[shokkyy]

I planted a rhubarb last year, didn't take anything from it this year, and it seems healthy enough. However, in the last week or so the leaves are all kind of lying down and going limp. Is this normal for the time of year? I've never grown rhubarb before, so wasn't sure. And do I need to do anything for winter, i.e. remove older leaves, anything like that?

[Paul Plots]

I'm sure someone will have some things you really should do to rhubarb in preparation for winter....

Personally I just moslty ignore mine but that doesn't stop it coming up each spring... nothing much will it seems. I've attempted to dig it up a couple of times and up it comes again.   

Some people (bhubarh fanatics) cover the crown in order to encourage it to make early tender spring growth..


Leaves turning floppy and brown = normal for tis time of year (I think!)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

[Trillium]

I just leave mine to it and in the spring I pick away the dead leaves so the new growth can start again. Simples. This year I might add a bit of rotted manure close to the base as the new spot is terrible clay.

[DD.]

Like Learner I ignore it.

I've also tried several times to get rid of one of my clumps and failed.  I refuse to use my horse muck on it as I think that will only encourage it.

[Fisherman]

Let it die off, remove the leaves and compost them and then feed it in spring with a covering of manure when it starts growing.

[kevinp]

Mine is still growing new leaves, I noticed one at the base of the plant yesterday it was only planted this year, about six weeks ago.
Is this still to be expected at this time of year, I have never had a rhubarb plant before

[flitwickone]

yep mine is still producing stalks as well its feeding itself i suppose roll on next year for more crumble mind you i have a loadf frozen lol

[evie2]

Am I the only person who has killed off rhubarb, mint and lavender 

[nipper31]

When is the right time to move rhubarb?

[shokkyy]

Am I the only person who has killed off rhubarb, mint and lavender 

Definitely not The reason I planted new rhubarb last year was because the last one died. And I've lost count of the number of times I've planted lavender in a particular bed, where I've set my heart on a row of lavender. Every single time they just curl up their toes and die. No idea why. Wet clay soil in winter, maybe? But you've got me on mint. That stuff is all over my garden, mostly with its roots under paths and concrete.

[noshed]

Rhubarb will be starting to die back now, so limpness is perfectly normal, in this case. Pick off the dead leaves in the winter, remove any weeds and give it a good mulch with manure/compost. I did this last year and I got a masive crop this year.

[Yorkie]

When is the right time to move rhubarb?

Winter 

[Paul Plots]

Mine is still growing new leaves, I noticed one at the base of the plant yesterday it was only planted this year, about six weeks ago.
Is this still to be expected at this time of year, I have never had a rhubarb plant before

You're never be without one again!! 

[Trillium]

Lavender likes it dry so plant it in a raised mound and mulch it with small gravel bits to keep water from splashing onto the plants. Never water with hose or can as it just doesn't like water.

Mint is a thug so try planting it in a buried pot but not to the pot lip. It's also another dry lover like lavender.

And rhubarb - well, it's determined to grow but doesn't want to be planted too deep, just a few inches, no more and water the first year, stop after that.

[veggieman]

I similarly leave the unused stalks on my rhubarb to just die back as I think, perhaps wrongly, that it returns rhubarb to the plant.

All comments of being unhappy with the plants seems a bit odd to me. We have had some lovely rhunarb and custard and my wife has also made rhubarb wine and some delicious rhubarb and ginger jam. It is a delicious crop, although I accept not to everyone's taste, that requires very little maintenance.