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Gardening Quick Tip: Use Rhubarb Leaves As Slug Traps

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make slug traps from rhubarb leaves

If you grow rhubarb for the tasty stalks, don't toss the potentially poisonous, inedible leaves on the compost heap. Use them as organic slug traps instead! Rhubarb leaves are quite large, sometimes as much as a foot across, and all it takes to attract slugs is to lay the … [Read more...]

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Rhubarb for the Home Garden

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How to Grow Rhubarb

Rhubarb is a perennial crop, which means it comes back year after year without replanting. It thrives in temperate climates; it needs winter temperatures below 40 degrees F and summer temperatures averaging 75 degrees or lower. The leafstalks of rhubarb are edible, but the leaves … [Read more...]

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