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Re: INDOOR-GARDENING digest 305


> Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 14:47:58 PDT
> From: "Diana Pederson" <dlpederson@hotmail.com>
> To: indoor-gardening@prairienet.org
> Subject: Cycad and Sago Palm
> Message-ID: <199705252147.OAA22094@f8.hotmail.com>
> 
> Hello:
> 
> Has anyone grown cycads or sago palms?  My sago palm's leaves have all turned 
> yellow and drooped, the cycad's leaves are turning brown.  They have been in 
> windows or under shoplights all winter.  They did well last winter and outside 
> all summer.  It was only after I brought them back indoors that I had trouble.  
> Are they worth saving or should I toss them?
> 
  Cycad is a catch all name for a number of different species of which the
Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta) is only one, albeit the best known one. It
appears that your shoplights were not bright enough to sustain your palms
and they are in decline. You should try to save these living relics from
the dinasaur age before you throw in the towel. We are at the beginning of
anohter growing season. My small cycad has put out two leaves, that is
probabably all that it will produce this year. My much larger Cycad has
not done much of anything except give me painful pricks in the shins when
I stand close to it to reach smaller plants on the windowsill. Put your
plants in better light and hope for the best. I doubt bugs are the problem
Cycads are such tough leaved critters, still a good thorough once over is
warranted. Good luck.
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