gunnera manicata

simonjohn

gunnera manicata

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Hello i brought 3 of these in 9cm pots with just the smallest bit of growth on top. I put them in bigger potts in the laundry room and went in there this morning and the growth rate is frightening. Im thinking its a bit to warm in here. Should i place them in the green house? I was planning on getting them started indoors but i can clearly see after 3 days theyare rapid growers
Blairs

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As in 9cm pots I would place them in the greenhouse. Do keep an eye on them and keep them watered and check for mould. I would put outside in April/May. Mine are outside all the time covered with their old leaves but they are older. Buy chicken pellets and use a handful when planting your gunnera=works a treat!
simonjohn

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Fantastic!! Thank you. Im really looking forward to seeing these grow huge :-)
Blairs

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They get bigger with time, 9cm plants may only produce 30cm leaves at most. The first ones to come up tend to be the biggest. You could try a cloche/glass frame on them to produce larger leaves.
simonjohn

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the guy I brought them from said they where well established crowns. what does that mean? I thought it ment they are a year or more old but im just guessing :D
Kristen

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simonjohn wrote:the guy I brought them from said they where well established crowns. what does that mean?
To me it would mean a large plant. Gunnera take several years to get their "crown" built up big enough to put out monstrous leaves.

But I'm not understanding what context the guy was referring to. You cannot put a plant of any size, whatsoever, in a 9cm pot. So whatever you have got, regardless of the size of the parent plant, is "quite small".

It is possible that hacking a bit off a mature Gunnera causes it to mature much more quickly than, say, starting with a young seedling, but I'm not aware that that is the case. (I would expect a piece off a parent plant to mature more quickly than a seedling, of An Average Plant, but I would not expect it to emulate the parent's size & vigour "immediately" so to speak)
simonjohn

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day 1 and I re potted the gunnera

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simonjohn

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simonjohn

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Blairs

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I cannot tell the perspective. My guess is that they are not that established.
Kristen

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Post by Kristen »

Looks like that to me too
simonjohn

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so they will take a couple of years to reach full size then? I have a big space to plant them in :D
Kristen

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Post by Kristen »

simonjohn wrote:so they will take a couple of years to reach full size then? I have a big space to plant them in :D
Several I would think. IME they take several years to bulk up - but if you can give them ideal conditions I guess you will get results more quickly than I have done. Mine have been in about 5 years and are "large" but not "huge"
simonjohn

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wow ok, so if I wanted a huge gunnera I would have to buy one as a large plant? thanks for the help :D

they are growing so fast at the moment!
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simonjohn

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very fast growth over a week!

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii10 ... mxiele.jpg
:o
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