Topic: transplanting rhubarb

[baz621]

Hi guys,
             can anyone tell me if i can transplant rhubarb this month, as i have taken on a plot 25 yards away, and really dont want to leave them, as they are well established, and i have fallen in love with rhubarb again! and any advice on how to do this would be great-thanks a lot ???

[Tee Gee]

You don't mention if the new seasons growth has commenced and it is this that will create a problem if any.

I would say move it but when lifting it, lift it with as big a rootball as you can and plant it at the same depth as it is now, more so if it has started growing.

Have a look in here for more info; http://tinyurl.com/2gx4uk

[Pumper]

We moved ours about 10 days ago with about 9 inches of stems. It's taken very well and is already a few inches taller.

[Trevor_D]

The best time is in the autumn, or very early spring. You shouldn't really be doing it now - but rhubarb is quite difficult to kill!

If you must, do it carefully. (ie. follow Tee Gee's instructions!) And don't pull any this year.

[Robert_Brenchley]

You certainly won't kill it, but you may have to miss cropping it for a year.

[Jeannine]

Moving rhubarb is a sore point in my house, I have changed mind so many times about it's location I only have to pause by it and John looks worried, we have moved it  several times all times and it still keeps on coming.

We have just knocked a greenhouse down and it due to be shifted again now

XX Jeannine

[redimp]

Stuff I moved in November is sulking big time >:(

[baggyman]

I dug mine out in november ( 6 plants) and left it in a pile until re-planting it in february. It's started to shoot now with stems about 4 inches long.
I thought I might have killed it but it must be indestructible... like captain scarlet!

[kt.]

I would move it.... carefully. However,  as previously stated.... you can't harvest any this year if you do :(    Check this website out for more information.

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1105/rhubarb.asp

[robkb]

I moved mine in January when I changed plots. It had already started growing but has settled in okay in its new spot. However it is throwing up what looks like a big flowering stalk. Does anyone know if this is normal for transplanted rhubarb? And do I just cut the flowering stalk off?

Cheers,
Rob ;)