Coconut question!

[Zeeth]

So I had a little extra time on my hands today, and I decided that the coconuts I had with no water needed to be checked out before they rot through the shell and stink up my room (I'm keeping them inside for the winter). I took one big one that I found out by the beach and carefully pulled away enough husk to see the eyes, nothing. I ripped the remainder of the husk away and looked at the embryo, it was black, so I opened the nut and it was black and rotted, no luck...

One of my 3 Jamaican tall nuts (from the Paul Drummond trees at Kopsick) no longer had any water on the inside, so I decided to check it too. I knocked these down still partially green, so I figured maybe they weren't mature enough. I carefully pulled husk away to find this

Should I treat it like normal, or should I tape the husk back on, or plant it in a pot, or what? Thanks for any advise. Hopefully he grows up to big and strong like his daddy tree!

[Davidl]

You can plant it like it is. Root down and spear up. Good luck

[Mark Heath]

You can plant it like it is. Root down and spear up. Good luck

I agree. Also don't water it yet while it is still inside. At this moment, it does'nt need any water and by the time it does, it will be much warmer outside! Put it in a pot and keep the potting medium dry for now.

Congratulations, you're a proud papa!!!

[DoomsDave]

You go bro, daddy-o!

[Ken Johnson]

Rip that thing out and eat it. I will be delicious! Then I will give you hundreds of sprouted cocnut palms that would otherwise go in the garbage.

[Mark Heath]

Rip that thing out and eat it. I will be delicious! Then I will give you hundreds of sprouted cocnut palms that would otherwise go in the garbage.

Wow Ken,

you just made most of us green w/ envy!!! Are your coconuts just laying around and they need to be picked up to mow?? You lucky guy!!! I'll be down there in April if you need some free spring cleaning!! hint hint!!

[Ken Johnson]

Yep, they are like weeds.

[Peter Pacific]

Yep, they are like weeds.

Hey Keith! Plant it! Ken, I know what you mean. Any of you Florida boys wanna take a short flight to Guatemala, I'll give you all the sprouted coconuts you need! Peter

[Jeff in St Pete]

Same offer here Peter

[Zeeth]

I'm not going to eat it! This is probably the first successfully sprouted coconut from the Paul Drummond trees (homeless people eat the coconuts that they see falling, so none are ever left on the ground), and it's a pure Jamaican tall, so it's special! I also don't have the luxury of living where coconuts are a nuisance. Coconuts grow where I am, but no one really plants them.

That's a nice looking tree Jeff, I want some! Seriously, when I've finished school and have vacation time from work, I think it would be cool to travel the world getting different coconut varieties. I've heard there's a cold hardy one that grows up to New Dehli and takes 26F with no damage. That type may give Central Fl guys a better chance to grow this favorite species of mine.

[PalmGuyWC]

Keith,

It's interesting to hear you refer to the Jamaican Tall as the "Paul Drummond" trees. I lived at Paul's for several years and he was nuts over Coconuts. In fact his screen name on AOL was Coco Loco. Over the years he had collected many different kinds. He said the Jamaican Tall was the easiest to grow of all the coconuts, but it was also the most susceptible to lethal yellowing. Paul passed away over two years ago, but read his memorial on Palm Talk and it explains his love for coconuts.

Soon we may have Butia X Coconut hybrids that will take more cold than a coconut. See the pictures of Mark Heath's. It sure looks coconutty.

Dick

[Zeeth]

Keith,

It's interesting to hear you refer to the Jamaican Tall as the "Paul Drummond" trees. I lived at Paul's for several years and he was nuts over Coconuts. In fact his screen name on AOL was Coco Loco. Over the years he had collected many different kinds. He said the Jamaican Tall was the easiest to grow of all the coconuts, but it was also the most susceptible to lethal yellowing. Paul passed away over two years ago, but read his memorial on Palm Talk and it explains his love for coconuts.

Soon we may have Butia X Coconut hybrids that will take more cold than a coconut. See the pictures of Mark Heath's. It sure looks coconutty.

Dick

Dick, I have read that memorial on Paul, and it's really sad. It's too bad he was before my time, as I think it would have been really cool to talk to him about the coconut. In fact though, I am still benefiting from his being crazy for coconuts, as the tree I got this coconut from was donated to the park by Paul Drummond! Here's a pic I took the day I harvested the coco, it's the one on the right

Those 2 coconuts was donated in the late 70's by him from his large compound. It's really sad about his death, but nice that his memory can still live on in the form of those 2 trees. There was a Jubaeopsis in between them that died of Ganoderma, so the fungus is in the soil, and it is possible that those coconuts may succumb to the disease, but I am trying to collect as many seed as I can, so if that happens I can donate one of the seedlings to the park, and the lineage can live on still.

[Anamurlu]

What kind of giant coconut palms are these? What is the name or type?

[Mr. Coconut Palm]

20 hours ago, Anamurlu said:

What kind of giant coconut palms are these? What is the name or type?

Cem,

I would need to know what country the photo was taken in to even be able to guess what variety of Coconut Palm these are.  They are certainly a Tall variety, but which one?

John

[Anamurlu]

 As an estimate. I think Ceylon or Linnaeus...