rhubarb 'Stockbridge Arrow'
rhubarb Stockbridge Arrow crown
- 1 × crown
- £4.99
- shipped within 2 weeks
- 3 × crowns
- £14.00 £4.67 each
- shipped within 2 weeks
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- Bulbs (only) £4.99
- Position: full sun
- Soil: any, except waterlogged soils
- Rate of growth: average
- Hardiness: fully hardy
This modern cultivar has relatively small, arrow-shaped leaves. It's the delicious stalks however, which appear reliably in good number each year, that it is most sought-after. A late cropper, rhubarb 'Stockbridge Arrow' is excellent for forcing, so it will produce a much earlier crop of tender and string-less red stems.
Rhubarb crowns should be unpacked and planted within a few days of arrival. Choose a sunny spot with fertile, moist but well-drained soil, avoiding heavy, waterlogged areas. Prepare the bed by removing weeds and digging in composted manure.
Plant crowns 75cm-1m (2½-3ft) apart, with dormant buds just below the soil surface, and keep well watered. Remove old yellow leaves and any flowering stalks, but do not harvest stems in the first year. From the second year, harvest only a third to half of the stems, leaving the rest to mature, and continue harvesting through late spring to mid-late summer.
Apply composted manure in spring and sulphate of ammonia in summer, taking care not to cover the crown.
If you want an early (usually more tender) crop of rhubarb, you can 'force' some early cultivated varieties such as 'Timperley Early'. Cover a healthy crown in mid-winter with a rhubarb forcer or tall bucket. This can be insulated (which will speed up the process even more), by packing some straw or compost around the outside of the lower part of the forcer. The shoots will soon appear and these should be harvested within 2-4 weeks. A crown that has been forced, should be allowed to produce its crop naturally in the following year.
Plant crowns 75cm-1m (2½-3ft) apart, with dormant buds just below the soil surface, and keep well watered. Remove old yellow leaves and any flowering stalks, but do not harvest stems in the first year. From the second year, harvest only a third to half of the stems, leaving the rest to mature, and continue harvesting through late spring to mid-late summer.
Apply composted manure in spring and sulphate of ammonia in summer, taking care not to cover the crown.
If you want an early (usually more tender) crop of rhubarb, you can 'force' some early cultivated varieties such as 'Timperley Early'. Cover a healthy crown in mid-winter with a rhubarb forcer or tall bucket. This can be insulated (which will speed up the process even more), by packing some straw or compost around the outside of the lower part of the forcer. The shoots will soon appear and these should be harvested within 2-4 weeks. A crown that has been forced, should be allowed to produce its crop naturally in the following year.
- Humans/Pets: Harmful if eaten, except cooked leaf stalks
