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Old 03-01-2016, 09:00 AM
mike crowe mike crowe is offline
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Originally Posted by Roger Tonkin[_2_] View Post
I have a large clump of ruhbarb that I was intending to lift
during the winter, split it up and distribute some to friends,
leaving it out in the frost for a bit, then replanting.

However, with all the rain and mild weather, it is now begining
to show signs of growth, so can I still split it up?


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Roger .

700 ft up in Mid-Wales
A few years back a house near us sold off the back garden and a bungalow was built, but the first thing the builder did was to put a site hut up. I noticed that just where the step was into the hut, some rhubarb was well and truly poking its head above the ground with new growth. I asked the builder if I could have it. Now I am not a gardener and consequently that rhubarb was dug out of the ground unceremoniously, dumped into the wheelbarrow in 'quite a few pieces' and dumped into a patch in our garden.

Raced away and we have had to 'hack' it back and replant it.

Go for it.

Mike
In a wet South East coast of the Isle of Wight