AusBonsai

This cycad is 40cm high and 15cm at the base . Just been defoliated , new leave will come out in about 3 weeks time

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I was kind of expecting some nice commences on this tree .No critique please , it would be out of bound
Hoang

Any pictures of when it is in leaf? Do the leaves or fronds reduce in size?

Sorry Jow I have no picture ,but soon as there are leaves I will post the new pic.

The leaf size reduced to about one third of the nomal. Keep you post

Hoang

I would be really interested in your experiences growing cycads. I have just set down some pups for future use.

Matt

Matt

I did not propagate the cycad , all the cycad that I have are nursery material and I use 50% sand with normal potting mix plus some cow manure (5%) ,I put a 1cm layer of pebble onthe bottom of the pot for drainage . As for leave reduction when I see the new set is about to come out I cut all the leave off
Another thing is when you first pull the tree out of the nursery pot try to get rid of the clay as much as you can .They do like lot of water in summer but very little in winter (end of june to august)
See how you go

Hoang

I have one that needs repotting, When is the best time for these anyone know?

I have a photo in my gallery of it here too.
The leaves are about 9 inches long now and has just started to sprout new ones

He Hoang, How big is yours?

Ken

Ken
15cm at the soil level and @25cm at the middle .
I did repot it in october 2008. On my other tree I note there are three sets of leave
Hoang