Best time to plant rhubarb in Wilcannia
Rheum rhabarbarum
Also called culinary rhubarb
Sow rhubarb in Wilcannia 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 Wilcannia
Wilcannia, 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 Wilcannia
Frost usually arrives in Wilcannia around late May and finishes by early September. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early May or as late as late September, 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.