digging up a rhubarb plant

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I want to get rid of the big rhubarb plant in our garden. It seems to have a really big root system. How important is it that I get all the roots? Can it grow back if a bit of root is left?

Offer it on freecycle and let someone come and get it.

It is rhubarb, it may grow back if some roots are there but you can just dig them out. It's not like it is knotweed or anything.

Freecycle is a good idea - thanks!

Not a rhubarb fan??

As chuck says, it may grow back, but it's not a dreadful thug so you can just root it out again. I am sure you'll get plenty of takers on Freecycle for a large, mature rhubarb crown!

Can you still move them at this time of year?

It's not the ideal time, but better now than in a month's time! They are quite tough - I have moved rhubarb out of the 'proper' season, and provided it is very well fed and watered, it bounces back.

I'm not keen on rhubarb and I would rather use the space for planting something else. My OH does like rhubarb and is a keen baker so he has used it in the past for pies etc but it was really bitter and he had to add LOADS of sugar (far more than he is happy with) for it to taste acceptable. I'd rather he used the apples, pears and plums from our garden so I can enjoy his baking too!

I would try and dig it up with a lot of soil and I am sure it will be fine.

We relocated some rhubarb in our garden, but it still comes up each year in the original place. I normally just dig up again and put it in a pot and give it away.

Not if he added bicarb he could really substantially reduce the amount of sugar he used..(Of course it wouldn't work for jam)..But most puddings it works brilliantly.

Are you sure it's an edible rhubarb? We had an ornamental one in our garden as children which we didn't find out until after we'd eaten it. Apparently they can be poisonous, but we were ok.

I hereby offer for free- use of my husky for a few hours.
Just leave her unsupervised and she will dig every bloody bit of it out.
I guarantee it.