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[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

The plant has an energy reserve underground that is allowed to build up for a year or two before starting to harvest.

Not a botanist, but I'm pretty sure that's why rhubarb is so sweet. Those energy reserves are mostly sugar, so maximizing the energy reserves maximizes the sweetness, like you note below.

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago

Yeah the rhubarb that people grow in their own gardens without a rhubarb torture cellar is way more sour than store-bought, in my experience.

[-] butterflyattack@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

When we were kids we used to dip the stalks in sugar, tasted great.

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