Yes!

Andrew

Yes. I grow several rhubarb plants on part of my garden here in Cornwall. I have split the plants a few times and relocated them at least four times. They seem to like the spot they are in now. Even though I grow the rhubarb, I haven't cooked or eaten any of it in years! I prefer to give it to friends.

This year, I hope, the rhubarb will also share the veg plot with runner beans, beetroot and courgettes. I just need to clear the weeds first.

Edited By lee webster on 13/01/2023 23:38:55

We have a big clump here in Ontario Canada. Lots of people here grow it. My family has used it for many generations and my clump came from my grandmother's garden. I know for sure that this same clump and its' descendants has been producing since at least 1915 and maybe as far back as the 1860's. (that's pretty long history, for Canada) Excellent rhubarb for stewing and for baking.

… not to mention combining with strawberries! Something I discovered when I came to Canada all those years ago.

Yep A couple of clumps
Yum
and even better gooseberry bushes for Jam
and Raspberry's too
Moving to the country has advantages.

Watching the Hairy Bikers the other night and they were in the rhubarb triangle. Love rhubarb but it doesn’t appear in our shops for long for some reason. While looking it up found that Wakefield have a rhubarb festival in February, may decide to go if the weather is good. I used to have a few plants at the previous house and may get some more when we move next time.

We have three different types which extends the season quite nicely. We did have a forth but unfortunately the chickens got out and ate it. According to the books chickens don’t eat rhubarb as it is poisonous to them. Ours obviously cannot read and so ignored the advice. Didn’t seem to do them any harm but decimated the plant!

In another recent thread, mention of old men with bucket and spade following horses to feed their output to rhubarb patches. Horses eat grass and any weeds that get in the way, so dung full of seedheads. Living next the sea in Brighton, easy to collect seaweed which is full of nutrients. My rhubarb does very well on it and no weeds! I prevent it spreading by a surrounding wall of paving stones, upon which I balance upturned recycling boxes inJan/Feb to create a light free environment to force the plants. Works a treat, nice bright red stems, very sweet, delicious. When R gathers strength, I remove boxes for it to grow on but it's nowhere near as nice later in the year. One year, I put some roots in very large pots in the cellar. OK until they ran out of water and died. I'd forgotten about them! I usually cook chopped stems on the hob, lob it into an oven dish, cover with crumble mix and a sprinkling of porridge oats to add crunch. Luverly!!

Add me to the list – a rather sickly plant under my neighbours infernal conifers. May try and move it soon ! Noel.

noel

Be careful about moving it,

My clump had been growing pretty well since the war but was getting a bit tired. Gardener books said move it and it promptly died!

Clive

Update to my earlier post.

I had to carry out a repair in the garden today. As I walked past the rhubarb patch I could see that at least 3, maybe 4 of the plants were growing well.

Perhaps I will make a crumble this year.

The forcing is about raising the sugar content

regards Martin