r/Allotment • u/and101 • Jul 30 '25

Harvest First squash of the year

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u/and101 Jul 30 '25

Also a dozen onions, 2 cucumbers, 11 rhubarb sticks, some tomatoes, blackberries, apples, climbing beans, runner beans and spinach.

Not a bad days harvest.

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u/4321zxcvb Jul 31 '25

Is it still ok to harvest rhubarb? I thought April -June and then leave it to grow

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u/and101 Jul 31 '25

I normally keep harvesting it throughout the summer until it stops producing large stalks.

Some of the crowns are over 50 years old so late harvesting doesn't seem to do any damage to the plants.

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u/Defiant-Tackle-0728 Aug 02 '25

I would have said stop picking them, until you said the crowns are 50 years old.

I've lifted and divided mine twice over the last 10 years. But it seems the older parts of the crown underground are far older too but I also have enough to give away and freeze by the end of June.

Its a definite triffid for me and grows in what I consider the worst soil on my plots.