What is going on with my nasturtiums ?

Morning all, I was wondering if anyone could shed any light on my gigantic nasturtium leaves. I planted a few spare seeds in the earth and left them. No feeding as I know you shouldnt. There are no signs of flowers and the largest leaf now has grown to about 5 1/2 inches. Is this normal? I've never seen any this large before. Help please? I've posted a picture to try and show the scale with an empty coffee jar beside them. Thank you.

 

This has happened to my nasturtiums before and it was due to the soil having manure/slow release fertilizer added to it some months before the seeds were planted. Perhaps your soil is too rich for them even though you haven't fed them as they do seem to thrive on poorer soils and have more flowers as a consequence.

 

Thanks Fern. We've lived here since Nov 2013 and there's been no manure or fertiliser since then in that part of the garden. Could it be the dogs wee perhaps? His preferred spot is not far from the nasturtiums ?

 

I'm not sure about the dog wee to be honest. Have you fed any plants quite near to the nasturtiums with a liquid feed perhaps? Don't worry though, even if the leaves are large you should still get flowers. None of my nasturtiums are flowering yet as the weather hasn't been that warm. There's still time.

 

Not that I can think of, it's a mystery! Hopefully we will get some flowers at some point but we do live in Scotland after all! I'm still waiting for my peony buds to open. Thank you very much @Fern4 for your help.

 

Have you had a thunder storm recently?

 

No Zigs, no thunderstorms. Now I'm intrigued. What's the connection with thunder and nasturtiums?

 

Just wondered as lightning fixes atmospheric nitrogen, which comes down with the rain and gives everything a good feed

 

Wow, I didn't know that. Every day is a school day. What are your thoughts on the dog wee @Zigs . Could that be fertilizing the soil? He never does it on the plants, just a bit of earth close by.