A step-by-step guide on how to grow a Coconut palm tree from a store-bought dehusked Coconut. Check out my transplant video for this Coconut: • Growing a Coconut Palm... Find me on facebook! thekiwigrower
thats really cool,,,,,just be careful where you plant it....a town in south florida thought it would be a good idea to plant them down the edge of the side walks.....not thinking in 8 years they would have bowling balls falling down on parked cars...lol...
if you want a curvy tree like in the tropics you can also place the dots down in the water when you plant it, then the seedling curves, making it grow that way! =)
I agree with JonaVicis! I know I started a navel orange tree over 10 years ago and used a soil mix with more sand in the mix and my tree has been doing good all these years! Years before this I just grew it in potting mix and after awhile the leaves would turn brown and drop off due to too much moisture. The roots need to breath! :-)
My coconut has sprouted it's fist root. I'm really excited, however I used a slightly different method. I soaked it for 3 days like you did, and put it in a bag for a few weeks, but then I decided to plant it strait in the soil to see what would happen. As of today (1st of September) my coconut has pushed a root through one of the 'eyes'. I hope this helps.
Really nice to see the coconut germinate. Actually we here in India (Hindus), in some part of the country keep a non-dehusked, normal coconut on a small pot filled with water(which is frequently changed) in front of the god place. We pray in font of it. Sometime it germinates and after a couple of months it grows into 2-3 feet plant on the water pot. It probably signifies prosperity. Later it is planted in kitchen garden in our back yard or at some apt place.
Great video. Enjoyed it. I used to live in the Virgin Islands and would go to a remote beach that had a coconut orchard (it was dark back in there and along a natural mountain rain run off) to collect small coconut trees after they'd sprouted. I never tried to grow from a coconut myself, but now that I'm back in the states, I plan to try it your way! Thanks for sharing!