rhubarb

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beginner gardner here with a love of rhubarb :)is it too late in the year to plant a rhubarb patch? And if not what do I need to know?

I planted some rhubarb about 2 months ago but it is not doing very well so advice welcome!

I think it's a bit late but it's pretty tough stuff . If you get some in now it should grow.
Ask on free cycle of anyone is splitting it, I had loads a few weeks ago.

Its a bit late - but just dont harvest it this year and it should survive. Plenty of manure dug in and good watering regularly especially in hot weather.

I just harvested some. The thing is it had run to seed and turned into some kind of triphid plant so it does go a bit mad once it gets going.

Very hardy plant grows in Siberia so very hard to kill. If you get two or more plants do plant them well apart (1.5 - 2 metre ) so they have room to spread their leaves.

There was rhubarb in flower on the lotty next to ours this morning - quite a sight!

Although it needs good soil it seems to be as tough as old boots. I thought I'd made a very bad job of splitting mine a month or so ago, but it's now growing away with gusto.

Our allotment had 3 huge plants that I split and kept enough to make 15 plants. I was hoping they wouldn't all make it. Didn't manure at first either. I now have 15 in the new patchwhich now needs a cull and 3 where I didnt get the whole of the original plants up .
They are v tough!

Sorry to gate crash is rhubarb ok if grown in a large pot instead of in the main garden? Will this stop it spreading or stop it growing full stop? In laws bought me a small one a few wks back. Thanks

I think you might struggle to give it enough water and nutrients if it's in a pot, but if you use the biggest pot you can find (and pot it on as it grows) with good compost (John Innes rather than multi-purpose) than why not give it a go and see how it fares?

I'll give it a try and see. Thanks

I've just got an allotment which has rhubarb already in it but surrounded by weeds which I have begun to clear but the plants themselves are quite small & close together. Could i just dig them up, clear area properly and manure & then replant?