gunnera manicata
gunnera manicata
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
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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!
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Fantastic!! Thank you. Im really looking forward to seeing these grow huge
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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.
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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
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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.simonjohn wrote:the guy I brought them from said they where well established crowns. what does that mean?
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)
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day 1 and I re potted the gunnera
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I cannot tell the perspective. My guess is that they are not that established.
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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
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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 wrote:so they will take a couple of years to reach full size then? I have a big space to plant them in
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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
they are growing so fast at the moment!
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they are growing so fast at the moment!
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