Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!

Rhubarb is a very greedy plant, so should respond well to a good, nourishing mulch. Fingers crossed for next year.

Our original crown was split three years ago - we grow them in dustbins as we have such a small garden. Up to this year we have had excellent yields but this year and like aggies the stems are pencil then and almost hollow.

The plan is to give them a covering of well rotted manure, keeping the crown uncovered naturally, over the winter and hope it boosts their performance.

Thank you everyone for your responses, happy gardening!

I split all my crowns last year, so it was slow to get goung, but I pulled nearly 10lbs of thick stems yesterday.

Mines having its best year ever this year I don’t feed or water it. I’m giving some away.

My Timperley Early is doing well - loads in the freezer already. I never do anything to it and I've had it 37 years. We used to live in Timperley and have planted it in every garden we've had- it never disappoints.

Yes, my old faithfuls are decidedly struggling this year. Two different species. Given them a feed.

No, here’s mine, I’m giving it away to anybody who wants it as well as eating and freezing all we can. I think the secret is to give it loads and loads of water, mine gets a watering can full every day when it hasn’t rained. My gooseberries are pathetic though!

You can have some of ours! We’ve got masses of the stuff. Going to try making rhubarb wine to use it up a bit. Round here everyone seems to be offering everyone else tomato plants and rhubarb!

Ours were thin stalks at first but are now thick. I read that it is best not to pick all the stalks but leave them on to feed the crown.

It might be worth splitting the crown in the autumn if it’s getting on a bit.

Yes ours is pencil thin with huge leaves , we aren’t harvesting any , mulched it and a seaweed feed applied , so hoping for better things next year