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What's eating my Cycad Revoluta

Posted by topsi Qld. Australia (My Page) on
Wed, Nov 22, 06 at 20:14

Last year when the new fronds appeared, they were suddenly attacked by I know not what, leaving the ends of all the little leaflets brown and dry.

When the new fronds appeared this Spring, I was pleased to think the new ones would hide the ugly ones of last year. Yesterday I went out to gloat over it only to find this lot have gone the same way.

There are a lot of little bluey/grey moths/butterflies around it, but I can't see any caterpillars or anything else munching it.

I notice a lot of cycads around here have the same problem.

Help please?!


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RE: What's eating my Cycad Revoluta

Annie had a neighbour with a prob with some of theirs last year. She posted a pic here, if this still links up.
I asked curator of Roma St gardens to take a look he thought if different plants, the one with the crown had scale and the dry looking one probably was a problem with water as while they are drought hardy maybe current conditions are just too much.

Here is a link that might be useful: annies sick cycads


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RE: What's eating my Cycad Revoluta

Grubs hang out under the leaves , up here we also have little brown bettles that seem to distort foliage as well . I have been advised to spray daily with Bugmaster , or with a systemic like Rogor .
Other species attacked are Cycas thourasii/circinalis .
For super scaley plants , its best to remove all foliage .


 
 

 

 


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