Propagation: Request: Foolproof Coconut sprouting methods., 1 by guygee

guygee wrote:
The problem I had with just placing them on the ground was that ants would invade, eat the sprouting coconut, then make a nice little incubator out of the shell. So I tried the bucket method. I've gotten coconuts to sprout before ... ones I bought "ready to sprout" from Hawaii, but I finally got a local nut to sprout. It came from a very tall tree that survived the two bad winters of '09 and '10. It was not one I picked off of a tree but one that fell then I gathered it. It has been in the bucket for about 2 months and I had just about given up hope. The tree was behind my Doctor's office, which used to be a plant nursery until it went out of business after the hurricanes of '04 if I remember correctly. Maybe a "panama tall"? We will see. The nurseries around here only carry the various Malaysian dwarfs which I think are very inferior so I am hopeful this one will live and a couple more will sprout too, despite the current plague of the "rugose spiraling whitefly" that has hit the local trees hard.
(Ed-Sp)


This message was edited Sep 24, 2013 5:40 PM

This message was edited Sep 24, 2013 5:41 PM