"bobrayner" wrote in message
On 9 Mar, 12:14, "La Puce" wrote:
On 9 Mar, 11:43, mewthree wrote:

thanks, have planted in some compost and watered. will wait and see

Compost? In a pot? You can't grow rhubarb in a pot - the roots are
very strong and need lots of depth. Compost alone will not feed your
plant enough. It will not survive. These plants can produce for 10 to
15 years even longer. Once established you can leave them alone to do
their stuff. Very easy indeed. But first what they need is a good bed,
you need to prepare the ground for it. After all they'll stay in there
for 15 years!

Can't grow rhubarb in a pot? Really?

:-)) Just another Puke howler.

Before moving house last summer, I split one (in my old garden) into a
couple of large pots and moved them to the new house. As the new
garden doesn't yet have a permanent home for them, I've left them in
the pots... and they're growing nicely.

I had to do the same thing 18 months ago with my favourite one and it's
still in it's big pot and doing nicely as is the French Sorrel I put in with
it. I had a plague of locusts eating down into the buds before they could
even burst open. The bits I left in the grounds were totally demolished but
the one on the pot is powering on. I also must find a home for mine soon
too but might wait till spring (about 6 months from now).