cutting off suckers is straight forward. You do not need to put anything on the wound (cycads seal their own wounds with a clear gel that works great). You can usually root suckers as long as they are not super dinky.

Thanks for the input. If you look at the picture

You can see this is not a "sucker" but a very large side-growth.

Here is a link that might be useful:

I kinda like it. Must be happy.