[Jimmy Splash]

i posted a topic about my rhubard being planted out too early.....

they are going really well but i didn't take in to account how big they get.

i can see that they are going to 'overlap' each other when fully grown.

is there anything i can do before this happens or will they be ok?

[Alastair-I]

You could move alternate plants in the autumn, but I doubt it's really going to be much of a problem if it's just the leave overlapping a bit.

[Nobbie]

How close are they now? I'd definitely move them in late autumn as otherwise you are just bringing forward the date when you have to lift a fully grown crown to make space and that can be a big job if they're healthy.

[Trillium]

Worse case scenario - if you dig up even one plant in fall (do not recommend such action now), you can chop the roots and make still more plants.

The existing plants won't much care about crowding, but you'd need to annually feed them in spring so they have nice flavor.

[noshed]

I would leave them for a couple of years if they're newly planted. Just mulch them well when they've died down in the autumn and feed them well in spring, as Trillium says