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Why would rhubarb leaves turn red?

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Perhaps crown root rot? If so your plant should be discarded and start a new plant in another location in disease free soil. Rhubarb does best in a soil with lots of organic matter (composted manure) but needs to be well drained. Try planting your rhubarb in mounded soil. If the roots get too wet and stay that way too long, you will get rot -- a fungal disease.

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