That's really cool to see. We have a bunch of them in our yard, some of which are about 18 years old and about 6' tall. Every year I have to cut off about 30 offset pups from the base of all 4 of our sagos. They are great plants. I often see these seeds (all of our sagos in the yard are females) but I've never tried to grow any from seed because I heard they were difficult. Congrats on that little sprout!

Yeah, I agree, the Sago Palm is a neat plant. I have a small one in a pot. Its nice to see a big, old fat one in somebody's yard in Arizona or somewhere where they live outside. Its also too bad its poisonous to pets, which will kinda rule me out and I'll be giving my plant to a family member.
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ezendor,

You sound surrounded, lol.
The seed wasn't difficult to germinate, but if you don't mind waiting, and waiting, and waiting, you could have even more little ones popping up.....Everywhere!

shortleaf,

Your larger sago looks similar to one I bought a few yrs back. It does not like to be inside in the winter with the heat going, so I keep it in a semi heated garage in a north window where it seems happier, then it goes outside for the summer.

Billy Rae

Billy, Cool..it took time to germinate, but at least it did..Great.
Do you water Sagos kept in the garage over winter? Also, does foliage yellow?
Billy, let me know when you want me to send H. cutting. It was warm, beautiful warm, Sat, I planned on shipping cutting Monday..Yesterday, the heat was on when I got out of bed..temps 40 during the day and down to 30 at night.
How's temps that-a-way? Toni
Congrats..

PS. Are all Cycads slow-growing?

Toni,

Do you water Sagos kept in the garage over winter? Also, does foliage yellow?
Are all Cycads slow-growing?

Yes, the sago will get watered in the garage over the winter, but only when it's bone dry. Because it's cool in the garage, it might be three weeks, or more between waterings.
The foliage has not yellowed since putting it out in the garage. Not only is not being bothered with lots of dry heat, but there it gets humidity there.

I don't know about ALL Cycads being slow growing, but this one sure is. Snore, lol.

I think we are having about the same temps. It's been in the 40s, but last week, or the week before it was really nice, almost 70!

I will send you the postage, or, if you would rather, maybe cuttings of String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus) AND some Sedum morganianum (burro's tail) if you don't have any of those???

Anyway, I think if you send the cutting it will be ok:) Thank you Toni! I felt so bad after losing my other multiflora, it will be nice to have another one!

If you think you might like any of those cuttings, OR, you would just rather the postage instead, let me know ok?

Make sure "your return address" is on the envelope, or package ok? I should have it, but I'm great for losing things, lol.

Thanks again Toni,
Your very sweet!
Billy Rae

Billy, my Sago is all yellow..I vowed never to buy another, then Walmart had Sagos in bonsai pots for 9,99, a couple yrs ago, so it followed us home. It did fine, until I placed in the gh this winter..sigh

I bought a Cycad, think it's Dioon, on Ebay..came w/2 whole leaves..sheesh. Ended up buying two, potted together.
The seller no longer posts pictures of this Cycad..Wonder why..lol..Thankfully, it was inexpensive. They're plugs, so guess I shouldn't have expected much, but I bought plants in plugs from another seller, his plants are 4-5 times larger. None are Cycads.

Do you really think it's warm enough to ship? Let's see, how about next Monday..temps are 'supposed' to warm up this wkend..
Also, let me know how I should wrap it. It's been a long time shipping tropicals. Sux yes, trops, no. Any ideas?
I fear cuttings will dry during shipping. Should I use moist paper towel? Plastic bag?

I have a Donkey's Tail, but no String of Beads..That will be fine, or you don't have to send anything..
Any other cuttings you're interested in while I'm at it?
Can you root Christmas Cactus? It wouldn't be much, just a couple sections..Recently got a 'rare' yellow. Whoo hoo..lol..
Let me know..I have to check to see if I still have your addy..Nope, no addy. You still have my email addy? Or you can jot it down via GW.

BTW, as an experiment, last summer I planted my Sago in the garden..it did fantastic. So green..sure doesn't look healthy now..The trunk is firm, so it's not dead, but all leaves yellowed and need pruning. It's my fault though, I forgot to water. :( Toni

Here is a pic of my sago in a 10 inch pot. There are 14 new fronds! It stays outside all year on patio in full sun.
I feed it blood meal about every 3 months. The tips seem to turn brown no matter how much water. The big one in the ground I have posted before has brown tips also. I think it is due to the dry canyon winds here.
They are known to push out new growth once a year...that is there life cycle. But last year this one pushed twice. The longer fronds are from a few years ago when it wasn't receiving the sun it gets now.
It does get a little sunburn sometimes if I don't rotate it in aug-sept.

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Toni,

Yeah, I would be a little leary if a seller didn't have a picture, makes you wonder what they are trying to hide!

I think the cutting should be ok, as long as it's not really cold.Thanks Toni, but the cutting is enough to send:O) thasnk you. I used to have a small yellow CC that I ordered from some catalog, but the roots stayed small for some reason, so the plant never flourished and after a couple yrs it just dried up.They are really pretty in bud and flowering.

Do you have Monstera adansonii?
I can send you maybe cutting of that one too if you like?
On the cutting your sending, I would wrap the end of the stem with a moist paper towel squeezing out excess water, then wrap the same end with something like a sandwich baggy or Suran wrap secured with a rubber band, leaves out, then I'd wrap/roll the whole cutting with with either some bubble wrap, or Saran and taped.

I'll send you a bunch of "beads" Just take off a few of the lower bead off each each stem to make an inch or two of bare stem for planting down into the soil up to the next bead. You should be able to fill a small pot and have what looks like an instant plant full looking plant in no time.

Was your sago out in the garden just in the summer, or all winter?

Ok, let me see if I can email you and send you my address via GW.I hope you get it!

Billy Rae

Hi gobluedjm,

Very nice sago you have there!You have dome a great job!

Billy Rae

Toni,

I don't know what the trick is, but I'm having a lot of trouble changing my Members Page.
It took me I don't know how long to take off the email, now I can't get it back on, even after SAVING the changes, it just keeps the same old info! Grrrr!

Greattigerdane@aol.com

Billy Rae

Thanks Billy Rae!
I am trying to inspire yours. lol
It wasn't happy the first couple years until I moved here.
I'm afraid to move it if I ever have to.
They sure are slow growing...once or twice a year.

gobluedjm,

I think I will show your picture to my Mr. Sago, because I'm sure it will inspire and show great improvement!