Rhubarb in container query

Vegplotmummy

Morning all!, 
Quick question... I've grown some rhubarb from seed (they are better than the rhubarb I bought!!) We will probably be moving house again in spring next year and renting the current house out. So I want to take my rhubarb plants with me. 
Would those soft plastic tubtrugs with the handles be OK? I would put holes in the bottom for drainage. Just thinking that will be easy to transport later on. 

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Vegplotmummy

Thanks @scroggin. I only want them in containers for transporting. Like you said they do much better in the ground. I've got 5 plants I've grown from seed that I want to take with me. 

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plant pauper

Please may I bunk in on your thread?  I've been told that fresh manure is best for rhubarb. Is this right and when is the best time to apply? TIA

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plant pauper

Thanks @scroggin. I have a friend standing by with a willing donkey! 

Lizzie27

They do well in manured ground but fresh is not usually recommended. Do you somewhere you can stack it for at least 6 months?

roger5jones

I grew 30 plants from seeds in Spring 18, from which I have 20+ large specimens in large pots.  I have been regularly taking stalks from them all.  Have I diminished the plants chances of a long and fruitful life by taking from them in their 1st year?

plant pauper

@Lizzie27 My OH was a farrier so we know people .  I could probably find some in most stages of maturity since the last ice age. 

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