For newbie Cycad fans, there are subtle cues when a plant is ready to flush. The top of the caudex begins to expand slightly, the current leaves start to tilt outwards, and bright hairs start to become visible at the apex.

Also, as far as I can tell, Cycads only show growth overnight. One morning, you look at your plant and voila! Something new!

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Day 1, new growth just barely noticeable

Day 2, new leaf tips are visible

Day 2, side view

I will post more as the flush progresses.

As a bonus, here is Cycas revoluta, the Sago Palm, already in active growth mode. The leaf damage you see was sustained during exposure to 20F:

Here's a pic,in case you missed it!
The diameter(for scale) of the pot is 14"

My 2 cents: the pot is a little too wide and probably should be deeper based on the photo. Right now there is excess soil volume, and the roots will want to occupy the bottom of the pot where drainage is the poorest.

Be VERY CAREFUL with watering. It's not too late nor is it too cautious to use a fungicide. My recommendation is to absolutely not disturb the plant right now. Leave it alone. With some care and luck, it just might flush later this year but more likely next year. Don't force it this year with excess nitrogen and watering which would otherwise be OK. Wait until next spring when the plant has recovered from transplant shock. Next summer after a flush, you should strongly consider replanting into a deeper and narrower container. Start looking now for a pot, tall and narrow are not easy to find.

How do I know? I have killed more than a handful of Encephalartos seedlings and young plants before I learned from my mistakes.

Cycads are tough and withstand a lot of abuse, except when they are young and right after they have had major root disturbance. They are vulnerable to rot and it could take many months to show damage, without warning.

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Here is the one that is farther away in the above photo.