QuestionsHow to growVegetable GrowingRhubarbRhubarb leaves as a mulch 0 Vote Up Vote Down Dominique Peart asked 15 years ago I know they are poisonous to humans but are there any good reasons why I should not spread rhubarb leaves around the foot of other plants to prevent weeds from coming up? 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago No reason why not, the oxalic acid in the leaves that is posionous, is an organic acid and breaks down.