Feeding burnt jam to rhubarb plant?

Steel_2

I originally posted this in the gardening forum and someone suggested I come over here instead.

I tried to make 8lbs of rhubarb jam last night and had a disaster. A new and faulty jam thermometer meant the whole lot burnt in the pan and marched on beyond it's setting point, leaving me with a large amount of unusable burnt-smelling and tasting, semi-solid gunk.

I hate wasting anything and wondered whether I could put it all in a bucket, dilute it down a bit with hot water and then pour the cooled mixture back onto my slightly ravaged rhubarb plant to give it a sugar boost. I'd like to be able to get some more stalks off it later in the season for jam.

Does anyone have any ideas whether this would do the plant any harm? I know rhubarb can be quite greedy feeders but I don't want to kill it with sugar overload.

Or can burnt jam be used for anything else?

Penelope_Penguin

I'd shove it onto my compost heap.

I put horse poo on my rhubarb - others prefer custard :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I'll get my coat.........................

LandyAndy

It'll probably cause Rhubarb Spongiform Encephalopathy if you feed it to itself.

Addiscomber

I think you would risk doing more harm than good by putting it around your rhubarb plant. A plant doesn't use sugar as such. I vote for the compost heap if you have one.

Steel_2

Thanks guys. Compost heap it is. I've just got to find one without any ants in it otherwise I could have a batch of Super Ants on my hands!