Posted by Tom Broome on 9/28/2011, 9:43 pm, in reply to "Caudex regrowth"
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: Hi Tom,
: I looked through most of the
: questions on the board and haven't
: seen my exact situation addressed.
: I had a cycad (I think it was C.
: panzihuaensis, but not certain) that
: had the apex rot a couple of years
: ago. Anyway, I dug up the caudex
: because it still felt firm but for
: the apex. I've kept it in a pot all
: this time and a couple of weeks ago
: I notice new growth starting from
: the near the top close to where the
: apex was (not from the base of the
: caudex). It appears to be producing
: or about to produce new growth, i.e.
: a small flush, on three different
: parts of the caudex. My questions
: are: What should I do with it now?
: Do I just leave it and let it grow
: from these new growth points? Would
: this weaken the plant in the future
: as they got larger or would it just
: form a multi-headed caudex? Or do
: these new areas of growth need to be
: removed and rooted on their own? If
: so, how best to do that without
: destroying the new growth? Thanks
: for your expertise in this area.
: Ron
:
Yes, these are new plants being formed and can be kept on the plant, or separated at some point. If you remove any of these, they would be just like removing an offset, so you want to wait until the heads get to be at least 3 to 4 inches around. So, you have some time to think about it, probably 2 or 3 years. I have a sago that I got out of someone's yard that had the middle die out because it was so infested with Asian scale. It later produced about 5 heads and I have just kept it that way. Now it looks like a large stem with a branched apex, at least until you look at it closely to see the middle is gone. The plant looks fine this way, but it will be up to you when the time comes.
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