Posted by Tom Broome on 7/31/2005, 9:34 pm, in reply to "Sega Palm" --Previous Message--
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: Last November we transplanted a sago
: from a pot to the ground. Both
: locations are in Austin, TX. This
: spring the sago put out new growth.
: Now the leaves are beginning to turn
: yellow and there appears to be a
: pinkish colored fungus on the
: central stem where the new growth
: usually appears. The soil has never
: been treated and the bed receives
: quite a bit of water. If it weren't
: for the "fungus" I'd
: suspect overwatering. Any
: suggestions?
:
I have never heard of a pink fungus that gets on these plants, but in your area, you may have something totally different. I would say to get a general purpose systemic fungicide and spray your plant a few times, early in the morning.
I deal with people who know a lot and people who don't know what they are looking at so excuse me if I am pointing out something that you already know. At the apex of the stem there is a natural reidsh fuzz that helps protect the apex. If that is what you are looking at, then that is not a problem, but what you may have is partually aborting leaves, and the fuzz has nothing to do with that. We can deal with that later, so check again and look at the plant and get back. Also, in this post, I changed the spelling of the plant in question that was not in the original post.
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