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The best stalks to harvest should be at least 10 to 15 inches long. You can keep harvesting from your plant, roughly 8 to 10 weeks, for rhubarb established more than four years and 1 to 3 weeks for less. Make sure to leave some stalks—usually a third to near half of the plant—to help your rhubarb recover.
Similarly, it is asked, how much rhubarb do you harvest?
If the plant looks very healthy, you can harvest 1 to 2 stalks during its first year. But this is an exception. A rhubarb plant can produce stalks for up to 20 years. Expect to get about 2 to 3 pounds (0.91 to 1.36 kg) of stalks from a mature plant each season.
Simply so, should you cut or pull rhubarb?
Rhubarb is ready for harvest in spring when the stalks are 10 to 15 inches long. To pull the stalks from the plant, grasp them near the base, and pull down and to one side sharply. If you prefer, you can use a sharp knife to cut the mature stalks.
Hello, It is generally recommended that home gardeners stop harvesting rhubarb in early to mid-June. If you're craving some rhubarb go ahead and cut a few stalks. While early spring is probably preferable for transplanting, rhubarb can be transplanted in early fall (mid-September to early October).