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06 Jan 21, Anon (Australia - temperate climate)

Spindly thin leaves probably means lack of nutrient in the soil. Did you improve the soil with compost, manures, fertilisers before you planted the crowns. They probably need some regular fertilising, every 2-3 mths when growing. To buy crowns with big fat stalks doesn't sound right to me. They should have been left until production had slowed down like going into winter. The plant goes dormant in winter, so you plant crows in late winter early spring into good rich well drained soil. Any other people here with experience with rhubarb, I have never grown it.

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12 Oct 20, Melanie Taylor (Australia - temperate climate)

Just wondering if it is possible to grow rhubarb in a large container, we have downsized and are short on space? TIA

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13 Oct 20, Marshall (USA - Zone 10a climate)

Hi, Rhubarb does great in containers. I've had one for years as an ornamental.

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13 Oct 20, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

You could do it. It would take a lot of looking after. A suggestion, buy a 200lt drum, cut it in half, put some holes in the bottom for drainage. Plastic 200lt drum on Facebook - market place.

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09 Sep 20, Angela Smith (Australia - temperate climate)

what advice can you give someone who is about to start planting first crop of rhubarb. I live in South Australia and we have just started our spring

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12 Sep 20, Barbara Robinson (Australia - temperate climate)

I live in riverland where it can get very hot in summer in the 40 I have plant rhubarb plant in morning sun after shade. Do they need a lot of water, and fertiliser

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21 Aug 20, Gary Couper (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Any tips for growing rhubarb in Brisbane?

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06 Jun 22, Peter Burgess (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

How successful was your Brisbane rhubarb crop?

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24 Aug 20, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Most of the info is in the notes here. Plant Sept, good draining soil, maybe a bit of shade if possible (it is a cool weather plant). Takes a few years to really establish. Probably give it a fertiliser hit early in the spring each year and during the picking season. Google how to grow it.

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19 Jul 20, sandra (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Should we feed the rhubarb we have in the garden with a fertilizer on a regular basis?

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