The time to divide or move rhubarb is in the autumn or spring.
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- dig up the crowns (the fleshy rhizomes and buds)
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- discard old or damaged parts of the crown
- use healthy bits of crown with 2-3 good buds on them
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- prepare the ground with plenty of well rotted farmyard manure or compost ( rhubarb is very greedy)
- mulch the rhubarb crowns once planted
- be gentle with the young rhubarb plants in the first year, better not to force them, or to pull too many stalks
- therefore best to lift & divide a small section of the rhubarb bed each year, so there are always some older plants to force and use.
rhubarb-in-March
This book from Amazon has some good rhubarb recipes!
Now is a good time to divide or move rhubarb, but if time is short, spring will do.
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