rhubarb planted too deep?

I planted some rhubarb a good 3 weeks ago now was 6 in all, five had no stems and one did, the one with the stem is now a good 3 inches and another stem has joined it, but the other five are not coming through, I am starting to think I might have buried them to deep, between 2 and 3 inches.

So shall I dig them up and plant them just under the soil or do nothing?

hi nemie,I believe the rule with rhubarb is not to plant too deep. Some of the guys on our site make sure the crown is above soil level,this makes sure the plant will not rot away in wet weather. Hope this is of some help.

Ok I felt it was not right so went with that thought and have dug up two, there seems to be small amount of a white type mold on them, no stem shoots and very little root, could I plant these in a large pot and then replant when they have grown a few inches?

OK first of all thanks all for the information, now the embarrassing part  , I planted them upside down after relooking on the internet I notice this mistake and have now replanted the 5 that were just dug up so now have 3 showing stems and two more coming through and one just well nothing might be a dud, as for the mold it was very light and I am not over worried about that.

No one thought to suggest that you might have had an Australian variety 

Good luck with them now.

Interesting way of blanching Rhubarb - you might be on to something!!

It seems that it`s un killable. Last year I was digging up some that had been planted under an apple tree and was struggling. one of the roots I got out was just a black soggy lump. When I squeezed it, water came out. I chucked it on the compost heap and forgot about it. This week I was moving the compost bins and out rolled the rhubarb root. It had dried out and had 7 new stalks sticking out all over it. It`s now gone into the new bed and looks fine. Never give up on your rhubarb!