Growing a Coconut Palm from seed. Update & Transplant 

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Thanks so much for the easy, step by step explanation on how to grow a coconut. I've had germination and leaf growth prior to transplantation, and now she's growing in the front yard. I had her in the back and still in the pot when she developed brown spot. That's when I took her out of the pot, with a nice root growing as well, and put her right in the front yard which is pretty roomier. She looks pretty good so far. And now I've picked my next coconut to germinate and flourish! Thanks!

i was browsing gardening tips,an saw ur video about growing coconuts 2 cool. cant wait for updates.

From what I've seen in a discussion in a palm-forum about growing palms from dehusked coconuts, the nut that cracks is most likely lost. This usually happens when the nut is put into the sun: one side heats, the nut expands unevenly, and then it cracks (the husk usually prevents this). I actually had mine crack when I merely put it 1 m in front of the fireplace, so I'm going to try again shortly using Kiwigrower's tips :)

This is way toooo coool! Thanks! I've purchased my two coconuts and will begin germination once the northern coldsnap disperses.

It was hard to hear over those loud jungle insects.....cool as they sound! This is a cool video, thanks for posting.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Once was at the Chinese grocery store and saw a coconut that had coconut with a sprouting root so I purchased it. I was surprised it was sprouting like that. Put it in a pot with soil but it cracked and died before it could grow a stem. Learning from your vid if I find another like that I'll know better how to care for it. I'll update on how my current experiment goes. I'll check out FB for your progress. I have to join again, was a member then quit.

TheKiwiGrower, thank you for sharing your method for starting a coconut from a husked coconut. I live in Los Angeles, CA and we are not tropical. Normally you can not grow coco palms here but I try every few years by using the kind that you can buy at the nursery that is already started and imported from Hawaii or Mexico. I have had some success keeping them alive but they die. I want to start one from the coconut like you in order to save money and have more fun doing it myself. Thanks!

Thanks for the video. Very helpful. I have followed the same process and I have a coconut plant with two big leaves now. :) my plant is now 5 months old from the date of conception. I wish, I could post a pic of mine here. Please post an update of your plant.

Thanks, I wanted to grow coconut tree since my childhood, Now I think the dream will come true. Thanks once again

When I was in the 1st grade and learned how fruit and veg grow from seeds I was so fascinated by it I went home that afternoon and planted every seed I could find. Turned my mothers backyard into a farm. Had everything growing from potatoes to watermelon. My friends started calling me gay so then I stopped but now Im all grown up and I dont give a damn what no one says.

I just watched your video from nine years ago. Growing your coconut tree as I was looking to try grow one indoors here in Ireland 🍀 I wonder has your plant grow as much as yourself 😃 and great to see your still have the green fingers 😃👍

I'm from nz now living in UK, the sound of the cicadas in the back ground made me miss the nz summers

Wikkid video! I live in Canada... Ontario spacifically... Growing a coconut tree I think is unheard of where I live... Im gonna try er out anyays. Thank you for the good tutorial also... make another video with another update on how your tree is making out also! thanks!

Wow! This is great. I didn’t think we can grow coconuts or mangoes in NZ, so now will give it a go. As we live in the Far North, it should be ok, except we get the odd frost in winter.

You have a lovely backyard! You should also give us a tour of it. ^^ That's a decent size container you have for your coconut and I think it will do really well there. That's a nice idea with the plastic wrap. I do recommend that maybe poke holes around if you don't plant to remove the wrap for a while so there's some air circulation for the plant. Thanks for the vid!

Never thought of growing the coconut tree since it just grows naturally here in Thailand. Anyway the video still educate me a lot.

Good job! Well done. Nice fertlizer is fish remaims,i.e. fish tank water, parts left by from filleting. Mix around roots, and surrounding area. Keep up the good work! Still loving tending my dearies after 40 yrs, Ta!

I just started my store bought coconut yesterday hopefully it grows😄

Great vid. Using the plastic as a little greenhouse is a brilliant idea!

Funny enough this is the same Chinese store I found some sprouting a couple of years ago and this time I see they have two. I picked the best one. The other one looked damaged so I did not get that and got only one. Other Chinese stores I have only seen coconuts without sprounds. TheKiwiGrower, I'll post in a few weeks if it grows more. Thanks buddy for all your advice on this stuff!

Thank you so much. Your video really helped me to grow my own coconut.

Oh wow! You were so young here! So cute 🥰

Hey calem.. My coconut has sprouted after 2 months in the bag 🙈🤣🤣👍it's a miracle 🍀🍀🇮🇪

I like the Cling Wrap idea! Would never have thought of using that!

Cool, I live in California. Love your garden by-the-way.

I agree with myinspiredcreation!! About your background and I also like your video!!! Your coconut looks good!!

Cool! You inspired me to try this at home as soon as spring hits. Greetings from Germany :)

Hey bro, wow some really cool amazing vids man - really interesting I picked up a Samoan Coconut about 3 nights ago & had it in water ever since (with the brick as you suggested) after I watched your video a few days ago, I am always interested in planting unique things in my garden. Looking forward to putting it in a zip lock bag tonight. Hows your Coconut tree now? I guess I will check your videos if you have any recent clips of it. Thank you so much, regards your mate from Sydney Australia - Subscribed!

in my country you just put it anywhere, and it will grow. I live in Southeast Asia :) Nice video anyway :D

I would rinse any 'beach' sand, very well, esp if from a ocean/sea beach area. To get rid of excess salts!

You have a nice garden!

We have cicadas in Louisiana! Can be deafening, but I love 'em.

Yeah, the winters and summers are actually really diverse we got 41 degrees this summer already and we see negative 19 in the winters. But i say the majority of the time its -3 to 0

That was good , thank you . starting mine today . Can you do one with Banana Trees?

nice I like when people like grow fruit thank you for video

Your greenhouse is beautiful.

Would love to see an update video !!

Woow hey not sure if someone already told you, but you have a such nice energy vibe🌟

In Michoacan, Mexico coconuts cost about 10 - 20 pesos. This is 1 - 2 dollars each. It is very tropical there. They have all kinds of fruit trees.

Thanks for the update!

I got my coconut palm to fully split three of its leaves which makes it looks way more tropical 😁

I get frosts too, so I would have to keep it as a houseplant and bring it outside when the weather gets better.

Cool. Where I live in the US they are quite expensive. I haven't had one in years.

Dehusked coconuts don’t always sprout they need to have the husk still on them so they will sprout better and the husk is supposed to protect the coconut

Thanks a million. You do quite well

please continue this and makes parts out of it ! thanks so much i live in canada i want to start this in the winter and continue it then move it to a pot if itll work !

Thanks! I'm going out to get a coconut right now x

I have got to try growing a coconut now! :)

damn its so epic!! hope she grows well! will u be able to plant it in the ground wer you live at sum point??

Thank you my coconut in process of hopefully rooting so I can plant it.

Haha lets hope, because i'm going to start on my coconut tree soon.

Very good job, young man!

waww you are cool thanks for the tips I was just wanting to learn how to grow a coconut

nice green house design. love the bug(s) that's providing background music...very relaxing:-)

Very cool I just buy my coconuts from the local garden store each year or two but now I am going to try and sprout one. not sure but I am guessing you bought your coconut from the grocery/food store??

I live in Florida i just hope that i can grow a coconut here. It gets cold but ill just put it on my porch thanks for the help though:D

Great video! Very ingenious thing to do the makeshift greenhouse with plastic wrap :)

I think your a good coconut grower.

Mine has not sprouted. I had two of them in a bag with some water in a dark warm place. Been a couple of months. I think it is a dud. BUT I was at the Chinese market looking for guava and saw the coconut selection and they had a couple that were sprouting. I bought the one that had the best looking one. I've bought there before a sprouting coconut but when trying to grow it died. This was two years ago. I'll try again but this time put in bag and see if the sprout grows more.

I just discovered your channel today, and I think its really awesome! So, how is the coconut doing now? I'd love to see an update, because I'm really interested in the progress of growth the coconut palm! Greetz Raf

I'm from Russia, I bought a third coconut in the store already, by weight I checked that it would be harder to grind, the latter had already put it in the aquarium and stayed there for four days, while the other coconuts already wet for two months and also with milk, Now I put all the coconuts in a transparent container, I added not a lot of water and closed it. Maybe I'll wait for the germ of one of them,

good video, thanks, i will grow a coconut palm

Hello Friend, I am trying to grow coconut after watching your video. This is 3rd\ 4th round going. 1st time i get positive sign, but by mistake i break that tender tip. 2nd time no ans. - rottan. so trying 3rd time - no positive sign yet. Cross the fingers. Will see...Wish me Luck...Thank you for inspiring...

Yo its been 6 years..we need an update video...is the coconut tree huge?

i know newspaper helps with better soil...but you need earthworms. and also vodka helps some plants grow. gets them drunk. its working with my lemons. now I must try growing a coconut according to your vids.

You could have put aswell half of a plastic bottle on that sprout instead of the bamboo clean film greenhouse thingy

I'm knew at that…good to see a kiwi growing things. I have a question though…how long does it take from planting it to getting coconuts???

dam cicadas...lol... dont miss them... ya have to yell over em in the eve... thanks for share, didnt know you could do this... gonna give it a shot... thanks again

Thank you for the clip.Good work

last year I ran out of wrapping paper for christmass so I used syran wrap or whatever you call it

I'm trying my first coconut, you can buy ready mix compost that is called Citrus and Palm, and I'll give that a go and let you know how it goes. Have you tried growing lychee's?

Oh awesome, i will check out your Facebook page. And yeah whats the winter in your part of New Zealand? I'm in the summer right now in america and its been between 21 degrees c and 37 degrees c, the winter is usually around 0 degrees.

So far actually probably in the plastic bag for about 12 days and no such luck with it rooting. I suppose it might be a dead seed in the coconut. I'll see how it goes. How is yours doing now? Been a bit since your last update video I think. Thanks.

very nice. thanks

Thank you very much and good luck on your projects!

This is a great video. So excited to try this out!

ship me that coconut ill buy it lol im going to try it thanks. i have two two foot avocado trees and 3 mango trees growing and 1 pineapple and hopefully my next is the coconut. its fun growing other plants.

Thank you for sharing very inspiring

When are you going to do the next update for the tree? is it still growing?

cool thinking with the plastic wrap hope this works for you :) now a question how you going to know when to start taking some of that away to get the plant use to regular temps?

For a minute there i thought there was a cicada on my shoulder 😂

cool! like to see taht

I suggest something more lightweight in the bottom for drainage unless you are worried about it blowing over.

Do you plant to transplant it outside ? I hope your plant will do well. Cause I want to have a coconut tree myself also.

kia ora, I can grow one in the Bay of Islands from germination, wow thanks. Where in nz are you?

Excellent videos !!! thank you so much for all information...

Thumbs up n subd for that greenhouse.. Thanks for the update..

I never imagined the coconut sprouted from the brown husk; i thought it was from the green outer shell! Thanks for the tips...i´ll certainly give it a try. And is there a part of New Zealand where coconuts can grow and produce edible fruits?

vermiculite works good for drainage

kool video..by way..what kind of insect was making that loud noise?

thanks man

necessary to add water when its in the ziplock bag

Very useful video, thank you. ☺

Thanks for your great videos pal.

a plastic bag would have gone a long way near the end of the vid. cheers and thanx for sharing.

Where can I buy the plant?

A lot of people don't know this but the coconut is the largest seed in the tree Kingdom and palm trees are actually not a tree they are called a monocot the reason I know this I am in Isa certified Arborist that is the International Society of arboriculture. I love growing trees pictures of cut so many down in my life I try to balance out my carbon footprint sincerely Dave Osborn. Tarpon Springs Florida United States of America.

Do you still have the tree? Did it grow any coconuts?

Wow! You rock! Thanks for the videos.