Best time to plant rhubarb in Tibooburra
Rheum rhabarbarum
Also called culinary rhubarb
Sow rhubarb in Tibooburra in Aug to Nov.
Only the fleshy leaf stalks of rhubarb are used as food, and they are cooked first. The big triangular leaves are poisonous and should not be eaten. This herbaceous perennial springs from stout, short rhizomes and carries large sprays of small flowers coloured from rose-red to greenish-white.
When to sow in Tibooburra
Tibooburra, NSW is in the arid zone. Its months for rhubarb apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Tibooburra
Frost usually arrives in Tibooburra around late June and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as mid August, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: stays for years
Holds its spot for years. Check your garden's rules and how long your plot licence runs.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 75cm
- Row spacing
- 92cm
- Height
- 75cm
- Germination
- 7-14 days at 20-23°C
- Time to harvest
- 365 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.