Posted by Tom Broome on 10/1/2009, 8:51 pm, in reply to "Encephalartos seedlings not doing good"
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: I have 3 Encphalartos seedling that
: have all went south over the summer.
: One lehmanii in a 1 gallon pot with
: 2 fronds both black and wilted at
: the base but the leaves are still
: green. One altensteinii and one
: longifolius in liner pots, both
: brown and crispy. All 3 are in
: original pots from A&A cycads in
: SO. Cal and Iv'e had them about 9
: months under a shade cloth in my
: back yard. I water them about once
: a week and it has been around 100
: degrees all summer with intense
: sunlight here in Central Cal. Any
: thoughts? Thanks, Chad
:
Well, I'm back from speaking at the AZH conference. It went real well. I see Jody has come in and helped while I was gone. I think you have 2 problems here. The crispy plants are for sure a problem with not watering enough, especially with the heat. As Jody said, many cycads are quite tolerant of watering extra as long as they do have good drainage. The rotted leaves are another thing and are different than the crispy leaves on the other plants. In that case, was the apex above the soil suface, or was it below and vulnerable to pathogens?
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