[Sleepingpopman]

Hi everyone, 
  I'm new to this site so I hope I don't make a fool of myself by asking something stupid. I have only been growing my own veg for a few years but something has got me baffled. I bought a young Rhubarb plant from a local supplier last spring & put it in the corner of the veg plot & it did brilliant. Over winter I put some old compost over it & a large old plant pot. It has produced fantastic fruit but it also appears to have gone to seed because a big bulb shape has appeard at the top of 2 of the stalks instead of leaves. Is this normal as I've never seen this before ? Any help would be gratefully received.
Keith. 

[azubah]

Welcome, sleepingpopman.

It is quite normal for rhubarb to flower.
It might be due to the dry weather.
 Most people break off the flower stalks to stop this, as it will use up the plant's energy. If you leave the flower to develop you will get a tall stem (they can grow to 6ft high on a strong plant) with sticks of rhubarb growing out of it all the way up, and white flowers on the top. They are quite spectacular.

[Yorkie]

Welcome to the site 

There are no stupid questions on here 

I agree with azubah's reply too 

[Salmo]

There are stupid questions on this site but this is not one of them. Cut the flowers stems off as soon as you spot them.

[Yorkie]

Salmo, we always reassure newcomers to the site in particular that any question they ask - particularly about growing stuff or poultry - will be given due consideration and will not be thought to be stupid or treated as such.

Everyone has to start somewhere and people should not feel afraid to ask anything for fear of ridicule.  Frequently, someone else will be interested in the answer and not have had the courage to ask.

Hence my observation that there are no stupid questions on here