Gunnera, how's yours doing?

A very pleasant, but wet, evening to one and all!

As some of yours will know, I bought a gunnera last year, a manicata, and I have it in a pot. The pot is sealed except for a little hole so it keeps the big fella very moist. It's very slow to get going and the biggest leaf is about 6" inches, that's it!

It gets fed with phostrogen weekly, but is still lethargic. Anything else I can do to boost its growth.

If you have gunneras how are yours doing?

Ta in advance for the advice and replies,

Al.

 

Mine is about 2 feet high , it was the first plant to pop out back in March and then the weather went wrong and all the leaves start to die , I`ve tough I`ve lost the plant , but then recovered ....strange fate happen to the t-rex , start to come back in March and now I think is dead .

you can see the leave between the reuhm and JWK musa (musa john)

 

How big is the pot Al.
Atleast 5ft across? I hope.

 

Thanks sal. I'm thinking it could be a tinctoria instead of manicata.

Pete, here's the pot, the black circular one at the rear

 

It was in the ground originally, but did absolutely nowt!

I transferred it to a pot because my soil is sandy and doesn't hold enough moisture for the likes of gunnera.

Here she is in all her splender (pic taken a few mins ago) be amazed, be astounded, be errr something anywayz with her gigantic proportions

 

Is that Salvia Absoluticus Gigantea alongside for comparison?

 

Nearly right Kristen, it's salvia humongousa giganteum Jurassica-ca-ca-ca

Here's my rheum for comparison, the flower spike is 8ft tall

 

Ours is shooting up now Al ,its looking good,no wind or frost damage yet this year unlike my potting shed windows that now need replacing


Also it doesnt seem to spread and i had read it is invasive
Hope yours kickstarts soon AL

 

Ruddy Nora joolz, so THAT'S what it's supposed to look like!!! Mine is deffo the runt of the litter, more gunnera runticata than manicata. Gutted! Might bin it if it doesn't perform and get another to replace.

 

They don't get like that over night, sadly. Need to persevere for a few years IME ... so New One will take a while to get up to speed, I reckon, and perhaps by then Junior will have become Adult anyway perhaps??

 

I've never grown this so might be speaking out of turn.
I 've seen lots of it, but never in a small pot, not even a big pot.

Dig a big hole, pond size, line it, fill it with good spongy compost, then plant and stand back.

 

Al is that azaleas compost? your plant need to go in the soil , shade , wet soil ....
the quality of your compost look like dry very easily , not good for the gunnera .