I decided to try my hand at growing rhubarb this year so I took a 55 gallon plastic drum that we used to use for rain water collection, cut it to about 30" tall, drilled drain holes in the bottom and filled with potting soil. A co-worker gifted me a piece of root from her established plant and I just put it in the new planter and hoped for the best. in less then 2 months I went from 1 small sickly looking leaf (that died off pretty quickly) to a barrel full of good, thick stalks. I will admit that I am not the best at watering it all the time, but we have had a rather wet year so that has helped... and my plant gets full sunlight for about 3/4 of the day. Thinking of getting another root and using the top half of the barrel that I cut off for a second planter in the future... I can't wait until next year where I can start harvesting!
I decided to try my hand at growing rhubarb this year so I took a 55 gallon plastic drum that we used to use for rain water collection, cut it to about 30" tall, drilled drain holes in the bottom and filled with potting soil. A co-worker gifted me a piece of root from her established plant and I just put it in the new planter and hoped for the best. in less then 2 months I went from 1 small sickly looking leaf (that died off pretty quickly) to a barrel full of good, thick stalks. I will admit that I am not the best at watering it all the time, but we have had a rather wet year so that has helped... and my plant gets full sunlight for about 3/4 of the day. Thinking of getting another root and using the top half of the barrel that I cut off for a second planter in the future... I can't wait until next year where I can start harvesting!