Posted by Allen on 9/25/2007, 7:06 pm, in reply to "Re: broken sago" --Previous Message--
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:Hello again, the apex is gone!
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: You have a top that will not have a
: regular apex again, but what will
: happen is that you will have offset
: sized plants grow around the top of
: the stem, no matter what height the
: stem is. This means you can cut the
: stem down to any height and heal the
: wound up and there will be plants
: grow around the top ring, and at the
: base. The taller the stem the weaker
: it is to produce new offsets because
: it has to pump energy farther up.
: You could probably make 2000 new
: plants if you want to section the
: stem into 6 inch slices. If the apex
: is broken, but not damaged, you can
: take all the leaves off and make a
: clean cut and treat that and root it
: in just like an offset. All of these
: techniques are detailed out in my
: article, "Never throw away a
: cycad" in my article section in
: my website that is linked in the
: header. Take a look and if you have
: any more specific questions, you
: know where to find me.
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I think I will cut it off close to the top and see if I can make it to a tripple top since tis about 8 ft. tall now. itwould look wierd but I have about 20 orphaned sagos all are different bent crooked skinny fat tall thanks Tom
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