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Every year Home Depot sells coconut with sprouts up to 2 feet. Sometimes, Wallmart also.
But I always shy away buying one because I feel that my location is not conducive for growing coconuts. I felt that it is just a waste of $35 for me.
Oh, I was tempted.
But to me all the goings are against me- 10 years of maintenance, any tempt below 70* F will kill it etc...
And here's an excerpt" The soil should be sandy-loamy and alkaline which is the beach/cayes environment. It is always best in the long run to plant palms where they grow naturally otherwise you will spend a lot of time and money trying to make something thrive in an environment that it does not like."
Unless I have a greenhouse that I can maintain that tempt and a money chamber that runs very deep......
And I still have not seen a coconut with fruit inside a commercial or private greenhouse.
Oh, I have all kinds of varieties of coconuts planted in my yard in the Philippines. The dwarf kinds, the pink-red dwarf that in 4 feet it bears fruit, the tall ones, and coconuts that the shell is nothing but meat no water inside but all white meat.
So I maybe a party looper but that's the fact.
I don't want to discourage you guys but to each its own.

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