Posted by Susan Pascoe --Previous Message--
on 11/2/2005, 10:14 pm, in reply to "Re: Leaf laying down"
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: I emailed you in June about this
: sago.
: Resulted in purchasing your
: fertilizer and increasing the
: watering schedule to every 3 days.
: I have fertilized it twice now. I
: live in Austin, Texas and it has
: gotten cooler so I reduced watering
: to every 5 days. The plant grows
: tilted to the front in the pot.
: About two weeks ago, it had fallen
: into a more severe tilt. I removed
: some of the planting medium from
: around the base of the plant and
: straightened it. About two days
: ago, I noticed the front leaf is
: laying down and seems loose at the
: connection to the top. The other
: leaves seem ok. There are brown
: furry finger looking growths just
: behind this leaf. What is happening
: to the sago? Is the leaf loose
: because there is rot? Should I
: reduce the watering because the
: weather is cooler? Thank you for
: your help - your site is a wealth of
: information.
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: It couldn't hurt to cut back an
: extra day in your watering when it
: is cooler. It is hard to say what
: made your single leaf turn down. If
: I saw that on one of my plants, I
: would cut that leaf off to reduce to
: pulling on the head and if you are
: worried, put some fungicide on that
: area, like a little Daconil, or
: something like that. If it is just
: one leaf there usually is not a bad
: problem to be overly worried about.
: I get that sometimes on new leaves
: that are overly long and the leaf
: stem for some reason can not support
: the leaf.
:
: Thank you!
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I forgot to ask - I mentioned the plant grows tilted to the front of the pot. I righted it some, but the new leaves fall to the front following the tilt. The leaf that is laying down is the one in the front and the tilt may be part of it. Should I repot the sago so that the trunk is upright? Is that a way to do it and not disturb the root system too much? Thanks!
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