Posted by dave
on 3/25/2009, 8:38 am, in reply to "Re: sego palm"
141.129.1.98
The new leaves come out green and look perfect for about 3-4 weeks and then the inside turns brown and the outside remains the usual green color. The affliction is only on this one palm and not there are others that are close by so I'm a little lost as to why this one palm is struggling. Maybe I can take a picture of the palnt tonight and upload it in this link so you can get a better look at the plant.
On the fertilizer issue?? Since the premix is not avialble anymore do i have any other options other than buying your the 50 lb bag of fertilizer? I'm not sure if I can get a fertilizer locally that is close to the 24-7-8 that you suggest but will try. My neighbor, Henry Pearson, owns a huge nursury in Pensacola (Floral Tree and Gardens) and maybe I can split the fertilizer cost w/ him if this is my only option as I doubt I could use it all myself. As a side note, he was curious about why the leaves were turning brown too so I'm sure this will be a big help to him in the future.
I found the Manganeese Sulfate on ebay for around $15 and I think I can get the Iron sulfate locally.
So in summary, how often do I need to fertilize and apply the minerals. Many thanks again and I'll speak to my neighbor and also try to get a pic uploaded soon.
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: I purchased my house about 5 yrs ago
: and luckily the previous owner had
: several sego palms already planted
: for us. Some of the plants are
: quite large and I'd consider them to
: be around 200 yrs old or so
: (comparing to the plant on the
: website). Last year we had a local
: landscaper trim some of the offsets
: and also fertilizing them as well.
: He noticed that on my largest of our
: segos we were getting brown leaves
: that originate from the inside of
: the leave to the outside. The
: outside of the leaves remains green
: and the affliction seems to get
: better toward the end of the leaf.
: I read your webpage with that
: described the brown new flush and it
: does look similar to our plant but
: like I said, only the inside of the
: leaves on the new flush are turning
: brown (I estimate that the new flush
: was around 3-5 weeks ago). So, with
: what I have described, does this
: sound like the element deficiency
: that you mention in your article?
:
: Also, where can I buy Manganese
: Sulfate and Iron Sulfate? Lowes?
:
: Many thanks in advance and was very
: happy to see you website that has
: such great info on these wonderfult
: plants
:
: Thanks for the kind words. I'm
: gald you found my site and articles
: first and then wrote in. Fist of
: all, from what I understand, a
: single stem of a Cycas revoluta only
: lives about 125 years, or a bit
: more, but clusters can be very old
: from seed. On the main question, the
: key is, do the brand new leaves come
: out where they already have some
: discoloration, or mottling? If the
: new leaves come out looking bad,
: then you are right, this is the
: problem in my article. I used to
: make my own product that took care
: of this as well as my Cycad Special
: in small jugs, but a California
: cycad grower made a formal complaint
: to the FL. Dept of Ag. on me and
: they came out and shut me down. I
: used to get both products at the
: local fertilizer plant and I would
: mix them myself. There are a couple
: private nurseries in my area that
: carry 5 pound bags of these things,
: but I haven't seen much of this kind
: of thing at HD or Lowes. You
: wouldn't need much, just about 12
: tbs. to take care of your plant, but
: it never hurts to use the mixture
: every spring just to get your sagos
: going good first off. I don't know
: if you have an Ace Hardware in your
: area but that seems to be an
: inovative store that will go out and
: find unusual things to help their
: customers. It wouldn't hurt to ask
: them if they don't have it on the
: shelf.
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