Hi Mike! I agree. And I think eradication methods were discussed nearly ad nauseum in the linked discussion. But if not, in addition to all that, I'm wondering if one could finagle a covering over the pot temporarily, until the larvae have all hatched and the adults are all dead. Maybe with paper and tape? Layer of gravel? Seems like preventing the adults from accessing the soil would put an end to it, especially in an office. I don't know how long it would take the adults to just die though... I hope you do look into the soil issue, Caitlin. In addition to being a haven for fungus gnats, having soggy, peaty soil for the roots of any plant is usually very offensive to them. Store-bought plants almost always come with this stuff in the pots, nothing you did wrong, but putting enough water to keep the gnat life cycle going could be a problem for the plant eventually. It's hard to be much more specific without a pic of it. Since this is in an office, I would probably go with the mosquito dunk water for the fastest possible remedy. You don't want your coworkers kicking this plant out of the office (and probably not welcoming anymore plants in its' place.) Are there other plants in the building?

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

oh my gosh......i'm so very very very sorry!!!!! Our other dog got ahold of one too (4 days after my first dog died). It was during the holidays so we could not get our two large sago palms removed for 4 days. Somehow the 2nd dog found a seed that must have rolled under a bush and we didn't see it. Anyway, we got him to the the vet within MINUTES and they made him throw up and ran charcoal thru his system to absorb anything that might have left his stomach. It worked, and he is fine 1.5 years later BUT the seed had not left his stomach. It is my understanding from my vet that had the seed or part of the plant gotten out of his stomach and into his system he would have died too. I'm just wondering if they keep running charcoal thru your cat if they could absorb the poisons? I'm so so very sorry that i can not be more help. Does he/she have black black stool? It's a sure sign of liver failure i was told. Please let me know how your cat is! It took approximately 4 to 5 days for our dog to die (i'm guessing because she really didn't show signs of even being sick for the first day and was just lethargic with black stool until she was completely down)...our hearts are completely broken as i feel i should have known about these HORRID POISONOUS PLANTS! Even now as i tell EVERYONE about them they don't remove them...it is beyond my comprehension. Prayers for you and your kitty!

I have grown as many as 200 cycad species over the last 29 years. It would take me hours to write everything I can tell you on this subject. My cycad cultivation articles have been printed in 17 different journals all over the world, and for almost a decade of years, I have been the president of The Cycad Society which is international in scope. All parts of the cycad is poisonous, even the pollen, and the jelly that was mentioned that the cones can excrete sometimes. People eat cycad material all over the world. Anybody know why Cycas revoluta is called the " sago palm"? Sago, or sagu, is a starchy porridge type food that the old native people from Japan made from the stem material. Seeds of Dioons are used to make tamales, and tortillas in Mexico and Honduras. The Aborigines in Australia have eaten the seeds of Lepidozamias for 10s of centuries. There are pictures of Lepidozamia hopei plants with 40 foot stems, that are literally 2000 years old that have gouges on both sides of the stems going all the way to the top, which is used as a ladder to climb to the top to collect seeds. Coontie, the Zamia native here to Florida, is a Seminole name for the plant because they have made a starchy food out of the stems for 100s of years. They learned how to use them for food by the Caloosas, who were here first. Some people leach the toxins out, some people don't. As you have read, small animals die from eating cycad material. A 15 pound dog will usually die of liver and kidney failure within 48 hours, but they don't have to. A dog like a lab that weighs 90 pounds might get yellow eyes, white patches in the fur, and be really sick for a week, but with proper care, can come out of it and be perfectly fine and live a long time with no extra needed medicine or treatment. Since I talk about cycads to everyone I meet, my vet has heard all about them and she went out and researched a lot and has already saved several dogs from death. I don't know a lot about this subject, but she found some medicine that helps the animal have liver functions while the liver tries to get through the damage. Apparently it is amazing, but hardly any vets know about this and just assume there is no cure. A child is most likely not going to eat a sago seed. Those things are good sized and are rock hard. Zamia seeds would be a different story. You would Hebe to eat a lot of leaf material to be dangerous, and most children or animals won't want to eat that much material. I have designed and installed over 1400 landscapes, mostly in the past when I was younger. Any time there was a concern, I would put known male plants in their landscapes, so, no seeds. Even if you have a female plant, just cut the cone off once it is full size. On coonties, the cones come out in summer, grow until full size, and are usually receptive to pollination around Christmas. The cones will grow the seeds until the cone falls apart around the next November or December. So you have a long time period where all you do is cut the cone off. A revoluta female will become receptive in June and will fall apart around Christmas. Since the female Cycad " cone" is not a tight cone, but actually a cluster if sporaphylls, it is harder to remove, but all you do is remove each sporaphyll, one at a time, starting from the outside in. It may take a little extra effort, but it isn't a big deal. This will get us started anyway.