Growing Rhubarb

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20 Jan 13 Michael Du PONT (Australia - temperate climate)
I have several Rhubard plants, we went away at Christmas, we have automatic retic which comes on every two days. As you will be aware, Christmas saw WA peak at 6 days at +40, on our return I found that all my Rhubard (Stalks & Leaves) were dead and lifeless (Horizontal) What should I do ? Are the crowns still OK or should I dig up and start again?
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21 Jan 13 Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Mine died off - completely black - in the last drought period here, then grew back in time to be knocked off again by the recent heat. I think yours have a good chance of surviving if they've been established a while.
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