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By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:14:42 +0000

Hey! Vickie,
If your Mother-in Law’s tongue plant get to be too big, you can always donate it to Disney World! They have huge specimens planted at the entrance of “Under the Sea”. The plants in that display resemble seaweed!
The leaves can be cut into sections and rooted to produce new plants, but when you do that, the new plants lose the yellow stripes.
The best way to reproduce them is to separate the baby plants. That way they keep the yellow stripes.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:07:31 +0000

The plant with the huge leaves that look sort of like Rhubarb is Burdock. Although most of us consider it a noxious weed, at one time it was used as a source of medicine to treat a wide range of health problems.
Although neither Judy or I have tried it, the roots are edible when cooked and are said to taste like artichoke hearts. They can also be pickled. So if they get to be too much for you, just go ahead and eat ‘em.

By: vanessa

vanessa — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:34:43 +0000

i have a bunch of those rhubarb imposters in my yard…it seems like the deeper i dig, the bigger they grow, what ARE those things?!?!

By: victoria mcintyre

victoria mcintyre — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:26:03 +0000

Hey, Bob. I have a “Mother-in-Law’s Tongue” plant that was ma’s. I divided it last year so I could give one to each of my siblings. The “tongues” are so tall, they keep falling over. I heard the tongues can be cut into pieces then planted by just pushing them into the dirt. Is that true? Can the “tongues” be cut down? They are doing very well. Little tongues are popping up all over the place. Anyway, they are so tall, I can’t move them. What should I do?

By: victoria mcintyre

victoria mcintyre — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:19:47 +0000

Thanks for the article about rhubarb. I remember eating it as a kid. Wow, it was sour.
Isn’t there a weed that looks a lot like the rhubarb plant?