What Do You Do With Rhubarb After Finished Pulling Stems Ie Through Winter

Question

Do you a leave it alone or pull the leaves and any remaining stems then lay the leaves back over the plants to protect from frosts, tidying them to compost bin after frost has gone in spring.

Answer 1

Last year i had an established plant and a new champagne type I let them both rot down and didnt remove anything they both survived ok. This year the established plant did quite thenew one well it increased 3 times the size of before, I didnt pull any stems off it this year to make it even stronger i already put a load of stable manure round them both. The leaves turned red on the champagne one, a sign that chorofil is leaving? And I decided to leave the red stemmed one alone now, am I'm right?