Ah. Thanks. I'll cut the flower stalks. The honeybees have other flowers.
All of the bushes/plants/trees that I bought specifically for the bees last year look like they're doing well this spring.
My big one has some flower buds coming up down at the base. None of them have bloomed before.
I'd read that you should cut the flower stalks...?
If the honeybees like it, I'll let it flower! I'd love to have more growing in the patch, and the 3 crowns I bought don't look like they're going to...
I have one rhubarb plant growing very well, one that is an up and comer, and the third one is tiny.
To be fair, I thought the tiny one had crown rot last year and dug it up. So this is the bit that I didn't get out. You go, little rhubarb!
We could use some rain too. I haven't gotten the hose out of storage, or I'd be watering stuff.
Today I dug out the rest of the grass invading the rhubarb bed and covered the resultant bare ground with leaves. Lots of steps back and forth with a pitchfork full of leaves.
I'm ready for bed!
Today I dug out the rest of the grass that was growing into the rhubarb bed, and then covered the resultant bare ground with leaves. Lots and lots of steps today.
I bought 3 rhubarb crowns at a local garden supply, but they might be dead. I planted them in pots so that I could keep a close eye...
What kind of bees did you get?
We're getting a nuc in June to replace the hive that died. Michigan born and raised (including the queen) from someone in our bee club.