Rhubarb bolting - what now?

Hello

One of the several inherited clumps of rhubarb on the lottie is bolting - great big tall frothy flowery fronds.

I know nothing about rhubarb, really, other than that it goes well with ginger and sweet cicely.

Does the bolting have any implications for the clump?  Time to dig up and split?  Slash and burn?  Carry on as normal?  Dance widdershins at the full moon around a bonfire?

Advice gratefully received.

Thanks Noshed.

Take out the flower shoot , the rhubarb will be fine, the dry weather may have caused this ?But I'm no expert. I have been giving my rhubarb water to try to get the stalks to grow thicker before pulling.If it is a big clump it does benefit from digging up in autumn and splitting, but the first year after that there wont be much of a crop, lots of manure helps too.We split our clumps 2 years ago so weather permitting should get a mighty crop this year!

not at all apes you can pick it all summer long of established plants,the early pickings are best as they tend to be more tender but for a ruhbarb crumble keep picking a few stalks,dont completely pick all the stems of one plant though

i know about removing the flowers but what is the reason for it ?

right i'm with thee