Saturday was bright and sunny early on then clouded over for the remainder of the day. It was cold with a maximum temperature of 8.3°C following an early morning frost.
After last year’s very dry spring and summer our rhubarb suffered badly and I mistakenly thought we had lost many of our roots so last autumn I bought a crown of Stockbridge Arrow thinking I would need some extra plants to start replacing the loses.
This was planted in a large pot at the beginning of November and by early December it had produced a first tiny shoot. This shoot disappeared over winter and showed no sign of re-appearing in spring. I hadn’t been able to resist the temptation of ferreting around in the soil to find the crown. Once found it seemed a little soft and I thought it must have rotted through the winter. By now all but one of our crowns on the plot were showing some signs of recovery so to be honest I wasn’t too fussed about this root rotting although another variety would have been very nice. I just left the root on top of the pot to be disposed of at a later date.
Then almost by accident today I noticed this tiny shoot emerging from the crown. So hopefully with a bit of TLC I’ll soon be able to get the crown of Stockbridge Arrow growing well enough to transplant into the plot.
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We always need a little patience as gardeners. Glad to see that all was not lost.
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