They grew! It is now mid-July and they are getting larger with nice leaves. It is too hot to transplant into the ground. What do I do with them from here?? Do I transplant them into larger containers till fall?? Didn't really think they would grow - but now here they are! What next?? If the rhubarb seems to have outgrown its container roots are visible coming out the bottom , then you can transplant it into a larger container until the weather cools off in early fall, at which point you should plant them in their permanent home!
After repotting, be sure to keep it watered and out of the hot sun. We were given a fresh bunch of pulled rhubarb. Many had small fresh leaves started and we trimmed each carefully and placed in a dish with water. Will it continue to grow or should it be placed in soil? I purchased 4 potluck 1 yr old rhubarb crowns from my local garden centre this spring over winter the labels had been misplaced.
They arrived with tiny signs of life and a few limp small leaves. To be honest I feared the worst. Nothing ventured, 1st April, I planted them up anyway, in a dedicated area of my hugelculture bed and got on with the rest of my spring planting. Very impressed with them. Will manure well at the end of the year and cover well in preparation for our very cold winters to deg Celsius wish me luck! Will thin stalks grow thicker when other thick stalks are harvested? I have loads of thin stalks, but not many 1"ers.
Hi Ann, Thin stalks are usually a sign that the plant is either immature less than 2 years old , or needs to be divided. We hope this helps! I am very new to gardening and planted a rhubarb crown in March. It seems to be flourishing, there are 7 stalks growing from the centre, some of which are now similar to the size you would buy at the supermarket for eating, but everything i've read says you shouldn't harvest rhubarb the first year.
My question is, if I am not harvesting the rhubarb what do I need to do instead. Do I just leave all the growth until it dies back assuming that's what happens and then cut it all back when it dies?
You want to put a lot of thought into the location of where you plant this! Once it gets established, the roots go halfway to Australia. Ask me how I know this Is there anything I can do to improve the colour of my rhubarb stalks?
I believe I planted Canada Red, but the stalks have very little red on them. In order to maintain the redness of your rhubarb, make sure you clean up the dying foliage from it each fall. Cut the stems off as they begin to die back or thoroughly rake the area after all the plant material has died back. Be sure to divide regularly. What can I do to help with this problem? Slugs prefer moist, shaded habitats and will shelter in weeds or organic trash.
Be extra careful to remove any garden or plant debris near the rhubarb to promote good air circulation and reduce moist habitat for slugs.
Destroy any slugs found feeding on lure. Another popular way to get rid of slugs is to sink shallow dishes filled with beer into the soil to attract and drown the molluscs; organic controls include ferrous phosphate. Watering Proper watering will help rhubarb growth. Controlling weeds A giant rhubarb plant can be a strong competitor against weeds.
While the plant is establishing itself during the first year or two, keep weeds controlled by hoeing or hand pulling. Frequent, shallow cultivation will kill weeds before they become a problem.
Be careful not to damage the plants when cultivating. Keep your tool away from the plant itself. Continue watering and weeding all summer long even after harvest. The plants can live fifteen or more years with good care.
Dividing The rhubarb plant will produce the next year's buds at the outer edges of its crown. Insects Insect pests are generally not a problem on rhubarb. Rhubarb curculio is a dark-colored, snouted beetle about one-half to three-fourths of an inch long.
It can bore holes into the crown and stalks. Stalk borers may cause similar problems as rhubarb curculio. Control them by removing nearby grassy weeds and curly dock, a weed that is the normal host for rhubarb curculio. Diseases Planting rhubarb in a sunny, well-drained site is important to avoid infection by soil-dwelling pathogens. In a wet year or a poorly drained site, root-rotting fungi can invade the plant. Start over in a new spot if this happens.
There are two rhubarb leaf spot diseases that are common in Minnesota, Ascochyta rhei and Ramularia rhei. Manage them through selective harvesting of infected stalks combined with removing and destroying all leaves after the first hard frost in the fall. Viruses occasionally infect rhubarb, causing abnormal growth, loss of vigor or unusual leaf coloration. If a rhubarb plant has a virus, it is best to remove it from the garden and start over.
For assistance in diagnosing unknown problems visit the University of Minnesota Extension diagnostic site 'What's wrong with my plant? Harvesting Rhubarb is one of the first crops of the year. Begin picking stalks as soon as they have reached their full length. Depending on the variety, they may be only 12 inches long, or as long as two feet. To pick rhubarb, hold the stalk firmly, pull and twist. Do not use a knife to cut the stalks from the plant.
The knife can carry diseases from plant to plant, and the remaining stalk can be a point of entry for other pests. Immediately upon harvesting, use a knife to trim the leaves from the stalks and discard. They are toxic, and leaving them on can speed wilting of the stalks.
The harvest season for rhubarb lasts until the end of June. If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. There are many ways to plant: from seed, crown, bare root, or division.
We cover this in more detail in our guide to rhubarb varieties. Divisions are taken from rhubarb plants that are either about to go dormant for the winter, or about to leave the days of dormancy behind. This is because divisions are already mature plants that will produce stalks easily. The yield depends on how large the root section is. Ask your rhubarb-laden gardening friends if you can take a nice chunk home to your own garden.
You can begin to lightly pick rhubarb planted from bare roots in the second season, and pick regularly the third season after. But when I start pie plant from seed, I get to watch the transformation from papery seed, like this:.
That the humble stalks become the dazzling star of so many sweet dishes? Call me strange, but I feel a bond with these little plants. Think of planting from seed like planting from a crown but with an extra year or so tacked on. After another month or two, new petioles should have grown to replace the ones you harvested.
For the rest of the summer, allow the plant to grow untouched. This will help it store up nutrients for winter sustenance, ensuring that you get a healthy crop the following spring. In Zones 7 and 8, winters are milder.
Meet the team. Shop plants rhsplants. Shopping with the RHS. RHS Christmas gifts. Help us achieve our goals Make a donation. Join the RHS today and support our charity Join now. Save to My scrapbook. Jobs to do now Plant dormant crowns. Sow Rhubarb is rarely grown from seed the plants are slower growing than those grown from crowns, and the resulting plants will be more variable than crowns, which are clones of the parent plant.
You can sow seed in March or April either indoors or in the ground. Prepare your sowing site by weeding then raking to a fine texture. Sow seeds 2. Protect seedlings and young plants from slugs and snails. If sowing indoors, use small pots or modules filled with seed compost.
Water well, and continue watering and potting on as they grow. Transplant the young rhubarb plants into their final position in autumn or the following spring see planting details above.
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