Rhubarb

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Any tips?

I have had rhubarb in a huge pot for 2 summers now. I want to move it into the ground, but we are a very clay area.

If I move it, will it be OK to just come back next year, or do I need to protect it in some way from frost.

Also, year 3, I'm hoping to harvest the stalks... Tips and suggestions please😊

They are tough as old boots. Put it in now, give it some lovely well rotted manure or compost or whatever and wait for it to reward you next year. While they do their absolute best in a rich, damp, sunny spot in my experience they are indestructible.

We have heavy clay too. We just dug a big hole, put a load of rotted manure in it and planted it level with where it was in the pot. It’ll die right back then start shooting up in the spring. We started pulling ours after one year. I think we also put a layer of manure on the surface of the soil too, but not over the crown.

I am on crazily heavy clay - old brick quarries just 100 metres or so away.
And my rhubarb is like a triffid. I hack bits off to give away and yet it thrives.
Clay isn't all awful -it retains moisture, which rhubarb especially loves, and also tends to have lots of micronutrients.

No need to protect over the winter: it is from Siberia originally, iirc.