A fabulous variety that offers harvests in both summer and autumn – saving on space in your veg plot and providing bumper crops of sweet, juicy red stalks for tasty crumbles, pies and puddings twice a year! With summer dormancy eliminated, Rhubarb ‘Sanvitos® Summer’ delivers crops in May followed by even heavier yields when the weather cools in September/October. The harvest period can be extended even further with forcing, resulting in the sweetest, juiciest, beautifully pink stems that are a real delicacy. Height: 60cm (24″). Spread: 120cm (48″).
Growing Information
Plant rhubarb from autumn to spring in a sunny position in well drained soil. Prepare the soil in advance by digging in plenty of well rotted manure and clearing all weeds. When planting rhubarb crowns, set them so that the top of the crown sits 3cm (1″) below soil level and allow a spacing of 75cm (30″) between plants. Alternatively plant them in large containers of soil based compost such as John Innes No 3. mixed with plenty of rotted manure.
