Caring for an Impossible Plant: The Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)

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Hey there Tubers and Plant Lovers! It has been said by many people that this is one of the hardest plants to keep alive indoors for several reasons. If you have one or plant to get one, be sure and watch as I discuss the important factors in keeping this plant alive but keeping it healthy as well. Thanks as always for your support, I will post update videos as well!
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@Tintl3 5 лет назад

I live in northern Europe where we get less than 6 hours of sunlight in winter season and relative indoor humidity often drops bellow 20%. Yet my 1 year old coconut palm survived through winter and looks fantastic aside from some browning tips.

@TheGreenAlchemist 5 лет назад

You're gonna think this is funny but I'm totally jealous of you. You can ask my fiance, I always say I want to move further north. I'd love to live in Alaska up close to the arctic circle. I've always just loved the season change and in Kentucky we hardly get much snow in the winter and that has changed a lot. I remember when I was a child we had more snow and more often. Everyone says you can't grow much up there, but I use artificial lights here so I would just do the same there. In fact I read this really good book called Orchid Fevor by Eric Hansen where he interviews growers all over the world and one grew some very tropical plants in the dead of winter in some of the coldest spots on earth. Its very cool that you can do it too!

@Tintl3 5 лет назад

@@TheGreenAlchemist Sorry for late answer! Yeah i totally get you. I have many friends who moved here from south (Greece, Spain,Portugal) and they love it here. On other hand i'm dreaming about moving to somewhere in tropics. I guess its in human nature to crave something different and unusual. Honestly we have never used artificial lights and succeed very well despite this. The key is to cut watering down and let the plant "rest" during dark period. I see low air humidity as bigger issue honestly. I recently added humidifier to fix the browning leaves issue and it seems to help alot. I actually bought seconds cocos nucifera today and im going to repot both palms in fabric pots and coconut coir in couple of days!

@VeganChiefWarrior 5 лет назад

@@TheGreenAlchemist bro... you do not want to move to a colder climate.. coconuts are my favourite food, you can grow more food in warmer climates.. why would you want to not feel your fingers even more.. you are crazy lol

@stevenweber8317 4 года назад

I live on Long Island New York and have had my coconut for 3 years. It goes outside in summer but winter is spent indoors north facing windows but I bought a seed starting mat and it is sitting on that with an aluminum pan underneath and a clear garbage bag around it to keep the humidity high and warmth in. It does great every year. It is about 5 feet high now

@lizbecker1677 Год назад

Thanks for all the good info about this awesome plant. I live in the NYC area, and I rescued a sprouted coconut from a backyard in Florida last January. I watched a couple of videos on how to plant indoors and used a mix of half potting soil and half sand from a nearby beach. I water it every day, and we were fortunate to have a hot, sunny summer, so it lived outside in my yard that gets direct sunlight all day. It grew quite a bit, and now it's back in the house in my south-facing window. It seems really happy, and it's going on a year! One thing I did learn is that while it's in the early stages of growth, it's more tolerant of less sun because in the wild it would be shaded somewhat by larger trees and vegetation. I know this video is three years old, and I hope your coconut is still alive and doing well.

@jontom7787 2 года назад

Thanks for info, best video on this so far

@aryansha7558 4 года назад

Greetings from a cold country in Europe 😄 great video 😊

@CharlesCarabott 5 лет назад

I have got six coconut palms from lidil. They are quite bigger then your plant. Have had them more then a week now

@omarghaffar1968 4 года назад

I juist bought them, how’s the growth? Did they grow out well?

@AkunnaEzekwem 3 года назад

Update please 😭

@samtaplet6117 5 лет назад

Please make an updated video!!

@chrisgentile651 2 года назад

Challenge accepted! Mine is a little bit taller than yours right now but I have it in my plant room with a constant humidity between 65 and 80% and constant warm temperatures of 68 degrees fahrenheit or higher. Let's see if she flowers or gives me fruit 😏😁the only roots I cut were roots that were already visibly dead

@dorukcansev Год назад

Thanks, I have some ruptures-breakages in the leaves and also yellow spots. Any suggestions?

@duyguka1881 9 месяцев назад

Hi I have the same problem could you find any solution?

@dorukcansev 9 месяцев назад

@@duyguka1881 Hi, I think in my case, I let the leaves burn in the summer heat-sun and over the following months, unfortunately lost the plant. Wish you the best of luck,

@duyguka1881 9 месяцев назад

@@dorukcansev I have lost mine too 🥲

@xXNekou 2 года назад

So is it ok to just keep the plant in my backyard, for summer season? (I'm in UK btw)

@rexmisfit509 4 года назад

Thanks for this great video! I sprouted my coconut from a beach in Florida and had it outdoors for 8 months. I just moved to California and she's not happy. Ive been misting her and she's been outside but the temperature is dropping below 60 and the leaves are browning, not sure if thats from the dryness or temp. Im gonna do my best to get her lots of light inside and see what happens. I had buried nearly the full coconut. I don't want to unbury it, but now that she will be inside for at most 2 months.. will the buried nut cause an issue? Thanks, Tyler

@mandysyoutubething 4 года назад

I think the plant might be in shock from you moving it.

@PizzaHutDogTrainingOfficial 4 года назад

Well All of California is cool dry weather do maybe try misting the plant everyday out side or putting it next to a pond or something and bring it into your garage if it gets cold.

@steppingstoned3205 3 года назад

The browning is from lack of humidity! Heads up!

@redalchemy 5 лет назад

I love the video! I always love watching you!

@TheGreenAlchemist 5 лет назад

It's an honor having a RU-vid influencer like you watching my videos! I love watching your channel!

@careystrobel522 2 года назад

Amazing love your stuff

@stokermeister3 3 года назад

Would the coconut be ok if there in a east to west facing exposure as I’m trying to grow my first coconut in a southern Irish climate as we’re just in autumn at the moment so

@sammyt5588 3 года назад

My coconut palm is an indoor plant (in England so the weather isn't warm regularly) and it's in the front room so it gets day light nearly all day. I misted it every 3 days and fed it with plant food but now it's started to turn brown nearly all over the plant. It was healthy for a couple of months but now it's dying. Unsure what to do! Any suggestions?

@toomuchice4751 2 года назад

We have a banana tree, recently got a dwarf coco palm about 3 ft tall, I buried the whole nut. The leafs are turning brown i pour about a gallon of water every other day. It’s been outside the whole time, hasn’t been under 40 fahrenheit. Do you know why it’s turning brown?

@AS-hb2rw Месяц назад

You should water 2-3 times a month, its brown because its rotting

@gilliandrake2189 3 года назад

Very informative, thank you.

@tyeshamcgann9543 5 лет назад

Having a super hard time keeping my palm alive. It as a Christmas gift and was sent to me via airplane😬 the leaved are a dying but I really want to do all that I can to turn it’s heath around. I have a south east facing window and it gets ample light, and I water it a fair amount. Is there something I can do to bring it back to life??

@Tintl3 5 лет назад

I had exactly same issue with my cocos and it was caused by low air humidity. Monitor your air humidity if possible and add something (humidifier, pebble tray, etc) to increase it around the palm! Misting multiple times a day should help too.

@TheGreenAlchemist 5 лет назад

I'm assuming the palm you have is a coconut palm like mine in the video? That is what I'm am going to tell you about, though if it's different just let me know what species you have. That being said there really isn't a whole bunch of info out there on these types of palms as house plants, but what is known is that they like a ton of light. If there was ever a plant that needed that much light it would be a coconut palm or a cacti. The amount of light the plant is receiving in side your house probably isn't near as much as it needs. It's spring tomorrow so unless your in the high north or Canada I'd go ahead and sit him outside in a spot that will receive well over 8hrs of direct sunlight a day. If the plant has been indoors for a long time I'd introduce it back into the sunlight slowly. Next along with light they also love a lot of water. Annually these trees receive about 30-50 inches or more of rain. So during the growing season, especially once the temperature goes up these guys will need more and more water. It's not uncommon for them to be watered everyday in the summer. In nature these trees are often found in sandy or loamy substrate. Reguardless of the kind you provide it needs to be quick draining. I use one that's formulated for cacti and citrus trees. Its worked well so far. They also enjoy a slightly acid soil from about a pH of 5.0-8.0.

@tyeshamcgann9543 5 лет назад

Yes it’s a coconut palm, sorry I forgot to be more specific in my first comment. Coincidentally I do live in Canada.. northern Ontario to boot , and I can assure you it has been getting as much sunlight as I can provide it which at this time of year is roughly 10-12 hours at least. I got the soil that you recommended in the video and I hope that that helps, but I’m thinking maybe I should get another pot? I just noticed yesterday when I changed the soil that there is not draining hole under my pot and you did mention that the soil needs to be quick draining so could my pot be hindering that process?

@ram5ramen582 5 лет назад

Tyesha McGann. Try using a strong grow light unless you have bright sun. Maybe a humidifier might help?

@samtaplet6117 5 лет назад

I rescued a coconut plant from Canadian Tire (basically Home Depot). It was sitting in 5 inches of water. It has to brown leaves and two green leaves with a tiny bit of brown on the top. I’ve re potted it in to a bigger pot and it’s sitting in an area that has sun whenever the sun is out. Average temperature during the day is 21C and at night can go down to 12C. Humidity during the day is around 40% and at night closer to 65%. When should I be bringing the plant inside? Also how often do I water it?

@careystrobel522 2 года назад

One a week in summer. 4 times a week in winter

@CactusDronography683 2 года назад

Hows the tree doing,hope its growing well,im looking to get one also.

@careystrobel522 2 года назад

Go to Florida or by one on Amazon

@timbaldock7227 3 года назад

Can we have an update on how you got on please?

@davidmorales8644 3 года назад

If you're going to keep this tree indoors You need to close this tree in a reptile terrarium tank , humidity will make it grow , you can give it all the sunlight and water but, without that humidity they will only sit there.

@sirchristopherwren52 3 года назад

i wish to plant in my garden in england is this possible

@Adriana.Gabriela 4 года назад

So a store near me sells coconut palms as indoor plants (that's what it says on the declaration), and there is a rather big palm tree *inside* my gym and it has been doing well for years, maybe even a decade or more, and it's not near a window. And now I'm just confused as to how it is doing so well inside if literally every page and video I've seen says it can be indoors only in winter 🙈

@AmHA_Official 3 года назад

The one in the gym is probably an areca or a kentia, they do well inside.

@Adriana.Gabriela 3 года назад

@@AmHA_Official nope, neither of the two

@theninkyn0nk463 4 года назад

My coconut palm is actually quite dead, its leaves are very finned out and greyish. I think the reason was that the pot was sealed and water built up inside. I drilled a hole in the bottom and got it all out but it was too late. Is there any hope of saving/reviving it? Thanks!

@TheGreenAlchemist 4 года назад

Can you send me any pictures of the plant on Instagram? I'd like to see what it looks like before I give you any false hope. If what you said is true, a good amount of water poured out the bottom of the pot when you drilled a hole in it, then it may have root rot. If its not that bad of a case of root rot then I think we could save your plant. I'm on Instagram at ytgreenalchemist if you can send some pics.

@tinkerbell69714 3 года назад

Thank you :)

@TheGreenAlchemist 3 года назад

Thank you! 🌲

@stuarthatcher9944 4 года назад

How is you palm doing?? Did you make a new video on it

@battlerealestateinvestment2029 5 лет назад

Did you have to let the coconut rot for it to start growing? I have green coconuts now

@TheGreenAlchemist 5 лет назад

No. The coconut is still intact. Eventually it will over time and as that happens I will remove anything that comes off and eventually will cover it with more soil. I will do an update video on it if/when it happens!

@kokoslegend4850 4 года назад

Green coconuts are not going to grow anymore, but the bron ones - ripe ones - will do if you give it the right conditions. 32 degrees celcius, humid and dark can do the trick.

@fredericcolombier5380 2 года назад

You have to repot it while burying the seed, because in fact the plant as it is sold is not a plant but a protoplant, that is to say that it is not yet a plant it is the correct stage before, when it has just hatched from its seed, the stipe is therefore only a young inch. In order for the root system to develop properly, the seed must rot in the soil and from this rotting will be born the inverted cone characteristic of this species of tree and the several thousand roots which will propagate from it. If you want an easy plant, even if it needs a lot of water, the banana tree ;). Southern exposure next to the heating it grows in the middle of winter, but to have bananas unless you live in California, or in countries with climates allowing it without lamps and heated greenhouse it's imposible to have , but it's extremely decorative and it does not fear direct sun on the contrary and unlike the majority of plants and trees of tropical origin sold commercially which are at the juvenile or adult age of canopy plants therefore without direct sun.

@mariabrch8760 3 года назад

Thanks fo all the useful info! But, please if anyone could help me, because i am so confused after that video. The Coco Nucifera plant i bought says strictly on the label that is destined only for indoor use and that it must be left only to indirect light - such as a very lighty room -, but on the contrary, you tell us that it needs direct light 8hours a day, during summer. But since I live in a Mediterranean climate with very dry air and high temperatures, if I live it out on the sun, i am sure the plant will be burnt. If any could answer me, thank you in advance 💜

@kemac3331 3 года назад

I think I’d mist it daily to get some humidity to it.. and if u bring indoors get a humidifier and place next to the tree

@mariabrch8760 3 года назад

@@kemac3331 Thank you for the info!👍 You had a previous good experience with that plant? Because from what i've heart, it is a tricky one to maintain. Yes, I've already implemented your tips,and i hope it will go well. Do you know how often we should water it? I've seen from other cases, that too much water, leads to rotten roots...

@steppingstoned3205 3 года назад

Humidity seems to be very important. I have my coconut palms next to 2 "kiddie pools". I'm hoping the extra pools of water will help with the immediate Humidity for them. The leaves turn brown without Humidity, and black with mold or rot. They can be full sun. Most coconut palms grow naturally on the beach! Tons of sun there 😎

@mariabrch8760 3 года назад

@@steppingstoned3205 Firstly, thank you for all the useful tips you gave! Secondly, i've placed near the plant some pots full of water - instead of the kiddie pools you put -, and i hope that they will do the job. Do you think that a humidifier will be a good idea as a humidity enhancement? Moreover, because you wisely mentioned it, i have observed during this week some slightly black vertical marks on one leave of the plant and something important, it's soil in the pot remains fully moisted without watering it at all. From what I have said, do you think that maybe the soil is rotten or has mold due to bad quality and needs a replanting now? I want to mention that i have had the plant only one week and still remains with the soil from the store. Thank you very much in advance!

@ballassahassela 2 года назад

I think it's so scammy that you can buy these everywhere for 15 - 20 euros although it's almost impossible to keep them alive ☹️

@CeltDoesStuff 3 месяца назад

I just got 3 today, hopefully 1 of them survive, im in Ireland, our weather is cold and not much direct sunlight unfortunately, but it will be interesting to see how they do

@R0am1ngD3ad 5 лет назад

lots of info. great job!

@TheGreenAlchemist 5 лет назад

Thank you! I usually overload ppl with facts but with plants it's better to know too much than risk root rot or powdery mildew. Lol thanks for watching!!

@DrTropics 3 года назад

I think one of the biggest requirements is heat. Lots and lots of heat.

@shelovestao7256 5 лет назад

Good video :)

@genericjesus8803 5 лет назад

is that a Peyote Cactus on your right? Try that for an experience/experiment/next project. Great info thanks!!

@thecorzofamily9483 5 лет назад

Challenge accepted

@gerardshorticultureculture7579 5 лет назад

I like seeing a different plant. Definitely want to see how it grows for you. Thanks for posting*new sub**

@TheGreenAlchemist 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching! Mine is looking pretty good. I've had to trim it back quite extensively and basically leave my humidifier on 24/7 but it is still alive.

@jamestropicals8262 4 года назад

Hello I’m new to your channel

@denisetuning76 6 месяцев назад

Anyone think it’s funny that’s he is doing the transplanting in his living room on the couch??? 😅

@elisabethmoonpie7431 4 года назад

Update ?

@m0rce1 5 лет назад

Lol. Coco does not mean head or skull in spanish or portuguese originally. Quite the opposite, the head is called a coconut in slang. Like in english... men have "nuts" elsewhere. See what i mean? Otherwise, good tips mate.

@TheGreenAlchemist 5 лет назад

I really don't know where I read that but you are correct. I probably should just stick to the English, lol thanks for the correction tho!

@jontom7787 2 года назад

Intresting bit of info