[Grif]

Hi, Has anyone heard about putting rhubarb leaves in water and then using the resulting liquid to to deter whitefly? Someone up the lottie on Saturday told me about it.

Grif :?:  

[richyrich7]

Never tried it, but rhubarb leaves do carry a toxin so I'm sure it would work.

[Grif]

Never tried it, but rhubarb leaves do carry a toxin so I'm sure it would work.

Hi Richy,

Reckon its worth a try then?, my plot was and is still covered in the bloomin' things

Grif

[gobs]

Never tried it, but rhubarb leaves do carry a toxin so I'm sure it would work.

Hi Richy,

Reckon its worth a try then?, my plot was and is still covered in the bloomin' things

Grif

Full of oxalic acid they are, so very bad for people, you let us know about white flies please.

[Ice]

Think I have heard something similar, it's worth a try.  At least it's organic.  Not that I am though.

[gobs]

Are you synthetic then, Ice? Or whatever.

[Ice]

I am a goddess, bow down before me.  Oops, forgot to take my pills today.

[Grif]

Okay then, I'll give it a go. Won't be eating much rhubarb tho this year, apparently dried leaves or even an inch of stalk with the brassicas when you plant them prevents club root. With the Whitefly and clubroot we had last year Rhubarb becomes the No1 bug beater

Grif

[PAH48]

Hi have heard of rhubarb leaves before, been told it works, today chatting to one of the elders down the lottie, He mentioned that he and one or two others he knows add an inch or so of the rhubarb stem into the dibbler hole just before he plants cabbages ect, reckons it stops club foot!! Old wives tale, you tell me,realy don't know.  Bye PAH

[Grif]

Hi have heard of rhubarb leaves before, been told it works, today chatting to one of the elders down the lottie, He mentioned that he and one or two others he knows add an inch or so of the rhubarb stem into the dibbler hole just before he plants cabbages ect, reckons it stops club foot!! Old wives tale, you tell me,realy don't know.  Bye PAH

Club Foot?? or Club Root???  lol  

[PAH48]

OOPS :!: it is past me bedtime :oops:  :oops:
Bye PAH

[Grif]

Made me laugh anyway PAH

Grif  

[paintedlady]

I've heard of using an evil smelling brew of rhubarb leaves (left to rot in water until it stinks) to water brassicas directly on the leaves and it deters the cabbage butterfly because it cannot "smell" the brassica scent.

As for preventing club root (foot?   I love it), I have my doubts.  Club root is a slime mould and its activity is affected by pH - it prefers acidic conditions, hence using lime to raise the pH doesn't kill it but does slow it down - you can still get club root on brassicas but hopefully the plants have matured before it starts to have an effect.  I can only think putting the rhubarb stalk/leaf when planting provides some compost?  Oxalic acid is as its name suggests, acidic  :roll: so it goes against the pH theory.  Perhaps it is toxic to the slime mould?  That would be worthy of some research into one of the worst main plant diseases

[gobs]

Hi have heard of rhubarb leaves before, been told it works, today chatting to one of the elders down the lottie, He mentioned that he and one or two others he knows add an inch or so of the rhubarb stem into the dibbler hole just before he plants cabbages ect, reckons it stops club foot!! Old wives tale, you tell me,realy don't know.  Bye PAH

Club Foot?? or Club Root???  lol  

Do you put them into the wellingtons? :roll:

[PAH48]

  Hi one 'an all
Ok ,ok I sez it    in me defence M'lords "It were quite late 'an well past me zzzzzed's time". Eeer ! "its an age fing :?: "eeer " senile defenchur", .......at least you've all got up this morning to a good laugh
Heck you never kwow it could be 'Ed lines in the LANCET next week
"CURE MEDICAL BREAK THr  o u   gh " no perhaps not  
Bye PAH
Thinks i'll put brain in gear before mouth in future, sounds good to me!!!!