[Jamie Butterworth]

In august time i was kindly given some rhubarb plants, i placed them in a corner and forgot about them, however when i went to clear the bramble which had over grown in that area i forgot they were there and ended up tredding on te leaves/stalk/foliage, whatever its called.

Will thy recover or have I efffectivley killed them?

[mumofstig]

It usually takes a lot more than that to kill a rhubarb Jamie  :happy:

[Jamie Butterworth]

Good Do you think itll recover in time to get a crop nest year?

[mumofstig]

Give it a shovel of manure or compost, to encourage it, and it should do just fine

[RichardA]

It si said that the practice of forcing rhubarb came about when someone dug out an old ditch and dumped the rubbish on top of dormant rhubarb only to find it did better than ever before the next year.
I dont think you will have done any harm. Just remember when you come to pull it next year that the brambles might be coming back under the leaves so watch your fingers
R

[drmoonshine]

sorry to highjack but sins where on the topic

just so i know. would i be ok in taking all of the leafs/stalk off my plant or is it best to keep a few on there for the winter?

also could i take all of them off over summer...

hey what can i say i love rhubarb

[Yorkie]

sorry to highjack but sins where on the topic

just so i know. would i be ok in taking all of the leafs/stalk off my plant or is it best to keep a few on there for the winter?

also could i take all of them off over summer...

hey what can i say i love rhubarb

Leave the leaves / stalks on the plant.  They will die down naturally in winter and resprout in spring.

There is another thread ongoing at present about harvesting rhubarb.  General advice is to stop harvesting by the end of June, so as to allow the plant several months of ordinary growth to rebuild its strength for the following year.  Others happily harvest into autumn.

What I would not recommend is removing all of the leaves in summer.  It prevents the plant from building itself up again, and will lead to a poorer crop the next year.

[drmoonshine]

thank you yorkie

ill leave it well alone now i pulled a few off last week to make a crumble i guess thats the last one for this year

thanks again