Wes, Everything looks great! One thing I've found I like about the Cycas 'Wilailak' is that the fronds grow about 2'-3' before leafing out They will grow above everthing else around them 8)

Don, Get any of that rain yet 🙂

Yep,if memory recalls I have had 11,and 9 before!

Well we got a slow and not real steady sprinkle all day Sunday until about 4:00pm, then it stopped. Then I went to bed and woke up this morning and I guess it has been steady rain since 3:00am and at 6:00am the news said we got 1/4" rain.

About 2 inches of rain here!

Yep, when all was said and done (actually it is really cloudy so we may not be done) I am not sure how much rain, but it did rain a steady soaking rain, the kind all of us tropical folks LOVE!!!

Always nice to see things still growing near the end of August.....

Nice shots Steve, look at how robust that new growth appears...
You can probably hear them grow!
Are you still fertilizing now for this second flush?
Barb

Barb, I fertilized once around the beginning of April ( try to time it to about 4 weeks before the first flush)
This is mostly for the bigger containers that do not get re potted too often. I try to be more concerned with keeping the minor elements available.
Although a shot of high nitrogen fertilizer is a good tool to wake up one that has been sulking, forcing one along on a high fertilizer diet tends to produce a weaker plant ( at least in my opinion, the Palms & Cycads I let grow at their own pace always seem hardier compared to the ones I pick up from other places)
I used Ironite Plus this season ( which has a real nice minor package),and things are still growing nicely long after the nitrogen componet has gone.
Also found a Fertilizer/PH meter on sale which will let me fine tune things a little better 🙂

Steve

Sounds as though your program is a winner!
I've read interesting stuff on the Cycad society link you provided.
You've fine-tuned to great success.

From my limited knowledge and experience, cycads have their own timeclock and I agree that it's wise
to give them "a bit of slack" unless they're sulking.
Barb

They defineately keep their own schedule, with some Cycads having lifespans over 500+ years. what we consider sulking for 5 - 10 years is just a small nap for them 🙂

I can say if I lived in an area that stayed above freezing I might be moe liberal with the fertilizer, it is amazing to see some of the growth rates in Florida,etc. Then again we make the best of what we have 8)

Steve

2nd flush on this Sago almost done,

The Bowenia's are starting, (it's Spring in Australia and I think these are still on that schedule 🙂

Cycas taitungensis

Zamia floridana's

Zamia sp. "Mexico" ( it's a bit dusty in the GH )

Great Steve!!!!!!! Glad to see they are still moving for you late in the Summer. Hope this heat sticks around as I, and sure you too, am not ready for our stuff to quit growing.
Not to mention I have done NO Winter prep work at all 😳
I have an ASS LOAD of seeds to get to you. When I get a free day I will slide up to see you. If your not home, I'll leave them somewhere and PM you to tell you where I left them.

Let me know when you can make it and I'll have some stuff you can pick up too 8)

That second flush is amazing...as strong as the first?
I had assumed a second flush wouldn't be as robust.
The frond length is incredible 😯

Interesting about the Australian schedule of the bowenia.
Will it eventually kick into your locale's seasonal schedule or, if it's in the greenhouse,
will it always put out growth in late summer?
Barb

Hi Barb! Not as many fronds as the first flush, but these will probably end up a little larger.
( These are all leaves from this season, I trimmed the old ones off so I could past it in the GH 🙂
Not sure what the Bowenia's schedule will turn out to be, hopefully they will adjust. I've only had these a couple months so I am glad to see growth!

Steve