mexpat06 Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I am looking to buy Rhubarb plants and Dill plants. Any suggestions as to where I might find them? THanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I too would love to have some rhubarb....sure miss it! Will pay for some.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shira Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I have bought dill plants at the vivero alongside Telmex. Not the best. I also got some last year at the Tuesday market. They were seedlings and grew well until the huge downpours last month. They drowned. It is difficult to grow dill here but it can be done. I have never seen rhubarb here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shira Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 This topic needs to be moved to la Cocina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joco Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 The vivero next to Telmex was selling rhubarb plants. Many people have had great success growing it. Several viveros sell dill but dill has a long straight taproot and it doesn't like to be transplanted. Laura at the Garden Store next to Electroventa sells dill seeds. LCS has dill coming back every year. It will reseed itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexpat06 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 Well I have some suggestions. However Shira this does not need to be moved to la Cocina subsection. I never read that section. Thanks for the ideas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xena Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 This thread is about plants and gardening lakeside. It is right where it should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHILLIN Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 I ordered some sub tropical variety (there are two types available) rhubarb seeds from Australia - that was about a month and a half ago, shipped international airmail to avoid xray. The iShop man said it once took 4 months for a letter from Australia. I will order again, still international airmail, but packed as normal business transaction jiffy/bubble pouch, including an invoice. The company may have left out the invoice, and if opened by customs, they would just throw it away. Dill will just "bolt" in this climate, northern varieties of rhubarb would bolt, mildew and root rot in this climate. Mind you Joco is a master gardener - she could stick a toothpick in the soil, and it would grow to be a tree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mexpat06 Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 There is a Veggie Growers group here in town, anyone know how to reach them? This quote off a Facebook Organic group, anyone know how to reach these fellows? Quote Pete Jarvis and George Radford both are growing rhubarb by the bushels. Pete has his in the half rubber barrels on his roof in the full sun and some in the ground in part shade. I think George has his in the ground. Pete is the one who brought all the starter plants to the last meeting. He has them growing everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joco Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 4 hours ago, mexpat06 said: There is a Veggie Growers group here in town, anyone know how to reach them? This quote off a Facebook Organic group, anyone know how to reach these fellows? https://www.facebook.com/groups/1489823371240855/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joco Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 5 hours ago, CHILLIN said: Dill will just "bolt" in this climate, northern varieties of rhubarb would bolt, mildew and root rot in this climate. Mind you Joco is a master gardener - she could stick a toothpick in the soil, and it would grow to be a tree! I wish I was that good. I haven't had a problem with dill. There are a few members of the Organic Veggie Growers group grow rhubarb very successfully. I haven't done too well with it. I think it is the soil. Anyone who wants to grow rhubarb needs to ask those growers about the soil they use. Try getting seeds from the Chinese. They come by regular mail to your house or PO Box in 5-6 weeks. I haven't noticed that they are X-Rayed. The only problem is sometimes the seeds are not what you ordered but they are so cheap it isn't a big deal. https://www.aliexpress.com/af/seeds.html?ltype=wholesale&d=y&origin=n&isViewCP=y&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20160912143023&SearchText=seeds&blanktest=8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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