Green rhubarb stems ok to eat?

One of our two rhubarb plants has green stems - very little redness in them. Are they still OK to eat? The other plant is a year younger (too small to pick from yet, but has bright red stems....

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  • Hi Paul,I think that its just the variety as to way one is redder than the other,i have two different varieties, one is a green long stem type and other is short stocky and red,i find the green is the taster.
  • Great, thanks for the info. I'd never seen green stem rhubarb before now, so just wanted to make sure!
    It makes sense that different varieties may have different colourings too.
    I also wonder if the amount of sunlight could also have an effect? The green stem plant is in quite a lot of shade, while the other plant gets full sun...
  • Hello Paul, there are different varieties of rhubarb and one of yours is a type that has green stems. They're still fine to eat.
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