My method for harvesting Sago Palm Pups. I get about a 50-75% success rate. I know that other methods ask you to dry the freshly cut pups out for a week or so in order to prevent rotting and to cure the wound, but if you cut them away carefully and are able to preserve the tap root, then curing them doesn't help you in the end. Sure, if you chop them off leaving an exposed wound that has a surface area that exceeds more than 25-33% of the pup itself AND you have no tap root, then curing them is highly recommended. If you are uncertain, try both methods to see which works best for you. I hope you enjoy!

@cleovideo555

6 жыл бұрын

I just cut twenty pups off our 7 year old potted female, No wonder she won't put out new leaves. We really on;ly want these two to look nice, any advice for leaf production?

@giovannischepper8127

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Backyard Gardenerr can you please write down for me what I have to buy for the plants to stay in

@rustyretrocollectibles1286

5 жыл бұрын

I just cut so many pups off not realizing that I could replant them :( I still have them. I did it yesterday but I kind of cut into to the top of them so the top of the pups are cut into about 3/4 of a inch so I am seeing the white inside. Is it still possible that leaves would sprout out the top? Will it reform a brown coat over the top where leafs sprout?

@stokermeister3

5 жыл бұрын

Will the same apply for a sago growing from seed that has a tap root. It’s growing indoors in the sitting room with a open fireplace and access to eastern sunny exposure for Ireland any way 😊

@harshilthechamp5653

3 жыл бұрын

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Thank you so much!!!!! We have a beautiful sago palm and we're relocating! I'm so sad, I havest the pups today. I feel like I'm taking a part from the home with me! It means a lot! Thanks again

I have one giant sago palm in my garden for more than 3 years and i just learned today that i can harvest its babies lol brb gonna grab a knife and pluck them babies off

Male sago's produce pups as well. Female sagos produce a red seed pod at the top of the crown, a Male sago produces a "cone" at the top of the crown.

@future3325

2 жыл бұрын

Gymnosperms are hermaphroditic: all plants produce male and female cones (required to produce seeds)

@ronneufeld7272

2 жыл бұрын

@@future3325 I'm not that well versed but Alexa says not all Gymnosperms are hermaphroditic and sago palms are male or female. I have 6 Sago Palms. Four are female and 2 are male. The males never produce the orange seeds. The females never produce a cone.

The major 2021 February winter storm in Texas took out my smaller sago palm, and I thought the larger one (21 years old) was history as well. Surprisingly, and thankfully, it started sprouting pups. Thanks for sharing how to save, plant, and care for them!

@addieISme

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in Louisiana I thought the freeze killed mine too. But eventually it came back! It's just now sprouting little ones on the side.

This vid gave me the confidence and a plan to harvest my pups. ( Which I have done ) Thanks a lot.

You helped me big time on pups and replanting thank u !!

My favorite plant of all time. I miss all 27 I had in California. Some were probably worth thousands. Couldn't grow them in Idaho so didn't have any. Now that I'm in Texas I need to buy a bunch. Great video and hopefully yours all do well. Nice shovel by the way.

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Kitch Thanks Jeff. Yeah, the root assassinator shovel is great for this type of work, and for metal detecting... 😉

@virginiaflores3713

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe you can go on craigslist and see if there is someone who is willing to give you some pups. Or you can look on freecycle, offer up, etc. Maybe neighbors, work colleagues, etc. Get them for free. I just dug up a young Sago Palm (hard work) but it was free.

@paulmarkham4479

3 жыл бұрын

Hi from the UK Eastern England .We have a container sago with five pups ,not only does it like weather it has put out another head of eight leaves this year So you should be ok? Its in the winter green house for the winter now.

@johnvonhorn2942

2 жыл бұрын

@@paulmarkham4479 You're impressing me greatly, Paul. I'm based in Oxfordshire and just got my first Sago Palm but it will have to be a houseplant for now as I am currently in an apartment. Spent yesterday in the greenhouses at Kew Gardens which was amazing (we go most years).

A couple weeks ago I was given 2 pups that had small tap roots and sprigs that hadn't opened up into leaves yet. I potted them following your instructions mostly and in less than 2 weeks the sprigs have mostly unfolded and are turning into beautiful leaves.

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

John Holifield Awesome John! You will have 2 beautiful Sago Palms for years! Happy Gardening!

@MaynardFreek

6 жыл бұрын

Well I was talking to my neighbor a couple days ago about my experience with the 2 pups I mentioned earlier. She has 3 sagos in her front yard and wanted me to pull the pups she had. I ended up with 18 more

Some of my neighbors have these... planted when the houses were built in 1990, and still only 3-5’ tall trunk. Love their small size! Like a mini palm! ✨

@GalleryAquaticaTV

3 жыл бұрын

Ours is super tall! 15 foot would be my guess. I wonder how old!

I did this and it worked well. Many thanks!

I am very happy I watch this video since my sago plants have this pups and I had no idea what it was , I was ready to removed them thank you for the advised mi sego is like seven o more years old and first time it has pups maybe because I removed it from small pot I am very very happy that I will have more thanks sooooo muuuuch

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help Sally! Good luck with yours and thanks for tuning in!

That was very informative; there are 3 sago palms and they all have pups, wish me luck transplanting them!

Male Sago palms produce pups too. I've got a confirmed male in my back yard right now with about 8 pups on it.

Thanks for this video. I appreciate this and will use what you said to do.

Thank you, Brother. I have been wanting to do this for a while. It is supposed to freeze in Austin Tuesday night, so i will get after it.

Nice save on that last one! Great video keep up the good work

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

92PreludeS I know, right? Thank you!

Excellent video! Now I know exactly what to do, thank you for this info.

You are right about them growing slow. I got a couple of pups from one of my daughters years ago and they are still pretty small. Best wishes Bob.

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob! I know - slow growers, which is likely why the large ones are worth so much...

@1ofhis518

3 жыл бұрын

A customer of mine has some 5 year old that were bigger than the ones my wife had that were almost double in age. He told us to drive a pipe in the ground near her palms and pour in liquid iron or put old nails or railroad spikes at the base. We tried it and it actually helped them really take off.

Thankyou Rob! 🙂

Good Morning Rob I have never heard of a Sago Palm. They are beautiful* Nice that you will have more. The little ones look great* deezie

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

deezie Thank you deezie!

@gforceforever

2 жыл бұрын

Sago has always been my favorite. I love the sturdiness, simplicity, and symmetry. I see them as sacred geometry, of sorts. I'm looking at a male sago palm right now, with its sweet-smelling cone atop its gorgeous green foliage. I just separated a huge pup from its base. It reminds me of an alien egg, as seen in movies!

I have a few of them too :-) Thank you for the new info!

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

Jessica Keeney You're very welcome!

Very helpful video, thanks so much!

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

orphanlady Thank you!

Beautiful plant✌️

Thanks. I got a lot of baby sago growing around the base of the plant, seems like a daunting task to remove those pups, but looking forward to it

Nice work thanks 🌷 I like your table👍

Thanks. I did not know how to do it, separate, and plant.

Hi I am Suvetha from India. Thanks for the video.👍

"Yesterday is history" "Tomorrow is mystery" "Today is gift" "That why it's called present"🙏🥰✌️👍

Excelent. Thank you

Nice plant👍

Thanks for the information. I’d have the soil level a little bit higher in the pot, though… About at the first ridge down.

Thank you

THANK YOU SO MUCH ❣

Just pulled my first pups . 🤞👏🤞

thanks..good info.

I just bought one this size from a company in North Carolina for 10 dollars with 4 dollars shipping. They have really good reviews so hope everything goes well for me.

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Thank you for the video! I’m trying to harvest for the first time today. My electrical company removed my huge female sago palm - she was about 20 yrs old- or older(house is 20yrs old) since it sat In front of a clamshell- it was all about control- the palm was not a problem all these other years. It really upset yo kill a perfectly good palm. I only had 18ht notice it was being removed so I had no time to dig another hole or get a pot and plant it etc

It's been three years, have any updates on these ones that you potted?

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So much info,thank you !!...i have two sago,they are doing great....but I just killed my second robellini ....apparently there’s more to be done than just digging a hole....plz help !!!....I live in Texas also, Mission,Tx

As soon as I heard your voice, I thought I was looking at a coin roll hunting video. Lol

How did these go? Would love an update!

I have about 3 babies that I removed from momma but none of them have roots nor the tap root. I potted all three in miracle grow soil and have been watering them, making sure they do not dry out. I did this 2/3 weeks ago and so far they are thriving under mornings shade me sun the rest of the day. I am in zone 9b. Hopefully they will keep going.

16 hrs of work and now I feel like u worked harder then me lol... that's a lot of work Rob but like always great job.

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

dulcemari77 Thank you dulcemari! 16 hours of work is way more than me and you deserve a nice Labor Day weekend. Enjoy it while you're young!

@dulcemari77

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Backyard Gardenerr aww thanks unfortunately I have to work as a hospice nurse the sick doesn't get days off they need us. But thanks for all ur wonderful videos...funny but I'm a 70's baby well yea I'm still young

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

You are a great person for taking care of others. Just be sure you save some time for yourself! I'm also a 70's baby - we aren't spring chickens anymore but we still get it done - LOL. Have a great weekend!

@dulcemari77

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Backyard Gardenerr the don't make us like they use to kids theses days are to weak God bless u and ur family

Thanks broh. I just got 2 decent sized ones from my dads friend i'm getting ready to plant in my front yard, one of them's about 3 ft tall, and the other ones about 2.5ft tall but it's a twin theres two growing off the same root system, and then i got about 10 pups that are about a foot tall with roots the size of a large soft ball with long floppy roots coming off, i'm getting some soil in a bit and i'm gonna plant them this afternoon and make sure my irrigation drip system is set up for them. thanks for the info brohamilton.

@imbrandon16

3 жыл бұрын

This guy had like atleast 40 of them in his yard, some of them were damn near 5 ft tall trunk only, but those would have been way too hard to take, he said i can have as many as i want, he's selling the house and leaving the country haha.

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Got one from walmart this spring

I got 11 male pups locally 1 week ago... hope they grow! Before the pups, I also got 10 seedlings via eBay... but I already sold them off (because seedlings are unknown sex until 15+ year old... I didn't want female sagos) Oh, btw... having pups doesn't determine if it's a male or female sago (they both produce pups!). Only its' flower/seeds or male-cone determines that; which is only given on very mature sagos (15+ years old).

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I have a big one growing in my backyard for 3 years

You should give us an update on how these are doing! Great tips! I bought a few a year ago and one of the got really infested with pests and all the leafs fell off, so we thought it died, I was literally about to throw it away when I saw it had a small sprout, took all the dirt off and saw it still had mealy bugs so i washed them off, and cut the pups off. one of them sprouted last week, the other two are still holding on.

@nannetteenriquez7894

3 жыл бұрын

Awww

Question! I'm approaching winter (northwest fl) and I want to keep the ones I'm working on in the garage. How much sun do they need to make it okay in there?

Hi Rob! I love your channel! You inspire me to start gardening with each and every video you produce. I was wondering what the name of the palm tree just to the left of the Sago Palm your harvesting from? Timestamp: 0:17

@RobBackyardGardenerr

5 жыл бұрын

love9boy that’s a mule palm. It can withstand temps from 20 degrees up to 120 degrees.

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I just bought a Sago Palm at Lowes in SC. Since they can live outside in the south, can I keep mine on the patio in WV until cool temps. set in? I can wrap a towel around the pot so it won't get the roots too hot.

I'm in North Florida. Will your recommendations work just as well in my area? Do you have any further resources/books/videos, etc. that I could reference?

Thanks slot bub

why did you not show us you actually cutting the pup off from the mother plant?

I found these at a nursery for $22.00.... found the same one, same size at WalMart $10.00

@seiyuokamihimura5082

3 жыл бұрын

Did the same for 13$ reduced from 20 this year. No idea why they were so cheap considering so many people needed replacements.

I have a different cind of palm, but same thing I had to do: harvest pups. I don't know really what cind of palm is the one I have put I got pups from them and they rotted and my palm is half dry now and is almost dead :( I took plant out and I removed rotted part and I saw a roots there: 2 big fat roots covered with rotted peace of palm. Now what should I do? Should I keep it out to dry for few days, plant it in soil or put in water til roots are bigger and plant stronger? Please help. Thanks.

Question. I live in Florida. I recently had an Asian white scale issue where I had to cut off every single frond. Will it flush again before next spring? It’s almost September now and I cut them all off the beginning of August.

What zone are you in ? I live in Texas but have my palms in pots.

Hey Rob, just found your channel and subbed! Do you have an update on the Sogo pups replanted?

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

MaryG Orchids Thanks Mary! They are dormant for the winter but I will definitely do an update come spring!

@buckyrabbits2491

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobBackyardGardenerr any updates? 🤭

Mr. and Guardiola, can you grow the plant through the leaves?

Been searching for someone to explain thoroughly, thank you! I pulled two 3-4 years old sago plants. Found 4 what do you call them? Seeds or pups, no roots or stems. Giving this a try.

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

Andres Madrigal Pups. Best success when you have the two root attaches but can root otherwise. Best of luck and happy to have helped!

@Mad-i134

5 жыл бұрын

2 month update on the 2 pups. Planted them in my backyard garden and the are doing well. Leafs are still green, not discolored or dried. And I dis pull out a pup but it was a large softball size one and it has sprouted 3 new leafs that are 1 inch long.

I think i missed something. How often should you water the pups?

Wait can these grow on the Pacific Northwest were it rains a lot every winter because here were I’m at I’m in zone 8b but it seems yours is outdoors so can these grow outdoors ?

does your large Sago survive winter and how cold does it get there?

I have a male and he pups also . Males have will put out a large pinecones looking thing and females do not tbe creat pods all around the crown waiting to be pollinated.

Thanks for this video! I live in Dubai and my sago plant has the edges of its leaves browning slightly. It still looks pretty healthy but I was wondering what you would suggest to keep them green throughout? Thanks again!

@chinesenoodles8005

4 жыл бұрын

Well my first thought is how much water is it getting? They are pretty drought tolerant but they do need some water. Also humidity could be a problem, as you live in Dubai it is very dry, in that case there is no solution, just let it grow. But if it’s not getting enough water then it’s an easy fix. Also make sure to fertilize it at LEAST once a year.

which season is better to plant sago palm pup?

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What's the clear gel the plant develops can some tell me what that is?

Wish we could upload pics on here. I just got a baby Sago two weeks ago and not sure what to do. It’s smaller than what was shown in ⬆️ clip. I had it inside, not by a window for nearly two weeks. Totally healthy looking, watering every few days. Then I put it outside on the porch in our TX sun for a day, bc that’s what It said to do online. Full sun. The next day, half of it’s little branches were light green, no longer dark. I brought it inside in the windowsill, still hasn’t changed back. Not sure what to do. Since it’s a baby, do I put it outside for few hours of sun everyday then bring it back in? I’m guessing so, but sounds like a lot of work. And since the sun obviously affected it, how can I repair the damage?

Thanks for the video, very informative. We have several females and numerous pups between them, some are getting pretty large. We're in SoCal with the weather getting a bit chilly. Can we harvest the pups now or are they destined to fail? Also, would using "steer manure organic compost" for the "10% compost" be okay?

@caspiana3623

Жыл бұрын

A little late to answer, but let them dry for 3-4 days in open air and then just stick them in the ground. Or in a planter with regular soil from your veggie bed. I SoCal they grow like weeds.

Does this work with all Palm types?

Looking for an update!

Can you please make a video of you showing how you cut it away by keeping the tap root! I have tried many times without success 😔

@RobBackyardGardenerr

5 жыл бұрын

Viki Dee I can. I have s few more pups this year and will do that this time.

Give them a bath of fungicide, especially if you cut to the quick. Drying serves same purpose, but they grow faster. Several dumps of like neem oil keep them vital.

Does it have to be a pup from the bottom? I have a little sago palm thats only a little guy probably a 6" trunk no pups near the bottom but could i just chop a leaf off and use that? I just wanna make my buddy a palm tree

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The entire video I thought "Hmmm this guy seems very very similar to that Robfindstreasure guy."

Can you leave them in the pots??

I cut three pups from main plant without roots, they are quite small, with one pair or leaves 2 inches max. I pot them some days ago and now thery are turn yellowish, how can i save them?

So I thought we lost our Sago palms in the February freeze, but pups are now sprouting, even though all the dead leaves have been removed (cut) from the mother and she has no signs of new growth herself. Should I remove the pups? Remove the mother? Just leave it all and see what happens? I’m in central Texas. Thanks!

Great review. Thank you. You didn't advocate letting the pups dry for a week. Why not?

I was able to large ones some of the pup was cut my question is will they grow

where is the update video?

sir, can I use cutting powder to the bottom of sago bulbs at the time of plantation?or not??

@RobBackyardGardenerr

6 жыл бұрын

Rajdip Das I’m sure you could but there really is no need. It may help get roots quicker so if you are pressed for time you could.

How do you plant a cycas seed

I have been looking to purchase a pup to start. The people selling them cut do not show the pup and have it already potted. I have even seen some that show the pups for purchase but they look badly cut to me. Can you recommend a seller or company that may be doing it right :)

Does it give pups every year??

Cycas revoluta, a cycad but also known as a Sago palm just FYI.

Why are they sticky on the bottom route

How long will you keep them in the pots before you plant them outdoor?

@BaterBater12

5 жыл бұрын

Once they develop their own root system... The longer you can keep them in a pot the better chances they'll survive after being planted.

hello

Sykes has been in my garden for more than 13 years, it appears well, but in the last two years the leaves grow once a year and this year the leaves did not grow fully. Please help

Does anyone know how much money i should get for sago's that have 12-18 leaves?