Posted by Tom Broome on 7/18/2005, 9:24 pm, in reply to "E.Trispinosus not throwing " --Previous Message--
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: I have an e. trispinosus that I
: transplanted into the ground about
: 10 months ago and has not yet had a
: throw of new leaves. It's caudex is
: 3.5" and the move went smoothly
: with very little root damage or
: loss. I did not trim any of the old
: leaves off before the transplant and
: now I'm wondering if I should have.
: It gets plenty of sun and the caudex
: is still firm and shows no sign of
: rot. I have also used your
: fertilizer twice on it since the
: move. Any suggestions for getting
: this plant re-stimulated?
:
If the leaves didn't die back much, your plant didn't really go into a great shock, so that might not be a problem. Normally, I would think my stuff would bring a plant out of a transplant, but it appears as if even the fertilizer isn't enough to bring it around. Many cycads have a tough time going through a transplant, even if it because of different growing conditions, compared to the way it was growing before. I sold a plant to someone bare root and it is holding the original leaves, but has not flushed for 14 months still. I can't tell you any secrets here. If you feel you are giving it good water, soil and fertilizer, and it still is not coming around, I would just say, keep taking care of it and it will finally push out a good set of leaves. I would hate for you to dig it up, but on an outside chance, it is possible for a plant to have some sort of root damage, or rot and for the stem to still be hard because the rot has not gone up into the stem yet. If it feels pretty firm in the soil, then that may not be the problem either, so maybe see if it moves a little, and if it feels firm in the ground, I guess all I can say is be a little more patient.
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