Hi Rhizo, Oh, yes sorry, I know they are not actually palms, just tend to call them that, as it's how they are usually labelled! Oh...I just cant put it outside though...it gets all sad when i do that!! I did put it outside for a bit, but it looked worse, so i had to bring it back in. I bought it from an indoor garden centre, so i think this little one was mean't to be kept as a houseplant...I just cant part with it! hey Josh, I guess it must just be an old leaf dying off then. Funny, because my sago is so small and only has three leaves, i tend to think of it as a very young plant & think it cannot possibly have 'old' leaves!! But I'm wrong to think that, guess i just panicked as didn't want to lose it, as cannot find sago's easily here. Like you, i just water when it dries out, i'm trying to give it as much sun as possible, only over here at the moment we do not get a great deal of that! Should I cut the leaf off eventually, or will it just fall off? That's great to know that the bulb would still sprout...phew, i really dont want to be parting with this baby. Are all yours growing outdoors?Not that i'm jealous of course, just because you have more than 1 cycad! Thanks so much for your help:) Hugs, Mandy

This is a very strange description. Growing something like this for a week, no matter what light, or water, or anything will do this. So what are the possibilities? We can only speculate. First, if you have individual leaflets that are bent and turning brown that is the first key to some sort of mechanical damage of some sort. Seeing leaflets that were straight a few days ago and now are bent one way or the other also sounds like something weird along the same lines. You could have done something when you brought it home and now it is showing up. Maybe a bird is landing on your plant when your not looking. Maybe a cat or other small animal is doing something. I know these possibilities sound strange, but over the years, I have had people ask this same basic question and they found out later, it was one of these things. Either way, if this is all the problem you are having with the plant, it is very minor. A new flush of leaves will come out sometime and you can cut these older leaves off if you think they look unsightly.

That does look like a lack of light. But you need to be careful moving plants from indoor low light to outdoor sunlight. It needs to be done gradually to prevent sunburn. Probably a higher nitrogen fertiliser will help also, given in lower doses but frequently. Good luck with it.

What was the root system like when you took it out of the original soil? It's normal for Cycas species to drop their leaves occasionally and then regrow more in a big flush. The leaves yellow and brown off and will fall. From the photos yours look like the leaves are just withering rather than going through the renewal cycle. Also, they like full sun. Your location for it wouldn't be good as a long term situation.