Potted Coconut collection

[Walter John]

I have two, how many you got ?

[aussiearoids]

Is one the Mission Beach Special Wal ?

A mate from down your way reckons I should pot up all my fallen nuts .

[ariscott]

potted?? None.... planted?? Four

Regards, Ari

[Zeeth]

I've got 8, 2 of 4 different varieties, also 2 more varieties that are still waiting to sprout

[Palmateer]

Picture taken in 1974.

[US_Marine]

I have few, but all but one is planted in the ground. My profile pic should show my potted coconut. Sorry the pic isn't so good. I'll post another soon, and hopefully my phone will take better pics.

[Walter John]

Is one the Mission Beach Special Wal ?

Sure is Michael, it's the one on the right. The coco on the left is from Innisfail.

[Trópico]

Two supermarket coconuts in terra-cotta pots.

[maesy]

Here is my Coco that I brought with me from Samar, Philippines.

I don't know what variety it is, but maybe one of you guys can tell me.

I keep it as a house plant as long as possible.

Marcel

[palmsOrl]

Here is my "bonsai" Cocos, maybe not a true bonsai, but I have been applying bonsai techniques such as root pruning on it for 7 years now. It has at least 1 foot of woody trunk now so for those who want a trunking Cocos indoors, maybe this is the way to go. Now to get it to produce coconuts...

-Michael

[Zeeth]

Here is my "bonsai" Cocos, maybe not a true bonsai, but I have been applying bonsai techniques such as root pruning on it for 7 years now. It has at least 1 foot of woody trunk now so for those who want a trunking Cocos indoors, maybe this is the way to go. Now to get it to produce coconuts...

-Michael

huh, looks pretty cool actually. I'll bet it's easy to protect in the winter

[palmsOrl]

Zeeth, it was my only surviving coconut after this past winter; I just stick it in the greenhouse and it's good to go. Plus, it's not as heavy as it looks.

-Michael

[Alicehunter2000]

Now THAT is interesting....could you go into a bit more detail on how you keep that thing bonzai'd ?

[Alicehunter2000]

What are those brown things stuck around in the pot....some sort of watering mechanism?

[Zeeth]

Yes, I too would love an in depth review of how you did this, as I would like to try it too. Everything you can tell us, pot dimensions, soil type, watering schedule, pruning schedule, light amount, age of palm when you first started etc

[AggiePalms]

Yeah, any better info on how to bonzai or otherwise keep coconut seedlings healthy past a couple of years would be very helpful. I tried sprouted coconuts in pots, very healthy, in two different years, and both grew fine all summer. One actually made it through the first winter, but not the second. Perhaps I may have left them outside too long in the fall. Neither was happy inside during the winter. So, any ideas you can give except "live in a warmer climate" would be very helpful.

[palmsOrl]

More info. I picked this palm up at a nursery in 2002 and planted it in the ground. Not long after, I noticed it had about 4" of trunk already developed despite it being much smaller than most when they start to trunk (I have no idea why). Since I also grow bonsai, I thought I would give it a try, so I planted it in bonsai soil in a large pot. Thereafter, I treated it like any other bonsai, changing the soil and root pruning by about 1/3 roughly every 2 years or so. I also trim the leaves about once a year by cutting each leaflet much shorter (don't know if this contributes to the dwarfing process at all). I give the palm moderate amounts of fertilizer and keep it well watered for the most part. Those "brown things" are fertilizer baskets, without those the critters knock it all over the place, and it's expensive. Also, I always bring it in for temperatures below 40F since it is mobile after all. This spring I re-potted it into some fancy "akadama" Japanese bonsai soil and its growth has seemed to speed up some, which may or may not be a good thing. I figure, as long as it stays in that pot, it can only get so big, so fast.

-Michael

[mcwolf]

This is a potted coconut which survived 2 consecutive cold and wet winter in Cape Town, totally unprotected. 2 years ago I started to heat the pot from below with heat pads (2x10 Watt). This greated visible growth even during winter and reduced leave spot but didn't avoid it either. In the middle of last winter I unplugged the heat pads accidentally for 4-6 weeks. When I plugged it in again it didn't want to grow again. I took it out of the pot and planted it. The spear mark just moved up 1cm or so in 3 days which is some kind of relief but still pretty slow for this palm.

Does anyone know when this green variety will go pinate? It's got extremly short leaves and keeps them only superficially devided.

[palmsOrl]

Mcwolf, cute Cocos. I'd say that a specimen such as this would be a good candidate for a coconut "bonsai". Keep us updated on its progress.

-Michael

[iamjv]

Way cool on the "bonsai" Cocos!!! Jv

[Rhizophora]

Coconut Bonsai Tutorial

Finally found instructions that show you how to "bonsai" a coconut palm! Just google "bonsai kelapa" or "coconut bonsai" and you'll see the results. Pasted the translation and images below:

Creating Bonsai Palm

Create Mini Coconut

Where will create a mini palm plants, bahanyang used in the form of palm fruit that has sprouted. Please note that these shoots ebaiknya not too small or too big. So, selected shoots that e; epahnya have looked, but the leaves are not yet open. In conditions like these coconut seedlings are still easy to adapt.

Actually can also plant a coconut from the fruit that has not germinate. However, it still takes time to grow shoots first so it takes a little lam, about six months when using a green coconut.

Generally, the type of palm that would made an interesting mini-selected and small fruit size, for example coconut or coconut hybrids. Ivory palm quite interesting because in addition to small fruit size, fruit color and leaves a bright (yellow ivory). Coconut hybrids can also be used as small fruit size and color of bright green leaves.

The first stage is stripping the manufacture of coconut mini coconut husk. Furthermore, mini palm planted in pots.

1. Peeling coconut husk

1.a. For fiber easily removed, the skin the back (opposite direction to the shoots) cut with the help of a sharp knife or hacksaw.

1.b. With the help of a knife, made an incision lengthwise from the stem toward the rear. Incision is made through the shell.

1.c. Coconut skin peeled carefully so as not to damage the shell and its roots. How, incision drawn by hand, knife, or pliers. Incision should not be withdrawn if the fiber has not been cleaned from the previous incision. This is to facilitate the release of the next fiber. In the fiber there is sometimes also been scouring the roots grow so that the withdrawal must be careful so that the roots are not damaged.

1.d. Coconut shell scraped with a sharp knife. Once clean, crushed shells with coarse sandpaper to make it look more attractive.

2. This Coconut Planting

2.a. Planting medium was prepared by mixing sand, soil, and manure or compost with a ratio of 2:1:1. media is inserted in a shallow pot or pots are rising. Flat pot more widely used because it gives an artistic impression.

2.b. Coconut seedlings planted, its fruit is placed horizontally and remain above ground. The root is inserted into the ground with care not to cut off because the number of roots of coconut seedlings only two.

2.c. For leaf growth is not soaring to the top edge of the midrib on the new leaves that have not opened carefully removed.

With a shell that still exist have made this coconut plants attractive. This attraction can still be compounded by the appearance of the leaves inward. Coconut leaves that curve is not a genetic mutation, but deliberately made. Usually made of coconut or coconut displayed like this is a mini. Way, newly emerging leaves (young and weak) every day curved or rolled into a finger. Mother leaves are also curved bone slowly. Treat this constant and routine that will produce leaves rolled in and looks good overall. Thus, when the coconut shells have been separated or forced to be released because of broken, for example, the plant is also still look unique.

Relation to art

From the above explanation clearly implied that cut the is an activity that requires a high artistic soul with a caring and giving special treatment to the plant resulting in plant growth is not as it should. it is a lively art form that has been done in Indonesia.