I also have new rhubarb. Two plants. I only got two sticks of rhubarb on each. Is this normal for the first year. Should the crowns be under the soil or above.
I also have new rhubarb. Two plants. I only got two sticks of rhubarb on each. Is this normal for the first year. Should the crowns be under the soil or above.
Perfectly normal - you shouldn't take a crop from rhubarb in it's first year - water it well, mulch around it with farm yard manure - hopefully it will grow more stalks this year but as I said, leave them to die down on the plant.
Next year you can take a light crop from them, but I wouldn't pick after June to allow the crown to build up.
Crowns should be poking through the soil.
I would buy and plant rhubarb in the late autumn or early spring, just as the plant is begining to come out of winter dormancy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
If it's in a pot then you can just turn it out and plant it now. Make sure that the little crusty bits are a little bit above the soil level. They rot if they get too low in the ground. Water it well and give it some mulch, keeping the mulch away from the crown by a few inches.
I read that I should add manure to the ground prior to planting. Am going to Spain next weekend for a week and was consisdering picking up some horse manure tomorow and digging that in and then leaving it to plant the rhubarb when I get home. Would that help?
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I also have new rhubarb. Two plants. I only got two sticks of rhubarb on each. Is this normal for the first year. Should the crowns be under the soil or above.
Is now the time of year yto buy nd transplant a rhubarb crown if not when should iot bedone.
Perfectly normal - you shouldn't take a crop from rhubarb in it's first year - water it well, mulch around it with farm yard manure - hopefully it will grow more stalks this year but as I said, leave them to die down on the plant.
Next year you can take a light crop from them, but I wouldn't pick after June to allow the crown to build up.
Crowns should be poking through the soil.
I would buy and plant rhubarb in the late autumn or early spring, just as the plant is begining to come out of winter dormancy.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
is it ok to buy a rhubarb crown from a garden centre and plant it out now or should I wait untill late September /October
If it's in a pot then you can just turn it out and plant it now. Make sure that the little crusty bits are a little bit above the soil level. They rot if they get too low in the ground. Water it well and give it some mulch, keeping the mulch away from the crown by a few inches.
Many thanks for replying so quickly.
I read that I should add manure to the ground prior to planting. Am going to Spain next weekend for a week and was consisdering picking up some horse manure tomorow and digging that in and then leaving it to plant the rhubarb when I get home. Would that help?
Sounds good to me - but make sure the manure is well-rotted and not fresh, otherwise it'll scorch the roots.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
the rhubarb in thepot might need water during the week if it's hot
In the sticks near Peterborough
That'll be dormancy Alan
Oh, I thought he was going to buy it from the GC when he got home
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.