Spider wrote in
:

I have been advised only to dress the soil with bonemeal at planting
time to encourage rooting. In spring, I will feed it on chix poo
pellets .. then stand well back :~)


I am sure next year you will be eating some rhubarb, and you have a good
variety.
Know what you mean about chicken pellets, but they work nicely despite the
pong.

Baz.