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Hello, I am having some rhubarb issues, First of all I bought two split crowns waaay back in January and planted them on my allotment (south of england, clay soil, manure dug in in november)
Well basically one rhubarb grew perfectly well until the leaves got to about 3cm square, then they start to go yellow and die off. The other crown i dug up in may after doing nothing and it just crumbled into pieces.
I bought a large healthy looking rhubarb to replace it, and it started doing the same thing, new leaves come fine but never grow very large at all, my neighbours all grow it easily and can't understand my problem!
I water about twice a week, it's in a sunny position. I have noticed ants all round the stalk, and a few cuts on the stalk like they have eaten it, but not read much about ants doing a lot of damage before, not to the stalks anyway!
Does anyone have any ideas at all? Any help appreciated!
Here's a few photos
Damaged stalks
Dying leaf
Thanks for looking!
Well basically one rhubarb grew perfectly well until the leaves got to about 3cm square, then they start to go yellow and die off. The other crown i dug up in may after doing nothing and it just crumbled into pieces.
I bought a large healthy looking rhubarb to replace it, and it started doing the same thing, new leaves come fine but never grow very large at all, my neighbours all grow it easily and can't understand my problem!
I water about twice a week, it's in a sunny position. I have noticed ants all round the stalk, and a few cuts on the stalk like they have eaten it, but not read much about ants doing a lot of damage before, not to the stalks anyway!
Does anyone have any ideas at all? Any help appreciated!
Here's a few photos
Damaged stalks
Dying leaf
Thanks for looking!
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