It is a weed. Sure, it has some preferences, but the issue is keeping it from being where you don't want it. I haven't grown it myself, but, I don't remember my grandfather having any issues growing it.

Plant it, spray it with round up, make an apple or strawberry pie uncontinated by rhubarb. I still have childhood trauma from the church potlucks when I thought I was getting a piece of delicious apple pie and instead it was rhubarb😂. On a serious note, every garden in MN growing up (includin...

My grandfather (Ireland, class of 1898) kept a patch of strawberries and rhubarb off his deck. Lowest maintenance part of his gardens.

Ours don’t spread or anything. The crowns will multiply and form a large clump that should be divided every couple seasons. But on their own they don’t take over like mint or other herbs.

It's really easy to grow around here. Just find someone local with a healthy plant, dig it up, split the root crown into multiple pieces and replant them. I have never heard of the bucket thing, they don't seem to spread. Trim the flowers off during the growing season to force more stalk growth.

I don't think you need a bucket. Just consider that if you ever dig up a rubbard and leave a bit of root behind, next spring you will still have rubbard in that spot. They stay put.

Like others said, it's hardy not invasive. There's been three to four rhubarb plants in di yard for ages and they stay put. It's easy to grow, you can put a bucket over the plant (once a season) to force it grow faster, tried it once but did not notice a difference. You can harvest it three to six ...