Gunnera mannicata root growth

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Gunnera mannicata root growth

Post by seedscanada » Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:50 am

growth from May 4th to July 29, Gunnera mannicata root bought on eBay:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9426147017/" title="gunnera May 4 2013 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/9426 ... 4bf3_c.jpg" width="800" height="596" alt="gunnera May 4 2013"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9428907980/" title="gunnera June 1 2013 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/9428 ... 7366_c.jpg" width="800" height="597" alt="gunnera June 1 2013"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9426132201/" title="gunnera July 5 2013 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5456/9426 ... 7a87_c.jpg" width="800" height="600" alt="gunnera July 5 2013"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seedscanada/9428888194/" title="Gunnera July 29 2013 by seedscanada, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3819/9428 ... c541_c.jpg" width="800" height="597" alt="Gunnera July 29 2013"></a>
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Post by hardyjim » Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:56 am

Looks good...

I could never get a decent start with one of those.
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Post by DesertZone » Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:17 am

Nice job, I wish I could growe one here. 8)
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Post by hardyjim » Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:17 am

DesertZone wrote:Nice job, I wish I could growe one here. 8)

You would need a greenhouse with a chiller! :D
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Post by DesertZone » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:01 am

hardyjim wrote:
DesertZone wrote:Nice job, I wish I could growe one here. 8)

You would need a greenhouse with a chiller! :D
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Post by TimMAz6 » Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:18 pm

I wonder which would perform better..........Gunnera or Tetrapanax?
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Post by hardyjim » Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:49 pm

T-rex
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Post by andym » Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:54 pm

Adam .... that's one heck of a growth :shock: I just do not have the space or water supply for that Gunnera. I do however have another species ...Gunnera Perpensa Its leaves are much smaller and kidney shaped. It also originates from Africa and has survived three cold Winters
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Post by seedscanada » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:09 am

thanks Aaron, Jim and Andy!
It was planted in a deep hole in clay (that I fired with a plumbing torch to treat as if a pot in a kiln) then filled with 85% peat, 15% garden triple mix. All in an effort to HOLD water as long as possible without any standing surface water. Located at the lowest part of the yard down hill from the rain barrel, from which it gets watered daily.

Can't wait to see how big it will get.
Andy, that is a cute little gunnera you have there.
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Post by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:54 am

Just for Fun (it's Friday night): my little Gunnera and a Little Doggy. The Gunnera survived three winters in a row, the Doggy is three month old. The whiskey is drinking is the Bourbon Evan Williams...

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Post by hardyjim » Fri Aug 16, 2013 4:48 pm

Now thats a doggy.
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Post by marceli » Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:06 pm

I planted G. tinctoria this Spring. Here it is:
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They're growing like crazy, even though we had some drought, but the more you water them during warm days, the better! 8)
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Post by marceli » Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:19 pm

My gunnera is waking up after its first Winter in the ground:
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