• NielsBohron@lemmy.world
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    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
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      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.