Mastodawn

I know nothing about plants, other than that I’ve learnt that they die if I try to take care of them. So I leave them alone and they look after themselves. I’ve been ignoring this plant for a year. I don’t know what it is or what it does. The other day, I noticed a weird little mismatched shoot. It keeps growing, more and more overnight, like Jack’s Beanstalk, up and up and up. I think unfurling may happen. I am not even embarrassed about how exciting I find this.

#Bloomscrolling

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Stephen Darlington 1d ago

@CiaraNi I would also recommend rhubarb as a difficult plant to kill. I put some in the garden six years ago and it keeps coming back, with no effort on my part. Stuff I planted more recently: dead.

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Ciara 1d ago

@sdarlington Good to know. I wonder if you can grow rhubarb in a pot. After years of killing everything, I've been trying out the same strategy of 'just ignore them' for the outdoor plants on my balcony as well and it's showing promise there too. Great that your rhubarb keeps coming back. Delicious in tarts.

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Ken Butler 1d ago

@CiaraNi @sdarlington I once lived in a house with a yard and every year, the rhubarb just grew without any effort on my part.

(I should find out whether you can grow it in a pot. Maybe I could grow(*) it on my balcony.)

(*) meaning "allow it to grow".

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Ciara

@nxskok @sdarlington This all sounds very promising, rhubarb just wantonly growing. Has to be worth a shot in a pot. I find that not finding out in advance works for me now. I and the rhubarb may just take our chances.