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Bolting rhubarb
Dave107
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Last year I planted a rhubarb plant bought from my local garden centre, this is in a barrel filled with compost and manure, all appeared to going well until a couple of weeks ago it bolted.
Why did it do this ?
What do I do with it now ?
How do I stop it happening again ?
Regards
Dave
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Oh! Is that what you're supposed to do, I cut the whole flower stem off from the bottom.?
Yes remove the whole flowering stem from the base and give plenty of water.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mine do this every single year and I still get a great harvest. So don't worry, just cut them out.