Posted by Tom Broome on 5/4/2008, 10:12 pm, in reply to "Did I botch pup harvesting?"
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: I have a mature female sago with
: four-to-six inch pups at the base.
: The pups have put up their spring
: fronds. I tried to cleanly cut it
: from the base with a sharp shovel,
: but the roots "popped"
: off. The bulb is intact. Do I need
: to trim back the fronds before
: potting so the pup is not stressed
: without roots?
:
I would tell you to cut the leaves off, even if some roots were on the offsets, so yes, cut the leaves off. Have you seen my article in the most asked questions section on this in my web site?
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