamin C, so it has tonic and anti-anaemic properties. Rhubarb is very laxative thanks to its high fiber content.
Rhubarb provides minerals, some in large quantities like potassium and phosphorus, and some in lesser but nevertheless interesting quantities like magnesium and calcium.
The substance secreted by its root is appreciated for its antiseptic action on liver problems. Rhubarb is a good anti-inflammatory for the oral mucous membranes.