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RandyGHO · 06-09-2012, 05:04 PM

This old coconut thread got wanting to give it a go. I found this during a google and thought it interesting. I had also saw a method to lay a husked coconut the right way which may support this unhusked version.

".....This is the important part -- lay the nut on its side with the eye
opposite the short site up. Let me explain. If you look at the
three eyes and were to connect them with a line, they would form a
triangle with two long sides and one short side. You lay the
coconut on its side with the eye opposite the short side up. I then
buried the coconuts in sawdust one per pot (two or three gallon
pots are fine) and watered them thoroughly. After they excess water
drained, I put each pot in a plastic bag and sealed the top so that
the moisture would not escape. I think took all of them (7) and put
them in front of a heater vent --I have central heat so this was not
severe heat -- but just warmth. After about 4 months, I checked and
could see the little sprouts "

The originator nor source of the information was not Identified.

06-09-2012, 05:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
RandyGHO Find me on the map! Zone: Georgia 8b Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 404 BananaBucks : 175,322 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 3 Times Was Thanked 380 Times in 198 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 51 Times	Re: Growing Coconut from Store-Bought Coconut This old coconut thread got wanting to give it a go. I found this during a google and thought it interesting. I had also saw a method to lay a husked coconut the right way which may support this unhusked version. ".....This is the important part -- lay the nut on its side with the eye opposite the short site up. Let me explain. If you look at the three eyes and were to connect them with a line, they would form a triangle with two long sides and one short side. You lay the coconut on its side with the eye opposite the short side up. I then buried the coconuts in sawdust one per pot (two or three gallon pots are fine) and watered them thoroughly. After they excess water drained, I put each pot in a plastic bag and sealed the top so that the moisture would not escape. I think took all of them (7) and put them in front of a heater vent --I have central heat so this was not severe heat -- but just warmth. After about 4 months, I checked and could see the little sprouts " The originator nor source of the information was not Identified. __________________ Thinking outside the peel always.