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When we bought our house our sago had 14 pups on the sides which were so big that they were causing the mother plant to tilt to one side. We successfully removed them all and transplanted them and I am VERY happy to say everyone is doing well over a year and a half later.
I will tell you it is QUITE a task to remove them, not to mention very scary. We were extremely concerned about harming the mother plant since it is a large specimen over 5 feet tall. We dug carefully around the pups approximately 18" deep until we could clearly see where the pup was attached to the main trunk. Then we removed them as tenderly as possible with a saw (I know... that's the scariest part). Once they were removed we treated the wounds on the main trunk with a fungicide and filled in the space with some fresh soil. The pups we let cure for about a week to 2 weeks and planted each in a small pot only covering about half way with soil. We kept them in a partially shaded area and in a few weeks they all sprouted.
No harm done to the mother tree and 14 babies to boot :)
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