"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in
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Upstate NY, zone 6. I have a rhubarb plant which is too big
for the spot where I planted it last year. This was obvious
at the time I planted it, but what's new? Anyway, I'd like
to move it, and maybe divide it & give some to a friend.
It's just now showing some growth, maybe 3-4" high. Good
time to move it? What about dividing it? I haven't lived
with the plant for enough years to really tell how it
grows. Single crown? Split it like a hosta? Are they pretty
rugged plants?

mine are only about 2" high, but they were in a big snowbank
until day before yesterday...
split is just like a hosta, mix manure & compost in the new
area & plant. rhubarb loves manure. then give it at least a
year to get established before you start picking it.

if you keep it watered & mulched, it doesn't get woody &
yucky as fast, either.

lee 30' row of rhubarb
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