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Cycad (Sago Palm)
OK, I know they aren't palms or ferns or related, that they are one of
Earth's oldest life forms, have dozens of varieties, and are strange and wonderful things. I found one on Craigslist. It's a medium sized plant - the stalk-root is about 1 1/2 foot across and 3 foot long, with 2 1/2 to 3 ft fronds. The owner didn't want it around and helped dig it up. We had to cable around it and jerk it out with a truck. It was in too small a space for its growth, and he doesn't care for palms, cycads, cactus or succulents. Now it's in my carport. I believe it will last ok for a week or so until the scars dry over. Then I'll sulpher it and plant it. Probably in a large plastic pot - one that trees or shrubs come in would work. Does anyone in Austin have one? Did you landscape and have some big pots you don't want to throw away, but may not really use? I'd like to have one - would pay a reasonable (cheap) price. Any info on where I can find them commercially also appreciated. I removed all the pups. They are 1 1/2 to 6 inches across. I'm potting and keeping some, but have others that I'll trade. Most interested in agave, yucca, iris and other lilleacie; cacti and succulents of various sorts; native perennials, bushes or small trees (like ficus benjamina or redbud) - anything exotic really. Cowboy |
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Cowboy wrote: OK, I know they aren't palms or ferns or related, that they are one of Earth's oldest life forms, have dozens of varieties, and are strange and wonderful things. I found one on Craigslist. It's a medium sized plant - the stalk-root is about 1 1/2 foot across and 3 foot long, with 2 1/2 to 3 ft fronds. The owner didn't want it around and helped dig it up. We had to cable around it and jerk it out with a truck. It was in too small a space for its growth, and he doesn't care for palms, cycads, cactus or succulents. Now it's in my carport. I believe it will last ok for a week or so until the scars dry over. Then I'll sulpher it and plant it. Probably in a large plastic pot - one that trees or shrubs come in would work. Does anyone in Austin have one? Did you landscape and have some big pots you don't want to throw away, but may not really use? I'd like to have one - would pay a reasonable (cheap) price. Any info on where I can find them commercially also appreciated. I removed all the pups. They are 1 1/2 to 6 inches across. I'm potting and keeping some, but have others that I'll trade. Most interested in agave, yucca, iris and other lilleacie; cacti and succulents of various sorts; native perennials, bushes or small trees (like ficus benjamina or redbud) - anything exotic really. Cowboy You can get some reallly big pots at "It's About Thyme" down on South Manchaca for $5.00. They have ones slightly larger than 5 gallon for that. I've bought some and we have a Ginko tree planted in one, and I've used the others for permanent quarters for Wisteria, Passion vine and Clematis. I have a small cycad in my greenhouse. You will need to protect it during the winter. Lovely plants. :-) -- K. Sprout the MungBean to reply "I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain |
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In article , Cowboy wrote: I found one on Craigslist. It's a medium sized plant - the stalk-root is about 1 1/2 foot across and 3 foot long, with 2 1/2 to 3 ft fronds. Probably in a large plastic pot - one that trees or shrubs come in would work. Does anyone in Austin have one? Did you landscape and have some big pots you don't want to throw away, but may not really use? I'd like to have one - would pay a reasonable (cheap) price. Any info on where I can find them commercially also appreciated. Cowboy You can get some reallly big pots at "It's About Thyme" down on South Manchaca for $5.00. They have ones slightly larger than 5 gallon for that. I've bought some and we have a Ginko tree planted in one, and I've used the others for permanent quarters for Wisteria, Passion vine and Clematis. I have a small cycad in my greenhouse. You will need to protect it during the winter. Lovely plants. :-) Yeah - I'm looking for more like 20 gallon minimum. It would contain it for at least 5 years that way. Thanks for the pointer - I'll go see what they have. This one has been living outside on the south side of a house for several years. They are used a fair amount in landscaping - a lot in Academic settings (they're all over UT - some truely Big Ones)and commercial buldings. I know most are tropical and will freeze, but there are some Chinese varieties that routinely survive snow and ice. There are some great websites about these critters. Cowboy |
I have two small sago palms in pots on my front porch. I read somewhere they
were really in the conifer family. They seem to be doing fine. I see them planted in the ground too, all over town, and they seem to thrive. Sorry I cannot help you with a big pot, but good luck! "Cowboy" wrote in message ... OK, I know they aren't palms or ferns or related, that they are one of Earth's oldest life forms, have dozens of varieties, and are strange and wonderful things. I found one on Craigslist. It's a medium sized plant - the stalk-root is about 1 1/2 foot across and 3 foot long, with 2 1/2 to 3 ft fronds. The owner didn't want it around and helped dig it up. We had to cable around it and jerk it out with a truck. It was in too small a space for its growth, and he doesn't care for palms, cycads, cactus or succulents. Now it's in my carport. I believe it will last ok for a week or so until the scars dry over. Then I'll sulpher it and plant it. Probably in a large plastic pot - one that trees or shrubs come in would work. Does anyone in Austin have one? Did you landscape and have some big pots you don't want to throw away, but may not really use? I'd like to have one - would pay a reasonable (cheap) price. Any info on where I can find them commercially also appreciated. I removed all the pups. They are 1 1/2 to 6 inches across. I'm potting and keeping some, but have others that I'll trade. Most interested in agave, yucca, iris and other lilleacie; cacti and succulents of various sorts; native perennials, bushes or small trees (like ficus benjamina or redbud) - anything exotic really. Cowboy |
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Cowboy wrote: Katra wrote: In article , Cowboy wrote: I found one on Craigslist. It's a medium sized plant - the stalk-root is about 1 1/2 foot across and 3 foot long, with 2 1/2 to 3 ft fronds. Probably in a large plastic pot - one that trees or shrubs come in would work. Does anyone in Austin have one? Did you landscape and have some big pots you don't want to throw away, but may not really use? I'd like to have one - would pay a reasonable (cheap) price. Any info on where I can find them commercially also appreciated. Cowboy You can get some reallly big pots at "It's About Thyme" down on South Manchaca for $5.00. They have ones slightly larger than 5 gallon for that. I've bought some and we have a Ginko tree planted in one, and I've used the others for permanent quarters for Wisteria, Passion vine and Clematis. I have a small cycad in my greenhouse. You will need to protect it during the winter. Lovely plants. :-) Yeah - I'm looking for more like 20 gallon minimum. It would contain it for at least 5 years that way. Thanks for the pointer - I'll go see what they have. They may have larger or further suggestions, and most of their prices are pretty fair. I got a BUNCH of "used" 1 gallon pots from them for 10 cents each! This one has been living outside on the south side of a house for several years. They are used a fair amount in landscaping - a lot in Academic settings (they're all over UT - some truely Big Ones)and commercial buldings. I know most are tropical and will freeze, but there are some Chinese varieties that routinely survive snow and ice. There are some great websites about these critters. Cowboy I'll have to check that out. My herbs do well on the West side of the house. I have sage, thyme, dittany and marjoram that have survived 4 winters so far, and I had some dill seeds (leftovers from the dill crop last fall) come up during the winter and survive the frosts. -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... There is no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world and we'll never have to change it again. -- Swami Beyondanada ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Just remember those Sagos will kill an animal with just one seed. My dogs
just died a horrible agonizing death this week because some jerk decided to poison the dogs in my neighborhood with, what we suspect, is Sago palm seeds. If you have pets, Sagos should be taboo. Lori |
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"L.A. Rizzo" wrote: Just remember those Sagos will kill an animal with just one seed. My dogs just died a horrible agonizing death this week because some jerk decided to poison the dogs in my neighborhood with, what we suspect, is Sago palm seeds. If you have pets, Sagos should be taboo. Lori You sure? A much more common poison is Anti-freeze. My botany Prof. had his sago palm for over 10 years before it ever produced any cones. Seeds for these are VERY rare! They usually reproduce by offsets (pups). Condolences on the loss of your dog, and special hugs for having to watch him die that way! :-( I lost my Willow dog about 8 months ago to unknown causes, but the symtoms also pointed towards poison. I am soooo sorry! -- K. Sprout the MungBean to reply "I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain |
L.A. Rizzo wrote:
Just remember those Sagos will kill an animal with just one seed. My dogs just died a horrible agonizing death this week because some jerk decided to poison the dogs in my neighborhood with, what we suspect, is Sago palm seeds. If you have pets, Sagos should be taboo. Lori I'm not disputing that Cycads can be dangerous to pets, and this one indeed had seeds - a number of them, but if someone poisoned dogs, it's more likely castor beans were used as they are more plentiful I also found this list of plants poisonous to dogs and cats: ALL BULBS Amarylillis Apple Leaf Croton Autumn Crocus Avocado (fruit and pit) Azalea Baby's Breath Bittersweet Bird of Paradise Branching Ivy Buckeye Buddhist Pine Caladium Calla Lily Castor Bean Ceriman Charming Dieffenbachia Chinese Evergreen Christmas Rose Cineraria Clematis Cordatum Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Croton Cuban Laurel Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Devil's Ivy Dianthus Dieffenbachia Dracaena Palm Dragon Tree Dumb Cane Dianthus Elaine Elephant Ears Emerald Feather English Ivy Fiddle-leaf fig Florida Beauty Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant Geranium German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane Glacier Ivy Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Pothos Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Heartland Philodendron Hops Hurricane Plant Indian Rubber Plant Janet Craig Dracaena Jerusalem Cherry Kalanchoe Lacy Tree Philodendron Lily of the Valley Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen Marijuana Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Morning Glory Mother-in Law's Tongue Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade Oleander Onion Peace Lily Pencil Cactus Plumosa Fern Poinsettia Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Red Emerald Red Princess Red-Margined Dracaena Rhododendron Ribbon Plant Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Silver Pothos Spotted Dumb Cane String of Pearls Striped Dracaena Sweetheart Ivy Swiss Cheese Plant Taro Vine Tobacco Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia Weeping Fig Yew And that's just a _partial_ list. Notice such things as English Ivy, Primrose, and even Onion!! There are a lot of things poisonous. Luckily, most dogs won't eat these things, though some may chew. You just have to be careful. Cowboy |
i don't know where you live in the city but gaddy's on FM 685 north of
1825 in pflugerville sold me a huge pot (sized for trees ) used for $5 and they have new ones for about 30 i think. black plastic. not too pretty but functional :) do you have any offshoots left? Cowboy wrote: L.A. Rizzo wrote: Just remember those Sagos will kill an animal with just one seed. My dogs just died a horrible agonizing death this week because some jerk decided to poison the dogs in my neighborhood with, what we suspect, is Sago palm seeds. If you have pets, Sagos should be taboo. Lori I'm not disputing that Cycads can be dangerous to pets, and this one indeed had seeds - a number of them, but if someone poisoned dogs, it's more likely castor beans were used as they are more plentiful I also found this list of plants poisonous to dogs and cats: ALL BULBS Amarylillis Apple Leaf Croton Autumn Crocus Avocado (fruit and pit) Azalea Baby's Breath Bittersweet Bird of Paradise Branching Ivy Buckeye Buddhist Pine Caladium Calla Lily Castor Bean Ceriman Charming Dieffenbachia Chinese Evergreen Christmas Rose Cineraria Clematis Cordatum Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Croton Cuban Laurel Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Devil's Ivy Dianthus Dieffenbachia Dracaena Palm Dragon Tree Dumb Cane Dianthus Elaine Elephant Ears Emerald Feather English Ivy Fiddle-leaf fig Florida Beauty Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant Geranium German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane Glacier Ivy Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Pothos Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Heartland Philodendron Hops Hurricane Plant Indian Rubber Plant Janet Craig Dracaena Jerusalem Cherry Kalanchoe Lacy Tree Philodendron Lily of the Valley Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen Marijuana Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Morning Glory Mother-in Law's Tongue Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade Oleander Onion Peace Lily Pencil Cactus Plumosa Fern Poinsettia Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Red Emerald Red Princess Red-Margined Dracaena Rhododendron Ribbon Plant Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Silver Pothos Spotted Dumb Cane String of Pearls Striped Dracaena Sweetheart Ivy Swiss Cheese Plant Taro Vine Tobacco Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia Weeping Fig Yew And that's just a _partial_ list. Notice such things as English Ivy, Primrose, and even Onion!! There are a lot of things poisonous. Luckily, most dogs won't eat these things, though some may chew. You just have to be careful. Cowboy |
i don't know where you live in the city but gaddy's on FM 685 north of
1825 in pflugerville sold me a huge pot (sized for trees ) used for $5 and they have new ones for about 30 i think. black plastic. not too pretty but functional :) do you have any offshoots left? Cowboy wrote: L.A. Rizzo wrote: Just remember those Sagos will kill an animal with just one seed. My dogs just died a horrible agonizing death this week because some jerk decided to poison the dogs in my neighborhood with, what we suspect, is Sago palm seeds. If you have pets, Sagos should be taboo. Lori I'm not disputing that Cycads can be dangerous to pets, and this one indeed had seeds - a number of them, but if someone poisoned dogs, it's more likely castor beans were used as they are more plentiful I also found this list of plants poisonous to dogs and cats: ALL BULBS Amarylillis Apple Leaf Croton Autumn Crocus Avocado (fruit and pit) Azalea Baby's Breath Bittersweet Bird of Paradise Branching Ivy Buckeye Buddhist Pine Caladium Calla Lily Castor Bean Ceriman Charming Dieffenbachia Chinese Evergreen Christmas Rose Cineraria Clematis Cordatum Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Croton Cuban Laurel Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Devil's Ivy Dianthus Dieffenbachia Dracaena Palm Dragon Tree Dumb Cane Dianthus Elaine Elephant Ears Emerald Feather English Ivy Fiddle-leaf fig Florida Beauty Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant Geranium German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane Glacier Ivy Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Pothos Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Heartland Philodendron Hops Hurricane Plant Indian Rubber Plant Janet Craig Dracaena Jerusalem Cherry Kalanchoe Lacy Tree Philodendron Lily of the Valley Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen Marijuana Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Morning Glory Mother-in Law's Tongue Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade Oleander Onion Peace Lily Pencil Cactus Plumosa Fern Poinsettia Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Red Emerald Red Princess Red-Margined Dracaena Rhododendron Ribbon Plant Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Silver Pothos Spotted Dumb Cane String of Pearls Striped Dracaena Sweetheart Ivy Swiss Cheese Plant Taro Vine Tobacco Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia Weeping Fig Yew And that's just a _partial_ list. Notice such things as English Ivy, Primrose, and even Onion!! There are a lot of things poisonous. Luckily, most dogs won't eat these things, though some may chew. You just have to be careful. Cowboy |
I know how dangerous the Castor bean is i lost a dog this week to it. one of
the seeds got away from me terrible thing, i love the plant but i didnt realize how poisonous they was too dogs and three to four will kill even humans . so im exercising more care in how i plant them and where "woz" wrote in message oups.com... i don't know where you live in the city but gaddy's on FM 685 north of 1825 in pflugerville sold me a huge pot (sized for trees ) used for $5 and they have new ones for about 30 i think. black plastic. not too pretty but functional :) do you have any offshoots left? Cowboy wrote: L.A. Rizzo wrote: Just remember those Sagos will kill an animal with just one seed. My dogs just died a horrible agonizing death this week because some jerk decided to poison the dogs in my neighborhood with, what we suspect, is Sago palm seeds. If you have pets, Sagos should be taboo. Lori I'm not disputing that Cycads can be dangerous to pets, and this one indeed had seeds - a number of them, but if someone poisoned dogs, it's more likely castor beans were used as they are more plentiful I also found this list of plants poisonous to dogs and cats: ALL BULBS Amarylillis Apple Leaf Croton Autumn Crocus Avocado (fruit and pit) Azalea Baby's Breath Bittersweet Bird of Paradise Branching Ivy Buckeye Buddhist Pine Caladium Calla Lily Castor Bean Ceriman Charming Dieffenbachia Chinese Evergreen Christmas Rose Cineraria Clematis Cordatum Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Croton Cuban Laurel Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Devil's Ivy Dianthus Dieffenbachia Dracaena Palm Dragon Tree Dumb Cane Dianthus Elaine Elephant Ears Emerald Feather English Ivy Fiddle-leaf fig Florida Beauty Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant Geranium German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane Glacier Ivy Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Pothos Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Heartland Philodendron Hops Hurricane Plant Indian Rubber Plant Janet Craig Dracaena Jerusalem Cherry Kalanchoe Lacy Tree Philodendron Lily of the Valley Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen Marijuana Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Morning Glory Mother-in Law's Tongue Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephytis Nightshade Oleander Onion Peace Lily Pencil Cactus Plumosa Fern Poinsettia Poison Ivy Poison Oak Pothos Precatory Bean Primrose Red Emerald Red Princess Red-Margined Dracaena Rhododendron Ribbon Plant Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Silver Pothos Spotted Dumb Cane String of Pearls Striped Dracaena Sweetheart Ivy Swiss Cheese Plant Taro Vine Tobacco Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia Weeping Fig Yew And that's just a _partial_ list. Notice such things as English Ivy, Primrose, and even Onion!! There are a lot of things poisonous. Luckily, most dogs won't eat these things, though some may chew. You just have to be careful. Cowboy |
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