rhubarb

[gordonsveg]

             can rhubarb be grown in big pots or containers if i put plenty of farm manure in?

[rugbypost]

At least a 400mm diameter pot, and plenty of nutrients in your plant feed  when it is in fruit there is a certain variety I will look in my book and forward it to you it produces fruit it its first year

[goodlife]

Ohh...hard work, but it is possible to get some sort of crop out of it...lots and lots of watering ahead though...and regular feeding as they are really 'hungry' plants, farm yard manure alone is not enough..you need to give more all round feed too in regular intevals..something like blood,fish and bone meal once a month during growing season and even bit of chicken pellets would not go amiss.
Expect to re-plant or devide after couple years as they will soon outgrow their space.
I would also used soil based compost in pots too as manure and multipurpose  compost would not be substantial enough for rhubarb..soil based planting mixture will hold moisture better too ;)

[gordonsveg]

Into the garden it goes then. ;D

[Digeroo]

bone meal once a month during growing season

Mine must be rather hungry.  No wonder they have not grown very big.

[cjb02]

I tried it about 4 years ago and it is perfectly possible as others have said, it did indeed take loads of water and I got a small crop of thin very nice stalks. I grew it for a couple of years before putting it in the ground and then it really took off.