Rhubarb appears to have bolted

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Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« on: April 25, 2019, 19:19 »
Hi all, i re-sited my rhubarb in December, it's grown well with plenty of stems and looks healthy but a few shoots have grown up with what look like tiny flowers, as if the plant had bolted. I've never noticed thus happen in previous years, should i just remove the bolted stems and harvest the rest as usual?

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Re: Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2019, 19:27 »
Did you divide the roots up and just plant the pieces that have a few buds.  They often flower more if they are under stress.

Have a read of this:

https://www.allotment-garden.org/fruit/rhubarb-growing/

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Re: Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2019, 22:14 »
Is it the weather? Quite a few on our row have gone to flower, no obvious stress.

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Re: Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2019, 22:23 »
Last year was very dry, this spring has been dry as well, that may have caused the flowering - but it is very common. Just cut the flowering stems off and carry on as normal  ;)

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Re: Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2019, 22:38 »
You shouldn’t harvest any this year to give it time to recover. Think what the roots were like, it’s going to take time for it to put new roots down. Keep it well watered & give it some manure or mulch now & in the autumn. Pick lightly next year, then you should be fine.
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Re: Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2019, 12:46 »
Thanks all for the advice

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Re: Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2019, 20:20 »
I've cut the bolted stems off, will leave the harvest for this year and mulch well with my own compost later in the year.

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Re: Rhubarb appears to have bolted
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2019, 09:21 »
i have several clumps of rhubarb around the garden. My experience has always been that the clumps in the poorer soil, eg close to a hedge, have been the ones to throw up seed-heads. I therefore enrich the soil each autumn around them with copious amounts of well-rotted manure


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