Anybody Know How To Permanently Get Rid Of Rhubarb?

[PIGGYPOO]

We have rhubarb right down the bottom of our garden (already there when we moved in 2 years ago), have tried digging it up but it still reappears after a few weeks, and the leaves are huge!.......Thanks

[Mamyalynne]

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/kill-rhubarb-46054.html

[PIGGYPOO]

Wow dig 4ft around it... we have only been digging about 1ft around the roots, thats prob why its growing back. Thank you Mamyalynne

[Mamyalynne]

Good luck with it.

[sandyRoe]

Have you tried smothering it in custard? Without sunlight it couldn't thrive.

[Connemmara]

I would love it to be growing and any other veg or fruit in my garden if I had one. Mine is flagged up. I would keep it piggypoo.

[PIGGYPOO]

None of us are keen on Rhubarb sandyRoe... we give it to our neighbours. We are planning on laying a patio down that end of the garden though, so need to kill it off completely before then.

[aelmpvw]

i'm not entirely convinced that sandy was being serious piggypoo

[PIGGYPOO]

Connemmara we do grow tomatoes, runner beans, cucumbers and have a grapevine and apple trees, but we need that area for a patio - and rhubarb leaves are toxic and I have my small niece running around the garden a lot, it's just the added worry of her touching the leaves. We love growing our own veg.. so rewarding. Thanks

[PIGGYPOO]

Lol OK aelpmvw

[jomifl]

Piggy, the main toxic agent in rhubarb is oxalic acid which is only toxic if eaten. I can't imagine anyone eating enough raw rhubarb leaves to poison themselves.

[jno]

if people on soap operas can bury bodies under patios, surely they could cover up a little rhubarb!

Good luck anyway, it does take some killing.

[jomifl]

Have you tried a systemic herbicide such as 'roundup'

[PIGGYPOO]

Yes jomifl we have tried various spray killers, also have chopped and quartered the roots, and flooded the roots (other recommendations we were given?)....but, back up they come ~ bold as brass!

Yes jno....!

[woofgang]

In my experience, the easiest way to kill off rhubarb, for me anyway, is to treasure it and try to cultivate it. Every time I try to grow it I fail miserably.

[jno]

lol, best call in Woofgang Gardeners Inc.

[heathfield]

Rhubarb has a big spongy root. If the smallest piece is left after digging it out, it'll start to grow again.

[PIGGYPOO]

Haha..Wolfgang Gardeners Inc......has a certain ring to it...Thank you everyone.