Unhappy rhubarb

That's enough sun for them. As new plants, for the first year they do appreciate some regular watering and possibly a nice mucky manure tea to kick them in the pants.
The new one I planted last year has been acting just the same so this is what I did for it and now it's responding. I've also fenced it off so OH doesn't try to mow it down since the few leaves were so small for a while.

Had a chat with some others on the plot the other day. The old guy across from me has never had his rhubarb go to seed in the last 20 years. This year, guess what! Its gone to seed, as has the majority of peoples on the site.
I went to Ikea leeds a few weeks back, and drove through wakefield on the way. There are fields and fields of the stuff and they had all shot huge flowers up.
Surely the weather is playing a part with it this year?

Steve