coconut tree

mskitty38583 · 12-14-2007, 06:14 PM

has anybody tried growing a coconut tree from an actual coconut? i want to try this...im getting gutsy. everything i read has been started by a clipping or a store bought tree. i want to try this from scratch, coconut husk and all. so if anyone has done this, attempted to try this, or just as nuts(ha ha) as i am, i would like to go about tempting fate.

gadget · 12-14-2007, 07:38 PM

You just put the nut a couple inches in to the soil and wait.
I have never tried to grow one in my area but have done some research and this plant needs a lot of moisture and is cold sensitive.
I have seen them for sale at Ikea for $20 just sprouting out of the nut. Or try to find a nice heavy brown coconut or green it will just take longer to grow

mskitty38583 · 12-14-2007, 09:32 PM

can you use one from the grocery store? do you crack it to empty the milk or just put part of it in the ground? thanks

AnnaJW · 12-14-2007, 09:59 PM

Good question! That would be fun to try. Why'd you have to go and put another planting project in my head???

mskitty38583 · 12-14-2007, 10:13 PM

apparently we are on the same wave length....thats kind of scary if you think like i do!

i saw a coconut tree at walmart, and i said im not paying that much to wait 20 yrs to get fruit off of. then 3 wks. ago i saw one at lowes and i said hey why not try one from seed? so to tempt fate, i am gonna try one. just have to find out how. everything i read says get a clipping or start with a tree, to me that kind of defeats the purpose of having one. does that make sence?

gadget · 12-14-2007, 10:15 PM

I believe you need the husk, and the milk. (well atleast the milk)

mskitty38583 · 12-14-2007, 10:26 PM

where can i get an un-husked coconut??? in tennessee???

AnnaJW · 12-14-2007, 10:34 PM

I'll try to find some coconuts around here if they still have them at the store. I'll send you a couple if I find them!

mskitty38583 · 12-14-2007, 10:38 PM

the only ones we get here are at sonic! lol! they have the ones ready to be cracked, just no husks. if you find some lmk how much to ship a coconut and it will be on its way!!! i can just taste that coconut fresh off the tree....in 20 yrs. lol

D_&_T · 12-14-2007, 11:23 PM

can't remember who said on here but it must be a fresh coconut to grow a tree, cant be a refrigerated (some are ship to U.S. that way)

mskitty38583 · 12-14-2007, 11:41 PM

kool, i will have to see if i can find one that hasnt been kool(ed).

formontcalamus · 12-14-2007, 11:53 PM

COCONUT PALM . . . With the husk, wack off a slice of husk from the "puckered end" (where stem was attatched) to expose fiber. Set 1/2 deep in a three gallon nursery pot of sand or better 50/50 sand and cypress mulch. sit in a large bucket or dish and keep water about 1/4 th the height of the nursery pot. Place in the warmest location you have. Sand will raise to keep fiber constantly wet. """ Wait 6 to 9 months """ Repot in soil when second small leaf appears.

A grower in the Florida Keys lays them out in quantity pressed into builders sand and covers them with black plastic pourous groundcover. The black plastic keeps then hot. They need a lot of heat to sprout !!

I have sprouted Coconuts if anyone wants a quote. I'd give them away free except that they are so clumbsy and bulky to package. Logos

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mskitty38583 · 12-15-2007, 12:12 AM

thank you, thank you ,thank you! i would order one but i want to try it first with the raw coconut.

did you get the pm i sent you?

AnnaJW · 12-15-2007, 03:43 AM

Thanks Logos! Great info! Sending PM.

tlturbo · 12-15-2007, 08:38 AM

Do it all the time here in FL but just so you know, you are about 10 years away from having your own coconuts (and that is in tropical Florida). Not real fast growers. At least 3 years before you get any actual trunk.

NOT like bananas - so plan on a long wait.
Terry

mskitty38583 · 12-15-2007, 09:44 AM

i know but it would be exciting. i dont know, maybe when the time comes ill order one from logos and then start one. i thought it woulkd take 20 yrs..shows how much i know.

Taylor · 12-15-2007, 09:53 AM

Actually, you do not need the husk, but you do need the milk. It was on the Palmtalk.org forum, but cant find the exact post.

mskitty38583 · 12-15-2007, 10:03 AM

thanks taylor

island cassie · 12-15-2007, 07:30 PM

mskitty - Logos has the method right! Hot and wet will do it!

Cassie

mskitty38583 · 12-15-2007, 07:38 PM

good gracious! we can do it. gonna go to walley world just to see it i can find a coconut that hasent been kooled.

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