Comments on Just a Random Thought.: Sago Palm White Spots

Our sago had a particularly severe scale infestati...

2010-05-30T23:10:29.947-04:00

Our sago had a particularly severe scale infestation, so severe that my husband cut off all the fronds last winter. There it stood, totally "naked" all winter with evidence of the white scale appearing on the seeds. Miraculously, beautiful new fronds appeared in April. We continue to treat the sago regularly with oil spray but will try the Hartz treatment instead.
Be patient. Good luck!

I know the spray for the pet itself is not the rig...

2010-03-13T18:46:07.164-05:00

I know the spray for the pet itself is not the right one. Other articles I came across also stressed this point. The one I have pictured, Hartz for the home, is the correct one. The scale almost never completely disappear and several treatments will get it looking pretty nice again. I'm in the same situation you are right now but for a different reason. A couple of hard freezes in Florida slammed my palms (Sago isn't really a palm plant, it's a member of the Cycad family and are as old as the Jurasic era dinosaurs) and my Sago is brown to the base. Sago's are very attractive but do require attention to remain that way and sometimes they die anyways.
Good luck and let me know how you make out, be patient.

Our sago had white scale all over it at the end of...

2010-03-13T16:13:39.810-05:00

Our sago had white scale all over it at the end of last season, even after spraying with a flea spray (guess we got the wrong one!). So my husband cut off all of the fronds and left the entire trunk. Will we have any new growth this year?