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Title: Rhubarb.
Post by: Beelucky2 on April 23, 2015, 19:05:10

Just a little advise please. Do I cut off the flowers that are forming on my rhubarb crown??, or do I leave them alone?
Thanks
Paul                       

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: caroline7758 on April 23, 2015, 19:12:57

Cut them off. Rhubarb seems to flower earlier every year! :BangHead:

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: johhnyco15 on April 23, 2015, 22:14:41

pull them as low as you can rhubarb flowers when stressed

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: Beelucky2 on April 23, 2015, 23:14:52

Thanks Johnyco and caroline...they'll be gone tomorrow  :icon_cheers:

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: pumkinlover on April 24, 2015, 07:49:41

And give it some water! and compost or manure later in the year. (Like I plan to do every year :tweety: )

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: johhnyco15 on April 25, 2015, 13:05:41

feed it  water it  water it again then feed it i picked this today

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: pumkinlover on April 27, 2015, 07:45:43

That looks good!!
Plot looks very nice too  :happy7:

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: johhnyco15 on April 27, 2015, 19:22:03

Quote from: pumpkinlover on April 27, 2015, 07:45:43

That looks good!!
Plot looks very nice too  :happy7:

    thank you for the comment :wave:

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: Paulh on May 02, 2015, 21:29:03

Some varieties may be more prone to flower - I have Timperley Early and Champagne which both do and an unknown variety which doesn't. Watering and feeding might help, I've not really tried that properly.

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: Buster54 on May 09, 2015, 18:57:56

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/rhubarb/rhubarb-bolting.htm

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: ancellsfarmer on May 10, 2015, 19:49:34

Flowering rhubarb produces seed in quantity.
Does anyone have experience in growing rhubarb from seed with a view of taking a crop directly in the same year?.(Next year?) This seems to be the technique in Texas, but obviously with a different climate regime. Germination temperature, transplantable/direct sowing, crop out and replant next season ?Anybody know?

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: Buster54 on May 12, 2015, 17:49:13

Quote from: ancellsfarmer on May 10, 2015, 19:49:34

Flowering rhubarb produces seed in quantity.
Does anyone have experience in growing rhubarb from seed with a view of taking a crop directly in the same year?.(Next year?) This seems to be the technique in Texas, but obviously with a different climate regime. Germination temperature, transplantable/direct sowing, crop out and replant next season ?Anybody know?

I had some sent from a chap on here and 90% of them germinated,I gave most of it away but the plants I did keep didn't do anything for a crop the first year,My plan was to have about a doz plants that I could pick off so not stress the whole root

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: Normylass on May 23, 2015, 22:27:06

Hi I grew my rhubarb from seed 8 years ago.
I didn't pick any the first year, very, very lightly picked the second year.
Third year onwards picked whatever I wanted. This seems to have done well for the plants, I have 3 healthy clumps. 

Title: Re: Rhubarb.
Post by: caroline7758 on May 25, 2015, 18:01:43

Just re-visiting this topic to say I drove past some rhubarb fields in the famous West Yorkshire rhubarb triangle today and they were flowering like mad, but I read here that they only harvest for three years from the same plant then dig them into the soil, so not quite the same as the rest of us!

http://www.yorkshirerhubarb.co.uk/ruhbarb_triangle.htm (http://www.yorkshirerhubarb.co.uk/ruhbarb_triangle.htm)