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Old 09-05-2010, 05:19 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Coconut, seeds ofdifferent varieties/hybrids?

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Originally Posted by Jack Daw View Post
Provided that you give them big and wide enough pot, they could even reach optimal size in your climate... I wonder if they could fruit though.
They grow on the Canary Islands at various beaches, but nearly never fruit there (as I read on the web), so I doubt that my climate will be ideal. The Canary Islands have much warmer winters. Lows are around 15 °C there. So this makes at least zone 10 - 11. I'm in 9 and we get some freezes and at least three months with 'cold' weather in total.

But it'll make a nice plant in a pot for the summer on the balcony. May - Sept. should be fine for growing it outdoors and maybe it'll survive a few years.
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