treasured transplanted rhubarb plant - original over 150 years old and brought over from the Netherlands by my great-great-grandmother. It's gone from 4 feet high with 2 feet wide leaves to 6 inches high with 4 inch leaves. It obviously needs to be transplanted but it's now so frail I'm afraid to just dig in.
How do I transplant a very old (31 years) and failing (stems %26amp; leaves gotten very small) rhubarb plant?
If you don't have to move it then forget digging the entire root system out and work on pruning and fertilizing.If you thin it out the plant won't have to fight for nutrition and the remaining stalks and leaves will grow larger.A good compost or aged manure will work well as a fertilizer.
Reply:Can you take cuttings off first? Just take one small piece of it (with the roots) and leave the rest. Get that started so you have a back-up if the mother plant dies.
Reply:I don't have personal experience, but the link below is to a site with several rhubarb questions and answers. I'll bet a question to the person running this site will get you the right answer.
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