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Question About Sago Palm

Surfrider14

By Surfrider14
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Hello everyone, 

I have two sago palms in front of my home, one male and one female. When I removed the cone/male flower, new fronds appeared almost instantaneously, however, the female flower does not want to come off, it has been around for about 4 months. Now, I am noticing browning on the lower fronds, near the cone. Can anyone give me advice? Should I try to remove it? Keep it? Or is this totally normal? Thanks in advance!

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  On 10/9/2018 at 10:45 PM, Surfrider14 said:

Hello everyone, 

I have two sago palms in front of my home, one male and one female. When I removed the cone/male flower, new fronds appeared almost instantaneously, however, the female flower does not want to come off, it has been around for about 4 months. Now, I am noticing browning on the lower fronds, near the cone. Can anyone give me advice? Should I try to remove it? Keep it? Or is this totally normal? Thanks in advance!

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I STRONGLY suggest letting the sago take care of the microsporophyll (female flower) without intervention. The new flush can go right through it without any problem. Yanking it out could damage the growing center and there is no benefit in doing so.

 

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Thank you Richard! I won’t touch it!

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Dont touch it.

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And its normal for the lower fronds to yellow, crisp up brown and die off. Many people here in Florida trim off every frond that isn't pointing straight out or up. You can leave them on but it looks nicer to trim them. I trim some but one I leave to nature because a rabbit has a warren under the dead fronds

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