"Cat(h)" wrote in message
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Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
When you are feeling energetic dig a deep and wide hole and line it with
polythene. Add loads of manure and replant the Gunnera. You will get a
bigger plant but not the biggest. Feed with chicken manure pellets.The
roots
of Gunnera travel for miles in search of water:-)

That sounds like a constructive suggestion. Can I do this any time (as
in now, seen as I am in gardening mode), or should I wait for a period
when it is dormant?

Cat(h)

The ideal time to move most things is when they are dormant but
I am the Guy that moves just about anything at any time as I am always in
gardening mode. From your description the Gunnera is still fairly small so
it should not be difficult to move it with a reasonable amount of soil. It
may flop and sulk for a while but should recover and grow on strongly.
It is unlikely that you will kill it.