Posted by Tom Broome on 4/11/2008, 11:09 pm, in reply to "Fuzzy tan stuff on bark of Sagos"
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: Hi Tom,
: Thanks for all the useful info on
: your site. We have about 6 large
: and medium King(?) Sagos around our
: pool. Two of them were there when
: we bought the property and the
: others we planted when we put in the
: pool about 2 yrs ago. Since we have
: a lot of pups around all of them I
: began to research how to remove them
: for our gardener's information.
: While reading your page I got some
: great ideas and went out to look
: them over and begin planning which
: to remove. To my surprise when I
: looked closely at them all...I
: noticed a tan fuzzy like substance
: on the bark part of the sagos (not
: really on the leaves) The trunks
: look a bit whitish as well. I want
: to know if this is some sort of
: fungus or what it is so I can treat
: them right away. We had a very bad
: frost this winter so we covered
: them. They seem to be alright
: except for that funk. Can you help?
: I can e-mail you a picture if you
: need it. Thanks. Oh btw we live in
: central California (Fresno area).
: Thanks again,
: ~Paula
:
If you are talking about the brown, or tan fur around the apex and upper part of the stem, that is a natural part of the plant. Many cycads produce a fur like this. Some of them put out something quite impressive. The general idea is that this happens on more cold hardy species and helps to insulate the apex during the winter.
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