On 2/14/2019 2:16 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-02-14 12:21 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>> I'm so pleased.Â* It got here yesterday.Â* It came in a tall box with
>> Fragile Handle with Care all over it.Â*Â* The box was filled with foam
>> peanuts.
>
> How do they taste?Â*Â* ;-)
>
>> The rhubarb itself was in a 6-inch pot with very wet soil
>> around it. I tucked the soil more tightly around the plant and
>> discovered that the pot contains mostly big, solid root.Â* The rhubarb
>> is just beginning to get 'bumps' above the soil.Â* I couldn't be more
>> pleased with the plant and the condition.Â* I've never ordered before
>> from those folks but I would again.
>> Growerssolution.com
>> Now, if it would stop raining and snowing I could prepare the soil for
>> it.Â* Meanwhile I have it in the unheated back bedroom.
>>
>
> Don't expect a crop from it this year.Â* Rhubarb usually takes a year or
> more to take hold, even if you move an entire plant just a few feet into
> the same type of soil. At least, that is my experience.
>
Dave, I don't think this is Janet B's first rodeo when it comes to
gardening (and rhubarb in particular).

Jill