when can i move/dig up rhubarb?

[kerryp]

Kinda same question as last post but this time its for my rhubarb! Weve recently bought a new house & i was wondering when i can dig up my rhubarb crown? This rhubarb is the only one ever to grow for me & came from my (late) grandads allotment so i would LOVE to be able to take it with me & replant it at our new house.

Any help/tips appreciated.

Thanks

[Thelma Sanders]

Now...................

[rustylady]

^^^ Exactly what Thelma said.

[VirginVegGrower]

They are starting to sprout so go for it quickly...

[Aberdeenplotter]

yups dig it up and then leave it on top of the ground to let the frost get at it for a while before you replant

[salome2001]

yups dig it up and then leave it on top of the ground to let the frost get at it for a while before you replant

why is this?

[Aberdeenplotter]

It's reckoned to encourage the plant to grow well when replanted.

[salome2001]

of course, we'd need a frost for that... you might be getting frosts up north, but they've been pretty few and far between my way so far... Thanks for the advice too, I have inherited a plot with a clump of rhubarb about 2m x 2m, and possible more along the plot boundary but I would have to shift a skip's worth of rubbish to find it....

[northepaul]

I have just dug up mine and moved it, so its perfect now - whilst its asleep.