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Rhubarb
On 3/01/2016 2:29 AM, Roger Tonkin wrote:
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? I have a big garden and often don't get the the tasks at the time/season that I should do so took to heart the advice of one horticulturist, super duper gardener who also has a huge glorious garden and rare plant nursery. He said that the time to do garden jobs is when you get to them or think of them. He said he usually lifted and moved daffodils whilst they were still in flower or the flowers were looking bedraggled. When asked why as doing that is a no, no, his response was that if he left the daffs till the 'right' time, he'd have forgotten what they were, where they were and so he did it when he saw them/thought he had another place he wanted them. He than went on to say that, yes, he might prune something now and therefore lose next year's flowers but in his big garden there was always something else to see or admire and it was better to prune sometime rather than not at all and he'd never yet killed a plant by doing what he did. I've found that to be good advice. He's one expert whose advice I now trust. He does it rather than reads about it. I'd be astonished if your rhubard popped it's clogs or suffered any real problems after being dug at the emergent stage. |
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