Propagating a few cycas species

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Its quite common for palm growers to grow cycads they seem to have a lot in common with palms being slow and rare and just as beautiful as palms they are fairly easy to propagate depending on the season either using bottom heating or the hothouse some can go into standard potting mix others in coco coir perlite mix it basically depends on the value of the seeds and how available they are as to what method you use there is about 8 different varieties in the following photos cycas silver sp taitungensis communis deboensis perrofskyana Douglasii reidleii panzihansis with more to germinate and appear above the soil line collecting cycads can be just as addictive as palms they suit many different gardens and are usually quite tough