Topic: Rhubarb in containers

[Marlborough]

I love rhubarb but I haven't got enough room on the plot to give it a bed of its own. Has anybody grown it in containers, if so how large do they need to be and what feed would you recommend?😀

[Digeroo]

It has huge long roots.  Not sure it will take up any less space in a pot.  Suggest you tip out something else from the plot and put that in the pot.

[ancellsfarmer]

I' d be thinking odd corner, unusable space, beside compost bin?, maybe if container, 40 gallon oil drum sort of size (ensure drainage), old waterbutt with split, that sort of thing.

[johhnyco15]

it would have to be quite substantial container i think it would be easier to squeeze it in a corner rhubarb will really grow anywhere   i love it too so i always find challenging places for it and every time its grows very well next to a dry fence under a tree behind the shed its a great plant hope you can fit it in somewhere

[Ellen K]

T&M sell a variety which they claim can be container grown ... not cheap, mind.

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/fruit/fruit-plants/rhubarb-crowns/rhubarb-fultons-strawberry-surprise-spring-planting/cww3564TM

But £5 of Tesco Clubcard vouchers buys a £15 T&M website voucher, or you could ask Santa.

[ACE]

I don't mind seeing it grown in the back of a herbaceous border, to add a bit of difference to the planting, not much difference to the ornamental rheum plants that you could pay a fortune for.

[GREGME]

fultons strawberry expensive as you say but I rate it highly- many of the stalks are a beautiful deep pink all the way through though. something  I dont get as much with the other varieties i've grown

[jennym]

I like rhubarb but no-one else in my family does much. Mine grows really well now in a shady spot (in the ground) behind a hazel hedge. The hedge faces south, so protects the rhubarb from the full sun. I wouldn't grow it in a pot, just shove it somewhere in a shady moist corner, it will do ok.