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Any tips on how to make my rhubarb less floppy?
It's in its 3rd or maybe 4th year now so is putting up quite a few stalks, but they are often thin and almost always floppy. Then when they're lying on the ground, slugs eat the leaves so they don't grow any bigger.
Apart from staking it with supports, which seems silly, what should I do? It's only being fed by whatever's in the soil and a bit of compost mulching, and only being watered by the (very abundant) rain. In semi-shade which isn't ideal but it's meant to be able to cope with that- it does get something like 4 hours decent sun (if the sun ever shines)