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Never Buy Rhubarb Again: Master This One Technique!

Simplify Gardening 16:23

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Never buy rhubarb again once you master this one technique. Splitting and transplanting rhubarb gives old plants a renewed lease of energy, multiplies your stock for free and keeps even the oldest varieties producing for decades. In this video I show you the full process using a Mammoth Red rhubarb rescued from a plot we left three years ago.

If your rhubarb is throwing flower spikes or declining, splitting and transplanting is the single best thing you can do to revive it.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Why Rhubarb Is Worth Growing
02:00 The Mammoth Red Variety Explained
03:30 How to Know When to Split Rhubarb
05:00 Digging Up the Crown Correctly
07:00 How to Split the Crown
09:30 Preparing the New Planting Site
11:30 Transplanting Step by Step
13:30 Aftercare and What to Expect
15:30 Dealing with Flower Spikes

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