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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: waggi on April 03, 2005, 22:07:15

Title: rubarb
Post by: waggi on April 03, 2005, 22:07:15

can anyone please help me
i have inherated a load off rubarb with our new plot and was wondering
HOW DO YOU SPLIT THEM as i have been told they need doing
as we have quite a lot and they have not been
help

Title: Re: rubarb
Post by: johcharly on April 03, 2005, 22:14:34

just put the spade straight through the middle

Title: Re: rubarb
Post by: waggi on April 03, 2005, 22:15:57

what then re plant in a bit more space
will that make a better crop next year

Title: Re: rubarb
Post by: Dirkdigger on April 04, 2005, 12:00:50

Hi Waggi, when I dug my allotment found this dark horrible root in the soil. Chucked it in the trench as waste. Along came my neighbour, informed me the black mass was in fact rhubarb. I had already chopped it into smaller bits in the trench. He picked up the pieces said it'll grow. Low and behold I have 6 new rhubarb plants shooting in a nice tidy row. So I'm sure it doesn't really matter what you do to it, just plonk it back into the ground after splitting it. Cover it with manure and wait..