[archibtbm]

my rhubarb was late sprouting this year but has started showing at last.  I have 3 clumps and only every force one at a time, this gives the forced one 2 years to recover, tip was given to me by one of the old boys and seems to work well.

[boldondig]

The two pictures say it all . The same rhubarb patch - by my reckoning everything is a good 2/3 weeks behind this year. With temperatures rising at the weekend I am expecting things to magically start bursting into life !!

[Agatha]

My Timperley Early is just about ready for its first harvest of the year.  The Victoria is only just starting to show signs of life.

[mrswashi]

Thanks for that mum of stig, and then do the sticks I cut grow again, or am I being way too optimistic?

[mumofstig]

don't cut them - grasp firmly at the bottom of the stalk and twist and pull up and away.
New buds will grow to replace the sticks you have pulled 

[Capt Zero]

is this cold weather affecting anyone else s rhubarb, i have half my crowns under buckets forcing them and half uncoverered. absolutely no difference. any ideas? 

Well Taytors...we're only next door to you here in Warwickshire, the barb in the back garden is growing so well we will have some this weekend..(plum & barb crumble with home made ice cream) Now the crowns up the lottie are still a long way off, only last weekend I've planted another 4 crowns a freebie from a fellow plotter.

I also got hold of a small crown of "Canadian Red".... Link which is now sitting in a pot in the greenhouse.

 

[taytors]

Lucky you, mine are in a sheltered spot so will just have to wait

[mrswashi]

 :DThanks mum