You have two totally different types of seeds because one is a palm and one is a cycad. If I had to guess, I'd say it is too late for both types. I can't tell the difference in palm seeds on viability, but I can tell about cycads. Since the seeds have not been kept moist or protected in any way, I'd just give them the float test. Throw them in a bucket of water and see if any float, which most likely, all or most all of them will. You have a chance with any that sink. If you have a lot of the sago seeds, you can cut one in half, along the natural seems of the seed and look to see how bad off they are. If you have lots of them, cutting a couple gives you a real good idea of what you are dealing with.

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'm so glad to have found this old thread on Sago Palms. There was one in the garden when we bought this place 4 years ago. I had never grown or been around these plants before. Original trunk was maybe 3" out of the ground with only 3-4 fronds struggling to stay alive in Texas full-blown August heat. The house flipper apparently didn't do anything to the yard for 9 months he worked on the interior of this place and when we bought the house, the Sago was on its last leg (the lawn as well). Fast forward...........with regular watering I revived this dying plant over our first year here, making sure it got water every 2-3 days. The 2nd year here, it finally put on some healthy fronds all the way around the main trunk. I was beginning to be hopeful. Those froze off the next winter and the new pup last year has done well and come through its first winter just fine. Original mother trunk has not put on any new fronds since those in year 2. In year 3 it put on its first pup, and since the main trunk quit leafing, I was pleased! Then this month, a new pup appeared! It's huge!! Almost bigger than the mother trunk was 4 years ago. I just went outside and found there is yet another pup with emerging 5" fronds coming out on the opposite side of the mother trunk, it appears. Looks like it is already turning into a 3-4 trunk Sago now. It's in a wide open garden space so I have the luxury of letting it grow naturally rather than try to cut off pups at all. I was worried leaving it to grow naturally was not good for Sagos, but this discussion proves that to be an incorrect. @ Roselee, I will take your suggestion above and cut off criss-crossing fronds competing for elbow room. That just makes good sense. I've decided I like Sago Palms. :)

Hi Mickala, " A friend suggested I try grow lights. I hate the way the ones on Amazon look (for a living room). There is a recessed light above the plant (but it's 10 feet up). " Amazon has quite a variety of light styles, some more outlandish than others. But your recessed light might be the way to go. Simply look at increasing the light output of your recessed light. The 10 feet thing shouldn't be a problem. Our Sun seems to "make do" from 93 million miles away. Auto headlights can go well over 100 feet. You don't want to install a recessed bulb that would get hot enough to be a fire hazard. A local lighting place might be able to advise you on a higher light output bulb for your recessed light. From the standpoint of insurance, It might be better to have one of their experts do the recessed bulb upgrade installation. ZM