What in the world is going on! We just hit June. Do I cut these off or let them grow? @karenfoster seed guru what say you, advice?
These are my first rhubarb, about two years old going on three. So I have never seen this.
Anyone have an idea?!
Can I still use my rhubarb once this starts?
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Rhubarb tends to start flowering fairly early as the leaf stalks are growing out. The flower comes out of the plant on a central stalk that usually has a couple of leaves attached to it. The best way to remove the flower stalk is to pull the stalk out of the plant rather than cutting it off. That also applies to harvesting the leaf stalks. It's better for the plant.
If you leave the flower stalk on the plant to develop seeds, it will usually cause the plant to stop growing more leaves, so you will get a better harvest of rhubarb if you remove the seed stalks .
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THANK YOU 💗
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So rhubarb flowers? Gosh I'm such a southern, I didn't even know what it looked like. It does appear to be giving birth though.
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It’s GREAT for making pies and jams. It appears I will have to remove the flowering part, or I won’t get much production 😕
I can normally get two, sometimes three, harvests from them.
But I am very curious as to what the flowers look like
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