Nicely serrated and ridged leaves, very attractive.
Interesting how the leaf resembles my young Zamia Picta Variegata.
Barb

Green emergent.

More of a Red emergent,

Nice, Steve. Great pics.
Even when so young, leaves have the characteristic ridges and serrations.

That GH must be bursting at the seams this time of year 😀
Barb

Thanks Barb, Things as usual are getting bit a crowded, ( I shipped out about 400 seedlings in the two months, so not as bad as last year 🙂
I need to start dragging all the bigger stuff into the dining room, this is going to be interesting.....lol

Steve

Your departed 400 seedlings have left you some room for new 😀
Thank goodness for rarely used dining rooms! 😆

I used to drag big plants around too, then I got one of those cheap "furniture dolly" thingies from a big box store.
It sure is easier on the back, but because the base is fairly small, it takes a lot of tugging to tip a big pot on an angle.

I presume Cycads need to be fairly warm in winter, so I'd better bring them to the house versus leaving them
in the cold barely-heated building this winter.

It's just such a pain moving them from window to window to give them enough light.
Humidity is a chore too, even when plants are grouped.
We have a woodstove and electric heat, real killers of humidity.
This year I'm placing a boiled kettle of water once a day 10 feet away from plants.

Barb

I have an old furniture dolly in the garage to resurrect, going to need to use something this year 🙂

I read an article a while back, ( I can't find it now ), it was regarding Japanese households with a family Sago, Come Winter time, they would just put it in a dark closet and forget about it till Spring.

The Sago's I've kept on the cool side during the Winter always seem to flush before the ones that overwintered inside, (probably just the temp. differential once it warms up), but any natural means to speed up growth is always a plus 🙂

Steve

Very interesting Steve.
I had planned to simply put a lot of my cycads in a wooden crate and cover and put a couple grow lights in there. From the sounds of your experience, that should work real good then??

That is just from my experience in the GH, had quite a few nights last year in the mid 30's.

If you can keep them dry and above freezing they should be OK. ( some will take a lot lower but why risk burning the leaves?)

Check out the small heaters with thermostats, some of them might be cheaper to run than the lights.

I do plan on wrapping the greenhouse with plastic and running a heater or two in there also. Right now I have a heater running all day and it keeps it about 10-12 degrees higher than outside, but I have it on the least warmest setting.
But I planned on keeping my palms in the greenhouse since I have so many, and then putting the cycads in the wooden box in the garage.
Now some, like my BIG Taitungensis, the BIG Yucca Trechy, the BIG PDP, & the smaller Spindle, Bottle, & Foxtail, I will bring inside, in the house.

Were you planning on leaving a Sago in the ground?
If you do let me know how it goes, I was thinking of planting one or two in ground next year.
The ones you have in ground in their containers, are you finding roots growing through the drainage holes?

Anything you can do the help keep your GH air tight will help, do you have a back up heater? ( Lowes has some of their propane/kerosene heaters on sale)

Steve

Steve interesting tip about Sagos re Japanese article. Thank you.
My two sagos will stay inside the barely-heated building, as will the CIDP, and Jade, and 3 Calamondin Oranges, cactus and echeveria and the Trachy (once I get around to digging it out of the ground). That'll be a chore but then I can rest easy all winter no matter what the weather does 🙂

Moved to the house yesterday: spindle, triangle, Zamias, dioon, Strelitzia, Cymbidium orchid, Hibiscus, Banana, Pachy lamerei and Jasmine.
The furniture dolly sure saved from strains.

Riddle: Where do all the drain saucers for pots disappear to in summer? Can never find 'em when I need 'em.
I'm going to start using old dinner plates! 😐

Barb

Were you planning on leaving a Sago in the ground?
If you do let me know how it goes, I was thinking of planting one or two in ground next year.
The ones you have in ground in their containers, are you finding roots growing through the drainage holes?

Anything you can do the help keep your GH air tight will help, do you have a back up heater? ( Lowes has some of their propane/kerosene heaters on sale)

Steve

Yes, I will have a Sago stay in the ground with a glass inclosure similar to the one your Robusta is in, just not as fancy.
The potted ones, last year I had a problem with the roots growing out of the pots and into the ground, then when I yanked them in for the Winter, the roots snapped. So this year I took some mesh material and taped the drainage holes shut, which allowed the water to drain, and the roots will just grow onto the mesh (HOPEFULLY).
I will keep all updated on the in ground Sago. Here is a pic of it...

Wes, ( Kansas), Thanks for the info about the roots and keep us updated.

Barb, My kids figured out those little plastic drip trays make great Frisbee's.... 🙂
Starting to move things inside.......This is the dining room so far.

Steve

Steve,

I like your Bowenia sp." Tinaroo" they look cool.

Looks like your filling your house up there.

I'm lucky w/ my Sagos I get to leave them in the ground w/ no protection.

Dean