INCREDABLE!!! Steve. Those cycads LOVE being next to that South facing wall. Seems to have warmed up the soil and exploded with energized roots.

Wes and Steve, thanks for the advice.
The leaf looks quite a bit weaker than when it first emerged, so I'll keep an eye on it.
It's a paler shade of green than last week, too.
Need a tad more fertilizer??

Man, look at the growth on yours.
You folks with your wonderful 15 (and more) leaves 😯 😯
I'm embarrassed to be worried about my ONE and only Spinulosum leaf.

You still can't get through that greenhouse, can you Steve? 😆 😆 😆
Barb

Wes,
I'm waiting to see what this one does, it didn't grow much last year, but has about doubled the caudex size over the Winter.

Barb,
Plenty of room left! you were asking about the straps on the shelves?
Bad things would happen without them 😆 😆

Steve

This'll be some plant to watch when the caudex doubles each year.
Barb

Barb,
How is your D.spinulosum fairing?

I think this one is done for now? 😆

And a couple misc. photos,

Steve

Steve, robust growth on yours.

Mine no longer looks like it's wilting.
Thanks for the tip to increase water at this stage.

Will have to get a new pic...the new leaf looks huge compared to last year's 😀
Still very pale in colour though.
Barb

With Z.furfuracea, I've noticed the leaves start out white and grow fast, usually takes a couple weeks for them to color up.

These ones are just about hardened off, they are just starting to turn a nice color.

Steve

Nice cardboard palm, Steve.
Seems I'm leery of over-fertilizing, yet cycads generally are heavy feeders.
They just look so delicate, I suppose.
Barb

Barb, Things started growing this year before I had a chance to put any fertilizer down, warm temps in the GH, and longer days is all it takes 😀

Did find some Osmocote 4 month fertilizer on sale for $1.99 this Winter, so I spread some of that around, more or less just to keep up the nutrient levels in the containers that are not getting fresh soil this year.

Steve

Good you've had an early start to warm GH temps.
I went to a couple of stores, they didn't stock Osmocote!
Barb

I found some Ironite with minors last year that seemed to work ok,

Just noticed a couple Sagos starting a flush 8)

Steve

Man your stuff comes up early! Great GH conditions obviously.

Last year I found a dusty old box of "Fritted Trace Elements", and used it sparingly.
Didn't do any harm so will use it again this year.
All my cycads were repotted/potted last year so I think I'm ahead of the game.
Barb

One of my E. horridus is flushing again, and I thought some of you might like to see it:

Jody

Jody, as a LONG TIME member of this group, I think I can speak for everybody when I ask you to PLEASE allow us to see the flushes in all your cycad/dioon/encephs/etc.

Very nice flushes everyone. Right now, only my big Taitungensis seems to be flushing. I'd say that is a pretty good start to the season... 🙂