Posted by Tom Broome on 5/23/2011, 9:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Help me save my coonties!"
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: I have three 10 yo coonties that I
: recently dug up when I moved. I
: thought they would be replanted
: quickly, but that was not the case
: and the leaves all turned brown. I
: cut them back and planted them in
: pots, and was encouraged that they
: were putting out new growth, but all
: the new fronds have died on the
: females, and the male has put out no
: new growth at all. I pulled them out
: today, and checked for rot. None on
: the females, and the male had one
: tiny slimy spot on one side (it has
: a double crown), so I left it out to
: dry and will cut that away.
:
: Are they just in shock, or will they
: survive at all? I'll be heartbroken
: if they die.
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: They aren't going to die. You
: have no idea how much these plants
: can take before you would actually
: kill them. One time I dug up some
: good sized clusters (about 30) that
: were in a landscape that was going
: to be bulldozed the next day. I
: brought them back to the nursery and
: I left them exposed, but under trees
: for like 3 months, and after
: planting, probably 90% were just
: fine.
: I would plant them in sand and
: not in any kind of highly organic
: type potting soil. This reduces the
: chances of rot. Put them in a shade
: and don't water them very much. You
: could wet them down a bit every week
: or so, but you don't want to treat
: them like regular plants that have
: leaves on them. Once they have been
: in the pots, or in the ground for a
: couple of weeks you could add some
: time release fertilizer, or
: something like that to give them
: some energy. Just remember that just
: because they are just sitting there
: does not mean they are dying. These
: are cycads and they teach us
: patience. They will do things in
: their own time and we should not
: worry if something doesn't happen as
: fast as we would like. Just keep
: them in some shade. Having the sun
: beat down on them would hurt them a
: lot.
:
: Thank you. I did have them in
: organic soil, so I'll fix that. I'll
: let them dry out for a few days
: after I cut the small pieces of rot
: off, then replant them in good old
: Florida sand and just wait. I have
: patiemce and all I have here is
: shade.
:
If you treat the wound like I show how to do in my articles on growing out offsets, and also, the never throw away a cycad, you can plant them within a half hour of cutting, and treating with the wound sealer, if you care to do that.
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