Rhubarb

I have got a clump of rhubarb i thought i had destroyed as no one was eating it...however it has made an appearance in a awkward place as i have planted something else their...is it possible for me to move it? so it can grow elsewhere as the grandkids now like rhubarb so they can eat it..and my last question is can i move it now?

 

send it to me, Wildflower!! My m-in-law's been looking for one - that'll save you the hassle! :D

 

That wasn't totally serious,, BTW!!! I've moved rhubarb at various times, and there's always a bit left behind, however careful I am about it! I don't think it's read any books about what time of year you can move it, so I wouldn't worry too much.

 

30 years ago, I dug up a large well established rhubarb plant from my father's garden and planted it into mine. I have split it up and moved it 3 times since, and only last year deliberately got rid of it. I would say virtually indestructible, and that's in heavy clay!

 

I wonder given that rhubarb is so easy to grow ...Why the green grocers wants �£2-45 a kilo for it? and as I love it I pay...

 

If the stuff your buying is very pale pink with yellow green leaves, then it has been forced, probably in heated houses lit only by candles!

Quite a labor intensive job. Crowns are lifted and brought indoors, then allowed to sprout in near darkness and then hand picked.

 

Oh No....This was not quality from the Lancashire triangle... this was bog standard probably from Spain...altho I did manage to get some local from a farmers market that was well worth the money. I have a small struggling crown in my tiny garden and do you know the caterpillars are eating the leaves which I thought were poisen.. perhaps only for people. :confused:

 

Thanks for the replys ..so i am stuck with the indestructable rhubarb..i too have clay soil...i shall attemp to move it yet again!!

 

I began our garden renovation last year and we had a huge clump of rhubarb which I was keen to get rid of as we were moving to a low maintenance garden. I decided to hang on to a small piece which I moved last September, only a few feet mind you, but it has shown signs of life this year already. I have numerous friends on a waiting list to get some!

 

Just picked our first of the season forced rhubarb and had it cooked with strawberries and ate it with a dollop of ice cream.

Our first new crop from the garden this year and it tasted wonderful.

Asparagus,lettuce and radish next week.