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  • #1

    Where's my Rhubarb?!

    Hello team!

    Newbie allotment haver here...

    My allotment came, a few weeks ago, complete with free weeds- but in the corner, was a rhubarb plant, which i was immensely excited about...

    I have noticed, though, that it hasn't changed one tiny little bit since i had it (It has little red nubs on... i got impatient and pulled one of them apart and it seemed to have little leaves in but they didn't grow...)- but on other allotments, rhubarb has been growing rather impressive leaves and everything!

    Is mine poorly?

    Can i give it medicine?

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  • #2
    Patience, JJJ Give it a chance this year and see what it does. It may be in need of a feed, or splitting or just some warm weather. My rhubarb plants are all at different stages and some varieties are earlier than others anyway.

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    • #3
      My rhubarb are only a few inches yet, I thought it was still a little early for them.

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      • #4
        Mine is exactly the same as yours and I have noticed on other plots theirs are growing. I am just going to be patient with mine, as it seems healthy enough.

        “If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

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        • #5
          Can you put some sort of compost/food on it, mine always perks up after a bit of extra food.
          A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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          • #6
            Are chicken poop pellets ok for rhubarb?
            Last edited by KittyColdNose; 07-04-2013, 09:45 PM.
            When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
            If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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            • #7
              Custard is better

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              • #8
                I just snorted! Bad VC!
                When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
                If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

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                • #9
                  last year i picked my first rhubarb about 4th april - it's much later this year - i doubt i'll get any until the end of the month - mine is only a few inches tall at the moment and the leaves are only just opening - it's a case of being patient ......
                  http://MeAndMyVeggies.blogspot.com

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                  • #10
                    I have several varieties of rhubarb and they are all at different heights at the moment.
                    One is only a couple of inches high and also not grown over the last 3 weeks. It clearly doesn't like this extra-cold snap we're having.

                    As the others say- give it time.
                    Yours could also be in a colder part of your plot compared to other peeps' plants???
                    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                    Location....Normandy France

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                    • #11
                      I have a ready supply of well rotted horse poo... obviously i can't get it to the roots, but if i pack it around the plant and then water it, will the pooey goodness get to the roots through the water? if not.... is it just any all purpose plant food?

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                      • #12
                        I'm sure your Rhubarb will LOVE a dose of well rotted horse pooh. Just don't get it on the emerging buds - it could still scorch them.
                        When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!

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