[Ezee]

Hi guys,

I am clearing away at my new plot and have never seen such a huge rhubarb plant (roughly a 12ft square).  :blink: Is this normal?!

I will be honest, i dont know much about rhubarb but i would like to keep a reasonable sized one and move it from where it is at the moment.

I would appreciate some advice on splitting it as i dont want to kill it off but its just tooooo big. 

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[Ropster]

not sure it is the right of year but to split it just take a spade and dig out the plant an d hack off a bit as big as you want (ensure there are some buds on it and re plant. it is quite difficult to kill

[davejg]

I would Dig it up october or november & replant january

[DD.]

I'd dig it up at that time,  but re-plant it straight away, why keep it out of the ground for 2-3 months?

[greenhead]

apparently the root likes a bit of frost!  I really envy you people I have several plants all have spindly growth despite receiving loads of manure every winter!!  I begin to wonder them people in the triangle sell off their used forced roots to the seed merchants who flog it to us!!

[Ezee]

Big thanks for the info

I will try to keep my spade away from it until October...

The only trouble is, is that after clearing a ton of leaves its like Hampshires slug headquarters.  They obviously LOVE rhubarb 

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