Garden vegetables
Across the U.S., rhubarb ripen from California (mid-March) all the way to Alaska (early June). Hatched chalk is the early and late shoulder; the solid stretch is peak.
No chalk window in these states — no meaningful market production, so we'd rather say so than invent dates. Each page says where the supply really comes from.
Grip low and pull with a twist instead of cutting, and leave the toxic leaves in the field.
Time the trip with the u-pick planner — it builds in the two-weeks-either-side honesty.
It depends where you stand. Across the U.S., rhubarb ripen from California (mid-March) all the way to Alaska (early June). In most growing states the peak lands around May — your own state's row on the board above is the honest answer.
California, where the season runs early March to mid-June. Long seasons usually mean a big state with more than one growing region inside it.
Pick your state on the what's-in-season board (it remembers you), or jump to your state's row above — each one links to the full rhubarb-and-state page.