My rhubarb has gone crazy!

TrulyMadly

Can anyone help. This is my third year of growing rhubarb. However from nowhere have sprouted triffids. Huge bulbous pinkish heads. Is it going to seed? Will it be ok or should I be doing something to it?
Thanks for any advice

choille

Yes - It's seeding. Take the flower bracts off. It'll be fine, but the flowers take the strength out of the plant, so just take them off when they appear.

RAS

It is flowering. Just cut them down. It will do them every year from now.

Lotus-eater

I've had three so far this year, hopefully that should b it now.

I swear, I turned around for a couple of days and one of my rhubarbs has turned into something the size of a small car.

billieboy_2

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I've had three so far this year, hopefully that should b it now.

I swear, I turned around for a couple of days and one of my rhubarbs has turned into something the size of a small car.

Just been out to look at my patch and there is a massive flower forming on one of the crowns, I swear it wasn't there last night! I've swiftly cut it off.

Primrose

I think it must be something to do with the early warm weather we've been having because I've had to remove about 10 "pink cauliflowers" from my two rhubarb plants. And it's producing more stems than we can eat. If the rest of my crops perform as well I will be a happy bunny.

1jim

at what point should I pick rhubarb? do I go off length/width of the stems?
thanks

Valli

should be ready to start picking now - and should crop for a while yet..
I made rhubarb crumble yesterday...

billieboy_2

Primrose wrote: »

I think it must be something to do with the early warm weather we've been having because I've had to remove about 10 "pink cauliflowers" from my two rhubarb plants. And it's producing more stems than we can eat. If the rest of my crops perform as well I will be a happy bunny.

I wish mine were producing that many. I picked about five smallish stems last week and it was barely enough for a small crumble:sad:.

Bossyboots

Mine has gone bonkers too. Will be pulling the stems today. Fortunately I have promised my SIL some of it as I don't have room in my freezer at the moment. I have been growing rhubarb for 30 years but I don't ever remember it cropping this well, this early.