My rhubarb, after starting out well with a couple of half decent stalks, is throwing out really spindly shoots and not doing well at all. It's in a tub of compost which has a resevoir for water in the bottom.
Is this crown rot?
The couple of stalks I did harvest, were odd inside, sort of spongy so I didn't eat them.
Rhubarb crown rot
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Our rhubarb is the same now, Myrkk, though I think it's a case of not enough water.
The variety is Timperley Early and we have been picking stalks since early spring, but now some stems are distinctly floppy, very thin and hollow. I know you say you have a reservoir of water, but could it be lack of moisture?
The variety is Timperley Early and we have been picking stalks since early spring, but now some stems are distinctly floppy, very thin and hollow. I know you say you have a reservoir of water, but could it be lack of moisture?
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Don't know Monika. It started to look this this half way through the April dry spell so could be. I did start watering it every day but hasn't made any difference. Think I will leave it a bit and see if it recovers. We had enough rain here Mon/Tues to ensure a whole garden of rhubarb was watered so fingers crossed it helps.